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[PATCH] Teach fsck and prune that tmp_obj_ file names may not be 14 bytes long

From
Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Aug 5, 2008, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID
<I1vUBkF5DO9PiWvc0SRIfOHigaNX9d2kNHLqpAUceLenX-_BWPAliQ@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>

As Shawn pointed out, not all temporary file creation routines can ensure that the generated temporary file is of a certain length. e.g. Java's createTempFile(prefix, suffix). So just depend on the prefix 'tmp_obj_' for detection.

Update prune, and fix the "fix" introduced by a08c53a1 :)
Signed-off-by: Brandon "appendixless" Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
---
 builtin-fsck.c  |    2 +-
 builtin-prune.c |    9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-fsck.c b/builtin-fsck.c
index 6eb7da8..d3f3de9 100644
--- a/builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/builtin-fsck.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void fsck_dir(int i, char *path)
 			add_sha1_list(sha1, DIRENT_SORT_HINT(de));
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_"))
+		if (!prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_"))
 			continue;
 		fprintf(stderr, "bad sha1 file: %s/%s\n", path, de->d_name);
 	}
diff --git a/builtin-prune.c b/builtin-prune.c
index 947de8c..c767a0a 100644
--- a/builtin-prune.c
+++ b/builtin-prune.c
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ static int prune_dir(int i, char *path)
 			if (de->d_name[0] != '.')
 				break;
 			continue;
-		case 14:
-			if (prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_"))
-				break;
-			prune_tmp_object(path, de->d_name);
-			continue;
 		case 38:
 			sprintf(name, "%02x", i);
 			memcpy(name+2, de->d_name, len+1);
@@ -90,6 +85,10 @@ static int prune_dir(int i, char *path)
 			prune_object(path, de->d_name, sha1);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!prefixcmp(de->d_name, "tmp_obj_")) {
+			prune_tmp_object(path, de->d_name);
+			continue;
+		}
 		fprintf(stderr, "bad sha1 file: %s/%s\n", path, de->d_name);
 	}
 	if (!show_only)
-- 
1.5.6.2
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  1. Teach fsck and prune that tmp_obj_ file names may not be 14 bytes longBrandon Casey, Aug 5, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceAug 5, 2008

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