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Re: [PATCH 2/5] t5303: test some corrupt deltas

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 31, 2018, 21:14 UTC
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Hi Junio,
On Fri, 31 Aug 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> >> Would "echo base >base" give us 5-byte long base even on Windows?
> >
> > Please note that Unix shell scripting is a foreign thing on Windows. As
> > such, there is not really any "native" shell we can use [*1*], and
> 
> Yeah, I know that; otherwise I wouldn't have asked.  Because ...
> 
> > therefore we use MSYS2's Bash which outputs Unix line endings.
> 
> ... I didn't know what MSYS folks chose, and/or if you have chosen
> to tweak their choice, and/or if you switched to somebody else's shell
> (e.g. busybox) and/or you chose to tweak what they do out of the box,
> it was worth asking and getting yes/no question.  You do not have to
> tell me why I should be asking.
> 
> So instead of typing 3 lines, you can just say "yes we use echo that
> emulates Unix".
> 
> Thanks.

You could just express your gratitude that I do more than just answer a question, and impart more knowledge that will help you be a better maintainer.

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jeff King
Message 24 of 31 in “patch-delta: fix oob read”
  1. 1/3 patch-delta: fix oob readJann Horn, Aug 29, 2018
  2. 2/3 t/helper/test-delta: segfault on OOB accessJann Horn, Aug 29, 2018
  3. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  4. Jann HornAug 29, 2018
  5. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  6. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  7. 3/3 t5303: add tests for corrupted deltasJann Horn, Aug 29, 2018
  8. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  9. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  10. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  11. Jeff KingAug 29, 2018
  12. 0/5 handle corruption in patch-deltaJeff King, Aug 30, 2018
  13. 1/5 test-delta: read input into a heap bufferJeff King, Aug 30, 2018
  14. 2/5 t5303: test some corrupt deltasJeff King, Aug 30, 2018
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2018
  16. Jeff KingAug 30, 2018
  17. Jeff KingAug 30, 2018
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2018
  19. Jeff KingAug 30, 2018
  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 31, 2018
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2018
  22. Jeff KingAug 31, 2018
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2018
  24. Johannes SchindelinAug 31, 2018
  25. Jeff KingAug 31, 2018
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2018
  27. 3/5 patch-delta: fix oob readJeff King, Aug 30, 2018
  28. 4/5 patch-delta: consistently report corruptionJeff King, Aug 30, 2018
  29. 5/5 patch-delta: handle truncated copy parametersJeff King, Aug 30, 2018
  30. Jann HornAug 30, 2018
  31. Nicolas PitreAug 30, 2018

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