Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] archive: optionally add "virtual" files

> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> With the `--add-file-with-content=<path>:<content>` option, `git
> archive` now supports use cases where relatively trivial files need to
> be added that do not exist on disk.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-archive.txt | 11 ++++++++
>  archive.c                     | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  t/t5003-archive-zip.sh        | 12 +++++++++
>  3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
> index bc4e76a7834..1b52a0a65a1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
> @@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ OPTIONS
>  	by concatenating the value for `--prefix` (if any) and the
>  	basename of <file>.
>
> +--add-file-with-content=<path>:<content>::
> +	Add the specified contents to the archive.  Can be repeated to add
> +	multiple files.  The path of the file in the archive is built
> +	by concatenating the value for `--prefix` (if any) and the
> +	basename of <file>.
> ++
> +The `<path>` cannot contain any colon, the file mode is limited to
> +a regular file, and the option may be subject platform-dependent

>  --worktree-attributes::
>  	Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree
>  	as well (see <<ATTRIBUTES>>).
> diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
> index a3bbb091256..172efd690c3 100644
> --- a/archive.c
> +++ b/archive.c
> @@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ static int queue_or_write_archive_entry(const struct object_id *oid,
>  struct extra_file_info {
>  	char *base;
>  	struct stat stat;
> +	void *content;
>  };
>
>  int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
> @@ -337,7 +338,13 @@ int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
>  		strbuf_addstr(&path_in_archive, basename(path));
>
>  		strbuf_reset(&content);
> -		if (strbuf_read_file(&content, path, info->stat.st_size) < 0)
> +		if (info->content)
> +			err = write_entry(args, &fake_oid, path_in_archive.buf,
> +					  path_in_archive.len,
> +					  info->stat.st_mode,
> +					  info->content, info->stat.st_size);
> +		else if (strbuf_read_file(&content, path,
> +					  info->stat.st_size) < 0)
>  			err = error_errno(_("could not read '%s'"), path);
>  		else
>  			err = write_entry(args, &fake_oid, path_in_archive.buf,
> @@ -493,6 +500,7 @@ static void extra_file_info_clear(void *util, const char *str)
>  {
>  	struct extra_file_info *info = util;
>  	free(info->base);
> +	free(info->content);
>  	free(info);
>  }
>
> @@ -514,14 +522,38 @@ static int add_file_cb(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
>  	if (!arg)
>  		return -1;
>
> -	path = prefix_filename(args->prefix, arg);
> -	item = string_list_append_nodup(&args->extra_files, path);
> -	item->util = info = xmalloc(sizeof(*info));
> +	info = xmalloc(sizeof(*info));
>  	info->base = xstrdup_or_null(base);
> -	if (stat(path, &info->stat))
> -		die(_("File not found: %s"), path);
> -	if (!S_ISREG(info->stat.st_mode))
> -		die(_("Not a regular file: %s"), path);
> +
> +	if (strcmp(opt->long_name, "add-file-with-content")) {

> +		path = prefix_filename(args->prefix, arg);
> +		if (stat(path, &info->stat))
> +			die(_("File not found: %s"), path);
> +		if (!S_ISREG(info->stat.st_mode))
> +			die(_("Not a regular file: %s"), path);
> +		info->content = NULL; /* read the file later */
> +	} else {
> +		const char *colon = strchr(arg, ':');
> +		char *p;
> +
> +		if (!colon)
> +			die(_("missing colon: '%s'"), arg);
> +
> +		p = xstrndup(arg, colon - arg);
> +		if (!args->prefix)
> +			path = p;
> +		else {
> +			path = prefix_filename(args->prefix, p);
> +			free(p);
> +		}
> +		memset(&info->stat, 0, sizeof(info->stat));
> +		info->stat.st_mode = S_IFREG | 0644;
> +		info->content = xstrdup(colon + 1);
> +		info->stat.st_size = strlen(info->content);
> +	}
> +	item = string_list_append_nodup(&args->extra_files, path);
> +	item->util = info;
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
> @@ -554,6 +586,9 @@ static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
>  		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "add-file", args, N_("file"),
>  		  N_("add untracked file to archive"), 0, add_file_cb,
>  		  (intptr_t)&base },
> +		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "add-file-with-content", args,
> +		  N_("file"), N_("add untracked file to archive"), 0,

> +		  add_file_cb, (intptr_t)&base },
>  		OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output, N_("file"),
>  			N_("write the archive to this file")),
>  		OPT_BOOL(0, "worktree-attributes", &worktree_attributes,
> diff --git a/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh b/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
> index 1e6d18b140e..8ff1257f1a0 100755
> --- a/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
> +++ b/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
> @@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ test_expect_success 'git archive --format=zip --add-file' '
>  check_zip with_untracked
>  check_added with_untracked untracked untracked
>
> +test_expect_success UNZIP 'git archive --format=zip --add-file-with-content' '
> +	git archive --format=zip >with_file_with_content.zip \
> +		--add-file-with-content=hello:world $EMPTY_TREE &&
> +	test_when_finished "rm -rf tmp-unpack" &&
> +	mkdir tmp-unpack && (
> +		cd tmp-unpack &&
> +		"$GIT_UNZIP" ../with_file_with_content.zip &&
> +		test_path_is_file hello &&
> +		test world = $(cat hello)
> +	)
> +'
> +
>  test_expect_success 'git archive --format=zip --add-file twice' '
>  	echo untracked >untracked &&
>  	git archive --format=zip --prefix=one/ --add-file=untracked \