# [BUG?] git-cvsimport: path to cvspsfile

4 messages from 2009-09-23 to 2009-09-24. Participants: Kacper Kornet, Jeff King, Johannes Sixt.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21039

## Kacper Kornet, 2009-09-23 18:27

Subject: [BUG?] git-cvsimport: path to cvspsfile
Message-ID: <20090923182756.GA12430@onyx.camk.edu.pl>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090923182756.GA12430%40onyx.camk.edu.pl

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Hi,

When I use:

git cvs-import -C <dir> -P <cvspsfile>

it looks for <cvpsfile> relative to <dir>, not the working directory.
Is it a bug or a feature?

Best wishes,
-- 
  Kacper

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## Jeff King, 2009-09-23 19:14

Subject: Re: [BUG?] git-cvsimport: path to cvspsfile
Message-ID: <20090923191428.GA30104@coredump.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090923191428.GA30104%40coredump.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <20090923182756.GA12430@onyx.camk.edu.pl>

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On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 08:27:56PM +0200, Kacper Kornet wrote:

> When I use:
> 
> git cvs-import -C <dir> -P <cvspsfile>
> 
> it looks for <cvpsfile> relative to <dir>, not the working directory.
> Is it a bug or a feature?

Bug. The script does a chdir() and then looks at the cvspsfile later. I
think "-A" would have the same problem. Here is a totally untested patch
to address the issue. Johannes, will this is_absolute_path actually work
on Windows? I think The Right Way would be to use
File::Spec::file_name_is_absolute, but I haven't checked whether that is
part of core perl and if so, which version it appeared in.

diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index 1ad20ac..08a30ec 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -579,10 +579,26 @@ sub get_headref ($) {
 	return $r;
 }
 
+sub is_absolute_path {
+	local $_ = shift;
+	return m{^/};
+}
+
+my $user_filename_prepend = '';
+sub munge_user_filename {
+	my $name = shift;
+	return is_absolute_path($name) ?
+		$name :
+		$user_filename_prepend . $name;
+}
+
 -d $git_tree
 	or mkdir($git_tree,0777)
 	or die "Could not create $git_tree: $!";
-chdir($git_tree);
+if ($git_tree ne '.') {
+	$user_filename_prepend = getwd() . '/';
+	chdir($git_tree);
+}
 
 my $last_branch = "";
 my $orig_branch = "";
@@ -644,7 +660,7 @@ unless (-d $git_dir) {
 -f "$git_dir/cvs-authors" and
   read_author_info("$git_dir/cvs-authors");
 if ($opt_A) {
-	read_author_info($opt_A);
+	read_author_info(munge_user_filename($opt_A));
 	write_author_info("$git_dir/cvs-authors");
 }
 
@@ -679,7 +695,7 @@ unless ($opt_P) {
 	$? == 0 or die "git-cvsimport: fatal: cvsps reported error\n";
 	close $cvspsfh;
 } else {
-	$cvspsfile = $opt_P;
+	$cvspsfile = munge_user_filename($opt_P);
 }
 
 open(CVS, "<$cvspsfile") or die $!;

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## Johannes Sixt, 2009-09-24 05:59

Subject: Re: [BUG?] git-cvsimport: path to cvspsfile
Message-ID: <4ABB0ACF.5040508@viscovery.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ABB0ACF.5040508%40viscovery.net
In-Reply-To: <20090923191428.GA30104@coredump.intra.peff.net>

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Jeff King schrieb:
> Bug. The script does a chdir() and then looks at the cvspsfile later. I
> think "-A" would have the same problem. Here is a totally untested patch
> to address the issue. Johannes, will this is_absolute_path actually work
> on Windows? I think The Right Way would be to use
> File::Spec::file_name_is_absolute, but I haven't checked whether that is
> part of core perl and if so, which version it appeared in.

We have File::Spec::file_name_is_absolute in the msysgit installation. I
suggest you use it. It sounds like a very basic feature, and I'd be
surprised if it were not part of core perl.

-- Hannes

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## Jeff King, 2009-09-24 06:11

Subject: Re: [BUG?] git-cvsimport: path to cvspsfile
Message-ID: <20090924061114.GB24694@coredump.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090924061114.GB24694%40coredump.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <4ABB0ACF.5040508@viscovery.net>

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 07:59:43AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> Jeff King schrieb:
> > Bug. The script does a chdir() and then looks at the cvspsfile later. I
> > think "-A" would have the same problem. Here is a totally untested patch
> > to address the issue. Johannes, will this is_absolute_path actually work
> > on Windows? I think The Right Way would be to use
> > File::Spec::file_name_is_absolute, but I haven't checked whether that is
> > part of core perl and if so, which version it appeared in.
> 
> We have File::Spec::file_name_is_absolute in the msysgit installation. I
> suggest you use it. It sounds like a very basic feature, and I'd be
> surprised if it were not part of core perl.

Looks like File::Spec at least goes back to perl 5.004, and we are
already using it. I'll assume file_name_is_absolute has been there a
while, then. Thanks.

-Peff

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