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Re: [PATCH 09/13] t: add lib-loose.sh

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 19, 2025, 15:12 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> +# Write a loose object into the odb at $1, with object type $2 and contents
> +# from stdin. Writes the oid to stdout. Example:
> +#
> +#   oid=$(echo foo | loose_obj .git/objects blob)
> +#
> +loose_obj () {
> +	cat >tmp_loose.content &&
> +	size=$(wc -c <tmp_loose.content) &&
> +	{
> +		# Do not quote $size here; we want the shell
> +		# to strip whitespace that "wc" adds on some platforms.
> +		printf "%s %s\0" "$2" $size &&
Nice to have this comment.
We probably could also do
		printf "%s %d\0" "$2" "$size"

to cope with possible leading space padding, but your version makes the intent a lot clearer.

> +		cat tmp_loose.content
> +	} >tmp_loose.raw &&

OK, a loose object file is a deflated bytestream of object header followed by the payload, and because the header records the size of the payload, we need to read the payload to its end first.

> +	oid=$(test-tool $test_hash_algo <tmp_loose.raw) &&
And hashing the raw gives us the object name.
> +	suffix=${oid#??} &&
> +	prefix=${oid%$suffix} &&
> +	dir=$1/$prefix &&
> +	file=$dir/$suffix &&
OK.
> +	test-tool zlib deflate <tmp_loose.raw >tmp_loose.zlib &&
> +	mkdir -p "$dir" &&
> +	mv tmp_loose.zlib "$file" &&

Ah, you are being very careful. As this is merely a test, we probably could do without tmp_loose.zlib but I do not mind it being careful.

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> +	rm tmp_loose.raw tmp_loose.content &&
> +	echo "$oid"
> +}
> diff --git a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> index d96d02ad7d..317da6869c 100755
> --- a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> +++ b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  test_description='git cat-file'
>  
>  . ./test-lib.sh
> +. "$TEST_DIRECTORY/lib-loose.sh"
>  
>  test_cmdmode_usage () {
>  	test_expect_code 129 "$@" 2>err &&
> @@ -657,12 +658,12 @@ test_expect_success 'setup bogus data' '
>  	bogus_short_type="bogus" &&
>  	bogus_short_content="bogus" &&
>  	bogus_short_size=$(strlen "$bogus_short_content") &&
> -	bogus_short_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$bogus_short_content" | git hash-object -t $bogus_short_type --literally -w --stdin) &&
> +	bogus_short_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$bogus_short_content" | loose_obj .git/objects $bogus_short_type) &&
>  
>  	bogus_long_type="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234679" &&
>  	bogus_long_content="bogus" &&
>  	bogus_long_size=$(strlen "$bogus_long_content") &&
> -	bogus_long_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$bogus_long_content" | git hash-object -t $bogus_long_type --literally -w --stdin)
> +	bogus_long_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$bogus_long_content" | loose_obj .git/objects $bogus_long_type)
>  '
Nice.
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Message 25 of 35 in “dropping support for non-standard object types”
  1. 0/13 dropping support for non-standard object typesJeff King, May 16, 2025
  2. 01/13 object-file.h: fix typo in variable declarationJeff King, May 16, 2025
  3. 02/13 cat-file: make --allow-unknown-type a noopJeff King, May 16, 2025
  4. Patrick SteinhardtMay 16, 2025
  5. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  6. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2025
  8. 03/13 object-file: drop OBJECT_INFO_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TYPE flagJeff King, May 16, 2025
  9. 04/13 cat-file: use type enum instead of buffer for -t optionJeff King, May 16, 2025
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2025
  11. 05/13 oid_object_info_convert(): stop using string for object typeJeff King, May 16, 2025
  12. 06/13 fsck: stop using object_info->type_name strbufJeff King, May 16, 2025
  13. Patrick SteinhardtMay 16, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  15. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  16. 07/13 oid_object_info(): drop type_name strbufJeff King, May 16, 2025
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  18. 08/13 t/helper: add zlib test-toolJeff King, May 16, 2025
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  20. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2025
  22. 09/13 t: add lib-loose.shJeff King, May 16, 2025
  23. Patrick SteinhardtMay 16, 2025
  24. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  26. 10/13 hash-object: stop allowing unknown typesJeff King, May 16, 2025
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  28. 11/13 hash-object: merge HASH_* and INDEX_* flagsJeff King, May 16, 2025
  29. Patrick SteinhardtMay 16, 2025
  30. 12/13 hash-object: handle --literally with OPT_NEGBITJeff King, May 16, 2025
  31. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  32. 13/13 object-file: drop support for writing objects with unknown typesJeff King, May 16, 2025
  33. Patrick SteinhardtMay 16, 2025
  34. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2025

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