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Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] Make sure that index-pack --strict checks tag objects

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 11, 2014, 21:16 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqoauldfij.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> When our toolset has become too tight without leaving enough escape
> hatch to hinder further development, it is very sensible to at least
> think about adding a new "--for-debug" option to hash-object and
> pack-objects that allows us to deliberately create broken
> datastreams to test against.
>
> I think peff recently added helpers to t5303 to allow us test
> corrupt pack streams, which is a way different from what you
> envisioned above (i.e. "actively break pack-index") to test
> breakages like the ones you were trying to test here.
>
> Having said all that, I do think the series that added new warnings,
> errors and a test for the new warnings is an improvement without a
> test for the new errors.  So let's queue this, see if somebody comes
> up a way to check for these error detection codepath on top of this
> series.

It wasn't too painful to do one of them, and the result looks rather nice. It lets us add this patch on top of your series.

-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] t1450: make sure fsck detects a malformed tagger line

With "hash-object --literally", write a tag object that is not supposed to pass one of the new checks added to "fsck", and make sure that the new check catches the breakage.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 t/t1450-fsck.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index 9118253..6ecb844 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -234,6 +234,25 @@ test_expect_success 'tag with incorrect tag name & missing tagger' '
 	grep "expected .tagger. line" out
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'tag with bad tagger' '
+	sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	cat >wrong-tag <<-EOF &&
+	object $sha
+	type commit
+	tag not-quite-wrong
+	tagger Bad Tagger Name
+
+	This is an invalid tag.
+	EOF
+
+	tag=$(git hash-object --literally -t tag -w --stdin <wrong-tag) &&
+	test_when_finished "remove_object $tag" &&
+	echo $tag >.git/refs/tags/wrong &&
+	test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/tags/wrong" &&
+	test_must_fail git fsck --tags 2>out &&
+	grep "error in tag .*: invalid author/committer" out
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'cleaned up' '
 	git fsck >actual 2>&1 &&
 	test_cmp empty actual
-- 
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Message 37 of 68 in “Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjects”
  1. 0/6 Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjectsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  2. 1/6 Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errorsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2014
  4. 2/6 Accept object data in the fsck_object() functionJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2014
  6. Jeff KingAug 29, 2014
  7. Jeff KingAug 29, 2014
  8. 3/6 Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the bufferJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2014
  10. Jeff KingAug 29, 2014
  11. 4/6 fsck: check tag objects' headersJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2014
  14. Jeff KingAug 29, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2014
  16. Jeff KingSep 3, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2014
  18. Jeff KingSep 4, 2014
  19. Jeff KingAug 29, 2014
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2014
  21. Jeff KingSep 3, 2014
  22. 5/6 Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ingJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  23. 6/6 Make sure that index-pack --strict fails upon invalid tag objectsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2014
  24. 0/6 Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjectsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  25. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2014
  27. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2014
  28. Johannes SchindelinSep 11, 2014
  29. 0/6 Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjectsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  30. 1/6 Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errorsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  31. 2/6 Accept object data in the fsck_object() functionJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  32. 3/6 Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the bufferJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  33. 4/6 fsck: check tag objects' headersJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  34. 5/6 Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ingJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  35. 6/6 Make sure that index-pack --strict checks tag objectsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 11, 2014
  36. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2014
  37. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2014
  38. 0/3 hash-object --literallyJunio C Hamano, Sep 11, 2014
  39. 1/3 hash-object: reduce file-scope staticsJunio C Hamano, Sep 11, 2014
  40. 2/3 hash-object: pass 'write_object' as a flagJunio C Hamano, Sep 11, 2014
  41. 3/3 hash-object: add --literally optionJunio C Hamano, Sep 11, 2014
  42. Johannes SchindelinSep 12, 2014
  43. 0/6 Improve tag checking in fsck and with transfer.fsckobjectsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  44. 1/6 Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errorsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  45. 2/6 Accept object data in the fsck_object() functionJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  46. 3/6 Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the bufferJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  47. 4/6 fsck: check tag objects' headersJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  48. 5/6 Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ingJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  49. 6/6 Make sure that index-pack --strict checks tag objectsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 12, 2014
  50. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2014
  51. Johannes SchindelinSep 13, 2014
  52. 1/6 Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errorsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  53. 2/6 Accept object data in the fsck_object() functionJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  54. 3/6 Make sure fsck_commit_buffer() does not run out of the bufferJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  55. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2014
  56. Johannes SchindelinSep 11, 2014
  57. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2014
  58. Eric SunshineSep 10, 2014
  59. 4/6 fsck: check tag objects' headersJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  60. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2014
  61. 5/6 Add regression tests for stricter tag fsck'ingJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  62. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2014
  63. Johannes SchindelinSep 11, 2014
  64. 6/6 Make sure that index-pack --strict fails upon invalid tag objectsJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2014
  65. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2014
  66. Johannes SchindelinSep 11, 2014
  67. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2014
  68. Johannes SchindelinSep 11, 2014

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