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Re: [PATCH] rev-parse: fix --resolve-git-dir argument handling

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2014, 20:42 UTC
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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:
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> There are two problems here:
>
> 1) If no argument is provided, then the command segfaults
> 2) The argument is not consumed, so there will be excess output
>
> Fix both of these in one go by restructuring the handler for this
> option.
>
> Reported-by: Daniel Hahler <genml+git-2014@thequod.de>
> Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
> ---
Looks sensible; thanks.
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>  builtin/rev-parse.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
> index aaeb611..645cc4a 100644
> --- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
> +++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
> @@ -738,9 +738,12 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  				continue;
>  			}
>  			if (!strcmp(arg, "--resolve-git-dir")) {
> -				const char *gitdir = resolve_gitdir(argv[i+1]);
> +				const char *gitdir;
> +				if (++i >= argc)
> +					die("--resolve-git-dir requires an argument");
> +				gitdir = resolve_gitdir(argv[i]);
>  				if (!gitdir)
> -					die("not a gitdir '%s'", argv[i+1]);
> +					die("not a gitdir '%s'", argv[i]);
>  				puts(gitdir);
>  				continue;
>  			}
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Message 3 of 5 in “Output from "rev-parse --resolve-git-dir" changed: two lines (prints original argument)”
  1. Daniel HahlerFeb 17, 2014
  2. rev-parse: fix --resolve-git-dir argument handlingJohn Keeping, Feb 17, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2014
  5. John KeepingFeb 19, 2014

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