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[BUG] git-svn parses --pretty=medium log output, fails when log.decorate is true

Subject: [BUG] git-svn parses --pretty=medium log output, fails when log.decorate is true

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5 messages between Oct 5, 2010 and Oct 5, 2010.

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Will Palmer· Oct 5, 2010, 10:18 UTC · lore
I started receiving this error during "git svn dcommit" today:

Use of uninitialized value $hash in string eq at /home/wpalmer/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 1534.

Examining that section reveals that git-svn is running "git log --no-color --first-parent --pretty=medium"

and parsing the output in order to find commit hashes and git-svn-id: lines. This breaks when log.decorate is true.

This could be patched-up by adding "--no-decorate" to the options git-svn passes, but that seems to me like it would just be adding to the pile, as "--pretty=medium" is a moving target. I assume the correct solution is to specify the format exactly as it is expected.

Mathias Lafeldt· Oct 5, 2010, 11:48 UTC · re: Will Palmer · lore

Re: [BUG] git-svn parses --pretty=medium log output, fails when log.decorate is true

Will Palmer wrote:
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> I started receiving this error during "git svn dcommit" today:
> 
> Use of uninitialized value $hash in string eq
> at /home/wpalmer/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 1534.
> 
> Examining that section reveals that git-svn is running 
> "git log --no-color --first-parent --pretty=medium"
> 
> and parsing the output in order to find commit hashes and git-svn-id:
> lines. This breaks when log.decorate is true.
> 
> This could be patched-up by adding "--no-decorate" to the options
> git-svn passes, but that seems to me like it would just be adding to the
> pile, as "--pretty=medium" is a moving target. I assume the correct
> solution is to specify the format exactly as it is expected.

I recently submitted a patch adding --no-decorate: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/156919

And it's already in Eric's git-svn branch: git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn

-Mathias
Jeff King· Oct 5, 2010, 16:58 UTC · re: Will Palmer · lore

Re: [BUG] git-svn parses --pretty=medium log output, fails when log.decorate is true

On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 11:18:46AM +0100, Will Palmer wrote:
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> I started receiving this error during "git svn dcommit" today:
> 
> Use of uninitialized value $hash in string eq
> at /home/wpalmer/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 1534.
> 
> Examining that section reveals that git-svn is running 
> "git log --no-color --first-parent --pretty=medium"
> 
> and parsing the output in order to find commit hashes and git-svn-id:
> lines. This breaks when log.decorate is true.
> 
> This could be patched-up by adding "--no-decorate" to the options
> git-svn passes, but that seems to me like it would just be adding to the
> pile, as "--pretty=medium" is a moving target. I assume the correct
> solution is to specify the format exactly as it is expected.

The problem isn't necessarily --pretty=medium, but that we are using "git log" instead of "git rev-list" (though because "git log" does have some features that rev-list does not have, we do turn off most configurable features for "git log --pretty=raw").

So I think the simplest thing is just the patch below (which has only been lightly tested by me):

-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] git-svn: use rev-list instead of log

We are parsing the output, so we don't want user configuration like color or decorations to appear in the output. The simplest way to accomplish this is to use the rev-list plumbing instead of the log porcelain.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 git-svn.perl |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index d292224..03d93d8 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ sub cmt_sha2rev_batch {
 
 sub working_head_info {
 	my ($head, $refs) = @_;
-	my @args = ('log', '--no-color', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
+	my @args = ('rev-list', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
 	my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(@args, $head);
 	my $hash;
 	my %max;
-- 
1.7.3.1.158.g8f5ae
Mathias Lafeldt· Oct 5, 2010, 17:53 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: [BUG] git-svn parses --pretty=medium log output, fails when log.decorate is true

On 10/05/2010 06:58 PM, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 11:18:46AM +0100, Will Palmer wrote:
> 
>> I started receiving this error during "git svn dcommit" today:
>>
>> Use of uninitialized value $hash in string eq
>> at /home/wpalmer/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 1534.
>>
>> Examining that section reveals that git-svn is running 
>> "git log --no-color --first-parent --pretty=medium"
>>
>> and parsing the output in order to find commit hashes and git-svn-id:
>> lines. This breaks when log.decorate is true.
>>
>> This could be patched-up by adding "--no-decorate" to the options
>> git-svn passes, but that seems to me like it would just be adding to the
>> pile, as "--pretty=medium" is a moving target. I assume the correct
>> solution is to specify the format exactly as it is expected.
> 
> The problem isn't necessarily --pretty=medium, but that we are using
> "git log" instead of "git rev-list" (though because "git log" does have
> some features that rev-list does not have, we do turn off most
> configurable features for "git log --pretty=raw").
> 
> So I think the simplest thing is just the patch below (which has only
> been lightly tested by me):
> 
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] git-svn: use rev-list instead of log
> 
> We are parsing the output, so we don't want user
> configuration like color or decorations to appear in the
> output. The simplest way to accomplish this is to use the
> rev-list plumbing instead of the log porcelain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  git-svn.perl |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
> index d292224..03d93d8 100755
> --- a/git-svn.perl
> +++ b/git-svn.perl
> @@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ sub cmt_sha2rev_batch {
>  
>  sub working_head_info {
>  	my ($head, $refs) = @_;
> -	my @args = ('log', '--no-color', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
> +	my @args = ('rev-list', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
>  	my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(@args, $head);
>  	my $hash;
>  	my %max;
You're right. Using rev-list looks like a much cleaner solution.
In addition, I think we can replace the call to git-log in git_svn_log_cmd() too.
-Mathias
Jeff King· Oct 5, 2010, 18:02 UTC · re: Mathias Lafeldt · lore

Re: [BUG] git-svn parses --pretty=medium log output, fails when log.decorate is true

On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Mathias Lafeldt wrote:
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> > --- a/git-svn.perl
> > +++ b/git-svn.perl
> > @@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ sub cmt_sha2rev_batch {
> >  
> >  sub working_head_info {
> >  	my ($head, $refs) = @_;
> > -	my @args = ('log', '--no-color', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
> > +	my @args = ('rev-list', '--first-parent', '--pretty=medium');
> >  	my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(@args, $head);
> >  	my $hash;
> >  	my %max;
> 
> You're right. Using rev-list looks like a much cleaner solution.
> 
> In addition, I think we can replace the call to git-log in git_svn_log_cmd() too.

I don't think so. It uses diff options like "--raw --name-status" which rev-list does not support. I think it is not buggy, though, as it uses --format=raw.

-Peff

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