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Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] sequencer: fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting author header timezone

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood@talktalk.net>
Date
Jul 31, 2018, 09:50 UTC
Message-ID
<c80cf729-1bbe-10f5-6837-b074d371b91c@talktalk.net>
In-Reply-To
<20180731073331.40007-3-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
On 31/07/18 08:33, Eric Sunshine wrote:
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> When "git rebase -i --root" creates a new root commit, it corrupts the
> "author" header's timezone by repeating the last digit:
> 
>      author A U Thor <author@example.com> @1112912773 -07000
> 
> This is due to two bugs.
> 
> First, write_author_script() neglects to add the closing quote to the
> value of GIT_AUTHOR_DATE when generating "rebase-merge/author-script".
> 
> Second, although sq_dequote() correctly diagnoses the missing closing
> quote, read_author_ident() ignores sq_dequote()'s return value and
> blindly uses the result of the aborted dequote.
> 
> sq_dequote() performs dequoting in-place by removing quoting and
> shifting content downward. When it detects misquoting (lack of closing
> quote, in this case), it gives up and returns an error without inserting
> a NUL-terminator at the end of the shifted content, which explains the
> duplicated last digit in the timezone.
> 
> (Note that the "@" preceding the timestamp is a separate bug which
> will be fixed subsequently.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
> ---
>   sequencer.c                   | 7 ++++++-
>   t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 78864d9072..1008f6d71a 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ static int write_author_script(const char *message)
>   			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
>   		else
>   			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
> +	strbuf_addch(&buf, '\'');
>   	res = write_message(buf.buf, buf.len, rebase_path_author_script(), 1);
>   	strbuf_release(&buf);
>   	return res;
> @@ -724,7 +725,11 @@ static const char *read_author_ident(struct strbuf *buf)
>   
>   		eol = strchrnul(in, '\n');
>   		*eol = '\0';
> -		sq_dequote(in);
> +		if (!sq_dequote(in)) {
> +			warning(_("bad quoting on %s value in '%s'"),
> +				keys[i], rebase_path_author_script());
> +			return NULL;

Unfortunately the caller does not treat NULL as an error, so this will change the date and potentially the author of the commit. While that isn't corruption in the sense that it creates a sane commit, it does corrupt the author data compared to its expected value. I think it would be better to die in the short term, or fix the caller.

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> +		}
>   		len = strlen(in);
>   
>   		if (i > 0) /* separate values by spaces */
> diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
> index d6e9b52740..fd3a18154e 100755
> --- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
> +++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
> @@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ test_expect_success 'valid author header after --root swap' '
>   	set_fake_editor &&
>   	FAKE_LINES="2 1" git rebase -i --root &&
>   	git cat-file commit HEAD^ >out &&
> -	grep "^author ..*> @[0-9][0-9]* [-+][0-9][0-9]*$" out
> +	grep "^author ..*> @[0-9][0-9]* [-+][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$" out
>   '
>   
>   test_done
> 
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Message 4 of 57 in “fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting root commit”
  1. 0/4 fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting root commitEric Sunshine, Jul 31, 2018
  2. 1/4 sequencer: fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting author headerEric Sunshine, Jul 31, 2018
  3. 2/4 sequencer: fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting author header timezoneEric Sunshine, Jul 31, 2018
  4. Phillip WoodJul 31, 2018
  5. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  6. 4/4 sequencer: don't die() on bogus user-edited timestampEric Sunshine, Jul 31, 2018
  7. Phillip WoodJul 31, 2018
  8. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  9. 3/4 sequencer: fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting author header timestampEric Sunshine, Jul 31, 2018
  10. Phillip WoodJul 31, 2018
  11. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  12. Phillip WoodJul 31, 2018
  13. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  14. Phillip WoodJul 31, 2018
  15. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  16. 0/2 Fix author script quotingPhillip Wood, Jul 31, 2018
  17. 1/2 sequencer: handle errors in read_author_ident()Phillip Wood, Jul 31, 2018
  18. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  19. Phillip WoodAug 1, 2018
  20. 2/2 sequencer: fix quoting in write_author_scriptPhillip Wood, Jul 31, 2018
  21. Eric SunshineJul 31, 2018
  22. Phillip WoodAug 1, 2018
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2018
  24. Phillip WoodAug 1, 2018
  25. Eric SunshineAug 1, 2018
  26. Hilco WijbengaAug 1, 2018
  27. Eric SunshineAug 1, 2018
  28. Hilco WijbengaAug 7, 2018
  29. Eric SunshineAug 7, 2018
  30. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2018
  31. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2018
  32. brian m. carlsonAug 1, 2018
  33. Eric SunshineAug 2, 2018
  34. 0/2 Fix author script quotingPhillip Wood, Aug 2, 2018
  35. 1/2 sequencer: handle errors in read_author_ident()Phillip Wood, Aug 2, 2018
  36. Eric SunshineAug 3, 2018
  37. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2018
  38. 2/2 sequencer: fix quoting in write_author_scriptPhillip Wood, Aug 2, 2018
  39. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2018
  40. Eric SunshineAug 3, 2018
  41. Phillip WoodAug 3, 2018
  42. Eric SunshineAug 3, 2018
  43. Phillip WoodAug 3, 2018
  44. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2018
  45. 0/2 fix author-script quotingPhillip Wood, Aug 7, 2018
  46. 1/2 sequencer: handle errors from read_author_ident()Phillip Wood, Aug 7, 2018
  47. Eric SunshineAug 8, 2018
  48. 2/2 sequencer: fix quoting in write_author_scriptPhillip Wood, Aug 7, 2018
  49. Eric SunshineAug 7, 2018
  50. Phillip WoodAug 7, 2018
  51. Eric SunshineAug 8, 2018
  52. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2018
  53. Phillip WoodAug 9, 2018
  54. Phillip WoodAug 9, 2018
  55. Eric SunshineAug 8, 2018
  56. Phillip WoodAug 9, 2018
  57. Eric SunshineAug 8, 2018

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