Re: [PATCH 0/5] interpret_branch_name bug potpourri
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:00:03AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
>
>> $ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name HEAD@{u}
>> refs/remotes/origin/master
>> $ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @mybranch@{u}
>> @mybranch@{u}
>> fatal: ambiguous argument '@mybranch@{u}': unknown revision or path
>> not in the working tree.
>>
>> So I do think there is a bug. The interpret_branch_name parser somehow
>> gets confused by the "@" in the name.
>
> The "somehow" is because we only look for the first "@", and never
> consider any possible marks after that. The series below fixes it, along
> with two other bugs I found while looking at this code. Ugh. Remind me
> never to look at our object name parser ever again.
>
> I feel pretty good that this is fixing real bugs and not regressing
> anything else. I would not be surprised if there are other weird things
> lurking, though. See the discussion in patch 4.
>
> [1/5]: interpret_branch_name: factor out upstream handling
> [2/5]: interpret_branch_name: rename "cp" variable to "at"
> [3/5]: interpret_branch_name: always respect "namelen" parameter
> [4/5]: interpret_branch_name: avoid @{upstream} past colon
> [5/5]: interpret_branch_name: find all possible @-marks
>
> -PeffAll the steps looked very sensible. Thanks for a pleasant read.