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Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] t0001: fix on case-insensitive filesystems

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 24, 2019, 18:55 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> On a case-insensitive filesystem, such as HFS+ or NTFS, it is possible
> that the idea Bash has of the current directory differs in case from
> what Git thinks it is. That's totally okay, though, and we should not
> expect otherwise.
>
> On Windows, for example, when you call
>
> 	cd C:\GIT-SDK-64
>
> in a PowerShell and there exists a directory called `C:\git-sdk-64`, the
> current directory will be reported in all upper-case. Even in a Bash
> that you might call from that PowerShell. Git, however, will have
> normalized this via `GetFinalPathByHandle()`, and the expectation in
> t0001 that the recorded gitdir will match what `pwd` says will be
> violated.
>
> Let's address this by comparing these paths in a case-insensitive
> manner when `core.ignoreCase` is `true`.
>
> Reported by Jameson Miller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>
> 	Again, re-sending, as something in the mail (my guess is the
> 	non-ASCII character in Martin's surname) seems to upset vger so
> 	much that it drops the mail unceremoniously.

Hmph, but in the copy I am responding to, I can see non-ASCII Martin's surname in the CC: header just fine, so vger may not be at fault, perhaps?

In any case, cmp-fspath looks nicely implemented.  Will queue.
Thanks.
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>
>  t/t0001-init.sh         | 22 ++++++++--------------
>  t/test-lib-functions.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
> index 42a263cada..b796fa25ac 100755
> --- a/t/t0001-init.sh
> +++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
> @@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ test_expect_success 'init prefers command line to GIT_DIR' '
>  test_expect_success 'init with separate gitdir' '
>  	rm -rf newdir &&
>  	git init --separate-git-dir realgitdir newdir &&
> -	echo "gitdir: $(pwd)/realgitdir" >expected &&
> -	test_cmp expected newdir/.git &&
> +	newdir_git="$(cat newdir/.git)" &&
> +	test_cmp_fspath "$(pwd)/realgitdir" "${newdir_git#gitdir: }" &&
>  	test_path_is_dir realgitdir/refs
>  '
>
> @@ -360,12 +360,9 @@ test_expect_success 're-init on .git file' '
>  '
>
>  test_expect_success 're-init to update git link' '
> -	(
> -	cd newdir &&
> -	git init --separate-git-dir ../surrealgitdir
> -	) &&
> -	echo "gitdir: $(pwd)/surrealgitdir" >expected &&
> -	test_cmp expected newdir/.git &&
> +	git -C newdir init --separate-git-dir ../surrealgitdir &&
> +	newdir_git="$(cat newdir/.git)" &&
> +	test_cmp_fspath "$(pwd)/surrealgitdir" "${newdir_git#gitdir: }" &&
>  	test_path_is_dir surrealgitdir/refs &&
>  	test_path_is_missing realgitdir/refs
>  '
> @@ -373,12 +370,9 @@ test_expect_success 're-init to update git link' '
>  test_expect_success 're-init to move gitdir' '
>  	rm -rf newdir realgitdir surrealgitdir &&
>  	git init newdir &&
> -	(
> -	cd newdir &&
> -	git init --separate-git-dir ../realgitdir
> -	) &&
> -	echo "gitdir: $(pwd)/realgitdir" >expected &&
> -	test_cmp expected newdir/.git &&
> +	git -C newdir init --separate-git-dir ../realgitdir &&
> +	newdir_git="$(cat newdir/.git)" &&
> +	test_cmp_fspath "$(pwd)/realgitdir" "${newdir_git#gitdir: }" &&
>  	test_path_is_dir realgitdir/refs
>  '
>
> diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
> index 80402a428f..26218a6c53 100644
> --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
> +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
> @@ -879,6 +879,21 @@ test_cmp_rev () {
>  	fi
>  }
>
> +# Compare paths respecting core.ignoreCase
> +test_cmp_fspath () {
> +	if test "x$1" = "x$2"
> +	then
> +		return 0
> +	fi
> +
> +	if test true != "$(git config --get --type=bool core.ignorecase)"
> +	then
> +		return 1
> +	fi
> +
> +	test "x$(echo "$1" | tr A-Z a-z)" =  "x$(echo "$2" | tr A-Z a-z)"
> +}
> +
>  # Print a sequence of integers in increasing order, either with
>  # two arguments (start and end):
>  #
> --
> gitgitgadget
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  1. 0/1 Fix a test on NTFS (and probably HFS+)Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 8, 2019
  2. 1/1 t0001: fix on case-insensitive filesystemsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 8, 2019
  3. Martin ÅgrenJun 9, 2019
  4. Johannes SchindelinJun 19, 2019
  5. brian m. carlsonJun 9, 2019
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  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 19, 2019
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 21, 2019
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  17. vger vs GitGitGadget, was Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] t0001: fix on case-insensitive filesystemsJohannes Schindelin, Jun 25, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2019

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