# [PATCH 2/4] git-cvsserver: simplify control flow in pserver authentication

2 messages from 2010-07-03 to 2010-07-03. Participants: Áshin László, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24281

## Áshin László, 2010-07-03 21:22

Subject: [PATCH 2/4] git-cvsserver: simplify control flow in pserver authentication
Message-ID: <AANLkTiktRjlLWrvLG4Jkd_Yu7FLAgJ6_mhYITy3bI3Cb@mail.gmail.com>
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```
 git-cvsserver.perl |   16 +++++++---------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 9664e86..46e5fdb 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -225,18 +225,12 @@ if ($state->{method} eq 'pserver') {
        }

        # Fall through to LOVE
-    } else {
-        # Trying to authenticate a user
-        if (not exists $cfg->{gitcvs}->{authdb}) {
-            print "E the repo config file needs a [gitcvs] section
with an 'authdb' parameter set to the filename of the authentication
database\n";
-            print "I HATE YOU\n";
-            exit 1;
-        }
-
+    } elsif (exists $cfg->{gitcvs}->{authdb}) {
        my $authdb = $cfg->{gitcvs}->{authdb};

        unless (-e $authdb) {
-            print "E The authentication database specified in
[gitcvs.authdb] does not exist\n";
+            print "E The authentication database specified in ";
+            print "[gitcvs.authdb] does not exist\n";
            print "I HATE YOU\n";
            exit 1;
        }
@@ -258,6 +252,10 @@ if ($state->{method} eq 'pserver') {
        }

        # Fall through to LOVE
+    } else {
+        print "E Unable to find usable authentication method\n";
+        print "I HATE YOU\n";
+        exit 1;
    }

    # For checking whether the user is anonymous on commit
--
1.7.2.rc1.dirty

```

## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2010-07-03 22:16

Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] git-cvsserver: simplify control flow in pserver authentication
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```
Looks good. That code is somewhat contrived as-is.

```