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Re: [PATCH] sequencer: detect author name errors in read_author_script()

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 3, 2022, 17:27 UTC
Message-ID
<YzsbiRcCEaJUGwdp@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<221003.86k05htf84.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>
On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 11:40:52AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
Show 11 quoted lines
> > +check_broken_author 'unknown key in author-script' '
> > +	echo "GIT_AUTHOR_BOGUS=${SQ}whatever${SQ}" \
> > +		>>.git/rebase-merge/author-script'
> > +
> > +
> > +test_done
> 
> Maybe I just have too much PTSD from dealing with shell quoting issues
> with this '"$script"" pattern when you need to pass arguments with
> spaces in it, or even quotes. Although it probably won't ever be an
> issue here.

Quoting-wise, it's the exact same as passing the snippet to test_expect_success that we already do. Which, granted, is full of horrors, but is well understood within our code base. The "$script" is evaluated when we pass the snippet to test_expect_success, which sees the expansion along with the rest of the script. The double-quotes around it ensure that whitespace is retained.

There is one extra quirk here, which is that it must not end with a newline, since we stick "&&" on it.

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> +	# Avoid quoting issues
> +	write_script script.sh &&
> +
> +	test_expect_success "$title of '$script'" '
>  		# create conflicted state
>  		test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
>  		git checkout -B tmp branch2 &&
>  		test_must_fail git rebase branch1 &&
>  
> -		# break author-script
> -		'"$script"' &&
> +		./script.sh >tmp &&
> +		mv tmp .git/rebase-merge/author-script &&

One of my goals was that the script be expanded inline so that verbose-mode showed what the test was actually doing. But this hides it behind a vague "script.sh". Maybe that's not important enough to merit the admitted ugliness of the loop+function we have.

If we give that up, then a better option is probably to put the before/after parts in functions, like:

diff --git a/t/t3438-rebase-broken-files.sh b/t/t3438-rebase-broken-files.sh
index e68aac4b36..b92a3ce46b 100755
--- a/t/t3438-rebase-broken-files.sh
+++ b/t/t3438-rebase-broken-files.sh
@@ -11,43 +11,49 @@ test_expect_success 'set up conflicting branches' '
 	test_commit two file
 '
 
-check_broken_author () {
-	title=$1; shift
-	script=$1; shift
-
-	test_expect_success "$title" '
-		# create conflicted state
-		test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
-		git checkout -B tmp branch2 &&
-		test_must_fail git rebase branch1 &&
-
-		# break author-script
-		'"$script"' &&
-
-		# resolving notices broken author-script
-		echo resolved >file &&
-		git add file &&
-		test_must_fail git rebase --continue
-	'
+create_conflict () {
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
+	git checkout -B tmp branch2 &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase branch1
+}
+
+check_resolve_fails () {
+	echo resolved >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue
 }
 
 for item in NAME EMAIL DATE
 do
-	check_broken_author "detect missing GIT_AUTHOR_$item" '
+	test_expect_success "detect missing GIT_AUTHOR_$item" '
+		create_conflict &&
+
 		grep -v $item .git/rebase-merge/author-script >tmp &&
-		mv tmp .git/rebase-merge/author-script'
+		mv tmp .git/rebase-merge/author-script &&
+
+		check_resolve_fails
+	'
 done
 
 for item in NAME EMAIL DATE
 do
-	check_broken_author "detect duplicate GIT_AUTHOR_$item" '
+	test_expect_success "detect duplicate GIT_AUTHOR_$item" '
+		create_conflict &&
+
 		grep -i $item .git/rebase-merge/author-script >tmp &&
-		cat tmp >>.git/rebase-merge/author-script'
+		cat tmp >>.git/rebase-merge/author-script &&
+
+		check_resolve_fails
+	'
 done
 
-check_broken_author 'unknown key in author-script' '
+test_expect_success 'unknown key in author-script' '
+	create_conflict &&
+
 	echo "GIT_AUTHOR_BOGUS=${SQ}whatever${SQ}" \
-		>>.git/rebase-merge/author-script'
+		>>.git/rebase-merge/author-script &&
 
+	check_resolve_fails
+'
 
 test_done

That makes the boilerplate shorter in the "-v" output but focuses on the
actual modification that breaks the author-script.

-Peff
Previous: Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNext: Jeff King
Message 6 of 11 in “Bug Report: Duplicate condition in read_author_script (sequencer.c)”
  1. Michael V. ScovettaOct 3, 2022
  2. sequencer: detect author name errors in read_author_script()Jeff King, Oct 3, 2022
  3. Phillip WoodOct 3, 2022
  4. Jeff KingOct 3, 2022
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 3, 2022
  6. Jeff KingOct 3, 2022
  7. Jeff KingOct 3, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2022
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  10. Jeff KingOct 3, 2022
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