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Re: [PATCH] git-quiltimport.sh: disallow fuzz

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 21, 2014, 21:32 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Things might have been different if this were mid 2006 or early
> 2007, but I am afraid that "the spirit of git" with a quote from
> Linus no longer carries much weight on this particular issue.  A
> backward incompatible change is backward incompatible change that
> breaks existing users no matter how loudly you (and I) shout that it
> is the right thing to do in the long run.
>
> Let's have it the other way around, keep the same behaviour for
> those who run the command without the new option, while allowing
> people who know better and are aligned with the spirit of git to
> pass the parameter, at least for now, with a note in the
> documentation to warn that the default may change in the future to
> allow no fuzz, or something.

I was waiting to hear an Ack or some comments and then forgot about this topic.

I'll send two patches, one is essentially yours *but* does not flip the default (i.e. those who want to be safe have to be explicit about it), and then the other is to flip the default but more gently.

Here is the first one. I'll send the "default flipping" as a reply to this message.

-- >8 --
From: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:08:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] git-quiltimport.sh: allow declining fuzz with --exact option

git-quiltimport unconditionally passes "-C1" to "git apply", supposedly to roughly match the quilt default of --fuzz 2. Allow users to pass --exact option to disable it, requiring the patch to apply without any fuzz.

Also note that -C1 and fuzz=2 is not identical. Most patches have three lines of context, so fuzz=2 leaves one relevant line of context. But for any patches with more or less context this is not true. git-apply has no option for fuzz, so any emulation will always be best-effort.

Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 git-quiltimport.sh                | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
index a356196..109918d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ The default for the patch directory is patches
 or the value of the $QUILT_PATCHES environment
 variable.
 
+-C <number>::
+	Pass `-C<number>` to underlying `git apply` when applying
+	the patch, to reduce number of context lines to be matched.
+	By default, `-C1` is passed to `git apply` to emulate the
+	`--fuzz=2` behaviour of quilt (assuming the standard 3
+	context lines).
+
+--exact::
+	Do not pass any `-C<number>` option to `git apply` when
+	applying the patch, to require context lines to fully match.
+
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/git-quiltimport.sh b/git-quiltimport.sh
index 167d79f..929365f 100755
--- a/git-quiltimport.sh
+++ b/git-quiltimport.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ git quiltimport [options]
 --
 n,dry-run     dry run
 author=       author name and email address for patches without any
+C=            minimum context (see git apply)
+exact         allow no-fuzz
 patches=      path to the quilt series and patches
 "
 SUBDIRECTORY_ON=Yes
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_ON=Yes
 
 dry_run=""
 quilt_author=""
+cflag=-C1
 while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -20,6 +23,18 @@ do
 		shift
 		quilt_author="$1"
 		;;
+	-C)
+		shift
+		# ensure numerical parameter
+		case "$1" in
+		''|*[!0-9]*) usage;;
+		*) ;;
+		esac
+		cflag="-C$1"
+		;;
+	--exact)
+		cflag=
+		;;
 	-n|--dry-run)
 		dry_run=1
 		;;
@@ -130,7 +145,7 @@ do
 	fi
 
 	if [ -z "$dry_run" ] ; then
-		git apply --index -C1 ${level:+"$level"} "$tmp_patch" &&
+		git apply --index $cflag ${level:+"$level"} "$tmp_patch" &&
 		tree=$(git write-tree) &&
 		commit=$( (echo "$SUBJECT"; echo; cat "$tmp_msg") | git commit-tree $tree -p $commit) &&
 		git update-ref -m "quiltimport: $patch_name" HEAD $commit || exit 4
-- 
2.1.2-583-g325e495
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  1. git-quiltimport.sh: disallow fuzzJörn Engel, Sep 24, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2014
  3. Jörn EngelSep 25, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2014
  8. 2/2 git-quiltimport: flip the default not to allow fuzzJunio C Hamano, Oct 21, 2014

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