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Re: [PATCH v2] blame: prevent error if range ends past end of file

From
Isabella Stephens <istephens@atlassian.com>
Date
Oct 26, 2017, 23:37 UTC
Message-ID
<acc03a7d-69a6-680a-a435-dbdc50cf1e87@atlassian.com>
In-Reply-To
<20171026153111.21813-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
On 27/10/17 2:31 am, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
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>> If the -L option is used to specify a line range in git blame, and the
>> end of the range is past the end of the file, at present git will fail
>> with a fatal error. This commit prevents such behaviour - instead the
>> blame is display for any existing lines within the specified range.
> 
> s/is display/is displayed/ ?
Oops.
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> 
> 'git log' has a very similar -L option, which errors out, too, if the
> end of the line range is past the end of the file.  IMHO the
> interpretation of the line range -L<start>,<end> should be kept
> consistent in the two commands, and 'git log' shouldn't error out,
> either.
Good suggestion. I'll submit a separate patch for git log.
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> 
>> Signed-off-by: Isabella Stephens <istephens@atlassian.com>
>> ---
>>  builtin/blame.c               | 4 ++--
>>  t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh | 5 +++--
>>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
>> index 67adaef4d..b5b9db147 100644
>> --- a/builtin/blame.c
>> +++ b/builtin/blame.c
>> @@ -878,13 +878,13 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>  				    nth_line_cb, &sb, lno, anchor,
>>  				    &bottom, &top, sb.path))
>>  			usage(blame_usage);
>> -		if (lno < top || ((lno || bottom) && lno < bottom))
>> +		if ((lno || bottom) && lno < bottom)
>>  			die(Q_("file %s has only %lu line",
>>  			       "file %s has only %lu lines",
>>  			       lno), path, lno);
>>  		if (bottom < 1)
>>  			bottom = 1;
>> -		if (top < 1)
>> +		if (top < 1 || lno < top)
>>  			top = lno;
>>  		bottom--;
>>  		range_set_append_unsafe(&ranges, bottom, top);
>> diff --git a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
>> index 661f9d430..32b3788fe 100755
>> --- a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
>> +++ b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
>> @@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ test_expect_success 'blame -L with invalid start' '
>>  '
>>  
>>  test_expect_success 'blame -L with invalid end' '
>> -	test_must_fail git blame -L1,5 tres 2>errors &&
>> -	test_i18ngrep "has only 2 lines" errors
>> +	git blame -L1,5 tres >out &&
>> +	cat out &&
>> +	test $(wc -l < out) -eq 2
> 
> Please use the test_line_count helper instead, as it will output a
> helpful error message on failure, making the 'cat out' above
> unnecessary.
> Thanks for pointing that out.
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>>  '
>>  
>>  test_expect_success 'blame parses <end> part of -L' '
>> -- 
>> 2.14.1
>>
>>
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Message 7 of 27 in “blame: add --fuzzy-lines command line option”
  1. blame: add --fuzzy-lines command line optionIsabella Stephens, Oct 26, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2017
  3. blame: prevent error if range ends past end of fileIsabella Stephens, Oct 26, 2017
  4. Jacob KellerOct 26, 2017
  5. Isabella StephensOct 26, 2017
  6. SZEDER GáborOct 26, 2017
  7. Isabella StephensOct 26, 2017
  8. blame: prevent error if range ends past end of fileIsabella Stephens, Oct 27, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2017
  11. Isabella StephensOct 27, 2017
  12. Eric SunshineOct 27, 2017
  13. 0/2 blame and log: prevent error if range ends past end of fileistephens@atlassian.com, Apr 26, 2018
  14. 1/2 blame: prevent error if range ends past end of fileistephens@atlassian.com, Apr 26, 2018
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2018
  16. Isabella StephensApr 27, 2018
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2018
  18. Isabella StephensApr 27, 2018
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2018
  20. 0/2 blame and log: prevent error if range ends past end of fileistephens@atlassian.com, May 29, 2018
  21. blame: prevent error if range ends past end of fileistephens@atlassian.com, May 29, 2018
  22. Eric SunshineMay 30, 2018
  23. Isabella StephensMay 31, 2018
  24. log: prevent error if line range ends past end of fileistephens@atlassian.com, May 29, 2018
  25. Eric SunshineMay 30, 2018
  26. 2/2 log: prevent error if line range ends past end of fileistephens@atlassian.com, Apr 26, 2018
  27. Isabella StephensOct 26, 2017

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