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[PATCH 3/5] bundle: don't blindly apply prefix_filename() to "-"

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 4, 2023, 10:27 UTC
Message-ID
<ZAMdLKmQaWR3neVl@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<ZAMb8LSpm2gOrpeY@coredump.intra.peff.net>
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

A user can specify a filename to a command from the command line, either as the value given to a command line option, or a command line argument. When it is given as a relative filename, in the user's mind, it is relative to the directory "git" was started from, but by the time the filename is used, "git" would almost always have chdir()'ed up to the root level of the working tree.

The given filename, if it is relative, needs to be prefixed with the path to the current directory, and it typically is done by calling prefix_filename() helper function. For commands that can also take "-" to use the standard input or the standard output, however, this needs to be done with care.

"git bundle create" uses the next word on the command line as the output filename, and can take "-" to mean "write to the standard output". It blindly called prefix_filename(), so running it in a subdirectory did not quite work as expected.

Introduce a new helper, prefix_filename_except_for_dash(), and use it to help "git bundle create" codepath.

Reported-by: Michael Henry
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
I didn't modify the commit message. I guess we could mention that it
works for files that read, too (but that we didn't bother to test every
command).
 abspath.c              |  7 +++++++
 builtin/bundle.c       |  2 +-
 cache.h                |  3 +++
 t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 39e06b58486..9a81c5525be 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -280,3 +280,10 @@ char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, const char *arg)
 #endif
 	return strbuf_detach(&path, NULL);
 }
+
+char *prefix_filename_except_for_dash(const char *pfx, const char *arg)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
+		return xstrdup(arg);
+	return prefix_filename(pfx, arg);
+}
diff --git a/builtin/bundle.c b/builtin/bundle.c
index 02dab1cfa02..eca39b64bf9 100644
--- a/builtin/bundle.c
+++ b/builtin/bundle.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int parse_options_cmd_bundle(int argc,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 	if (!argc)
 		usage_msg_opt(_("need a <file> argument"), usagestr, options);
-	*bundle_file = prefix_filename(prefix, argv[0]);
+	*bundle_file = prefix_filename_except_for_dash(prefix, argv[0]);
 	return argc;
 }
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 12789903e88..38867de41af 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len, int *remaining, const char
  */
 char *prefix_filename(const char *prefix, const char *path);
 
+/* Likewise, but path=="-" always yields "-" */
+char *prefix_filename_except_for_dash(const char *prefix, const char *path);
+
 int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
 void verify_filename(const char *prefix,
 		     const char *name,
diff --git a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
index 45d93588c91..6a5877a09ef 100755
--- a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
@@ -621,4 +621,15 @@ test_expect_success 'read bundle over stdin' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'send a bundle to standard output' '
+	git bundle create - --all HEAD >bundle-one &&
+	mkdir -p down &&
+	git -C down bundle create - --all HEAD >bundle-two &&
+	git bundle verify bundle-one &&
+	git bundle verify bundle-two &&
+	git ls-remote bundle-one >expect &&
+	git ls-remote bundle-two >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.40.0.rc1.500.g967c04631e
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  1. Michael HenryFeb 25, 2023
  2. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2023
  4. Jeff KingMar 3, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2023
  6. Jeff KingMar 4, 2023
  7. Jeff KingMar 4, 2023
  8. 0/5 handling "-" as stdin/stdout in git bundleJeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  9. 1/5 bundle: let "-" mean stdin for reading operationsJeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  10. 2/5 bundle: document handling of "-" as stdinJeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  11. 3/5 bundle: don't blindly apply prefix_filename() to "-"Jeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  12. 4/5 parse-options: consistently allocate memory in fix_filename()Jeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  13. 5/5 parse-options: use prefix_filename_except_for_dash() helperJeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  14. bundle: turn on --all-progress-implied by defaultJeff King, Mar 4, 2023
  15. Robin H. JohnsonMar 6, 2023
  16. Jeff KingMar 6, 2023
  17. Jeff KingMar 6, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2023
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2023
  21. Jeff KingMar 4, 2023
  22. Michael HenryMar 3, 2023
  23. Jeff KingMar 4, 2023
  24. Michael HenryMar 4, 2023

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