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Re: [PATCH] update-ref: fix streaming of status updates

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 3, 2021, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
<1e9e62a2c5f74db91aaded83783076c28b757836.1630659922.git.ps@pks.im>
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
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> When executing git-update-ref(1) with the `--stdin` flag, then the user
> can queue updates and, since e48cf33b61 (update-ref: implement
> interactive transaction handling, 2020-04-02), interactively drive the
> transaction's state via a set of transactional verbs. This interactivity
> is somewhat broken though: while the caller can use these verbs to drive
> the transaction's state, the status messages which confirm that a verb
> has been processed is not flushed. The caller may thus be left hanging
> waiting for the acknowledgement.
>
> Fix the bug by flushing stdout after writing the status update. Add a
> test which catches this bug.
Nobody hit by this for more than a year is interesting.
Will queue.  Thanks.
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>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
>  builtin/update-ref.c  | 14 ++++++++++----
>  t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
> index 6029a80544..a84e7b47a2 100644
> --- a/builtin/update-ref.c
> +++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
> @@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ static void parse_cmd_verify(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  	strbuf_release(&err);
>  }
>  
> +static void report_ok(const char *command)
> +{
> +	fprintf(stdout, "%s: ok\n", command);
> +	fflush(stdout);
> +}
> +
>  static void parse_cmd_option(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  			     const char *next, const char *end)
>  {
> @@ -317,7 +323,7 @@ static void parse_cmd_start(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  {
>  	if (*next != line_termination)
>  		die("start: extra input: %s", next);
> -	puts("start: ok");
> +	report_ok("start");
>  }
>  
>  static void parse_cmd_prepare(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
> @@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ static void parse_cmd_prepare(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  		die("prepare: extra input: %s", next);
>  	if (ref_transaction_prepare(transaction, &error))
>  		die("prepare: %s", error.buf);
> -	puts("prepare: ok");
> +	report_ok("prepare");
>  }
>  
>  static void parse_cmd_abort(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
> @@ -339,7 +345,7 @@ static void parse_cmd_abort(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  		die("abort: extra input: %s", next);
>  	if (ref_transaction_abort(transaction, &error))
>  		die("abort: %s", error.buf);
> -	puts("abort: ok");
> +	report_ok("abort");
>  }
>  
>  static void parse_cmd_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
> @@ -350,7 +356,7 @@ static void parse_cmd_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>  		die("commit: extra input: %s", next);
>  	if (ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &error))
>  		die("commit: %s", error.buf);
> -	puts("commit: ok");
> +	report_ok("commit");
>  	ref_transaction_free(transaction);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
> index 4506cd435b..1e754e258f 100755
> --- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
> +++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
> @@ -1598,6 +1598,38 @@ test_expect_success 'transaction cannot restart ongoing transaction' '
>  	test_must_fail git show-ref --verify refs/heads/restart
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success PIPE 'transaction flushes status updates' '
> +	mkfifo in out &&
> +	(git update-ref --stdin <in >out &) &&
> +
> +	exec 9>in &&
> +	test_when_finished "exec 9>&-" &&
> +
> +	echo "start" >&9 &&
> +	echo "start: ok" >expected &&
> +	read line <out &&
> +	echo "$line" >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expected actual &&
> +
> +	echo "create refs/heads/flush $A" >&9 &&
> +
> +	echo prepare >&9 &&
> +	echo "prepare: ok" >expected &&
> +	read line <out &&
> +	echo "$line" >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expected actual &&
> +
> +	# This must now fail given that we have locked the ref.
> +	test_must_fail git update-ref refs/heads/flush $B 2>stderr &&
> +	grep "fatal: update_ref failed for ref ${SQ}refs/heads/flush${SQ}: cannot lock ref" stderr &&
> +
> +	echo commit >&9 &&
> +	echo "commit: ok" >expected &&
> +	read line <out &&
> +	echo "$line" >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expected actual
> +'
> +
>  test_expect_success 'directory not created deleting packed ref' '
>  	git branch d1/d2/r1 HEAD &&
>  	git pack-refs --all &&
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  1. update-ref: fix streaming of status updatesPatrick Steinhardt, Sep 3, 2021
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2021
  3. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  4. t1400: avoid SIGPIPE race condition on fifoJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2021
  6. Patrick SteinhardtSep 16, 2021

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