[PATCH] commit:fix use of uninitialized value [...] in server log

Raphaël Gertz via GitGitGadget· Apr 25, 2020, 20:43 UTC · lore

From: =?UTF-8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl=20Gertz?= <git@rapsys.eu>

This change fix the message about uninitialized value when trying to access undefined hash indexes.

The error message fixed: Use of uninitialized value $params{"action"} in string eq at gitweb.cgi line 1377

Add myself as warning fix author.

Signed-off-by: Raphaël Gertz <git@rapsys.eu>
---
    gitweb: fix tests on uninitialized hash indexes to avoid uninitialized
    value warnings in server log
    
    It's happened that I tried to solve lots of meaningless warnings in web
    server error log.
    
    I think it makes no sense to spam error log with warnings about
    uninitialized value when trying to run careless tests on undefined hash
    indexes.
    
    This is a simple fix that I did long ago that check carefully the index
    before running tests on it.
    
    I added myself as warning fix author as well.
    
    My goal is to avoid re-applying the patch on each distribution update.
    
    The warning message fixed in web server error log : Use of uninitialized
    value $params{"action"} in string eq at gitweb.cgi line 1377
    
    Raphaël Gertz: gitweb/README: add myself as warning fix author
    gitweb/gitweb.perl: fix careless test on undefined hash indexes
    
     gitweb/README | 3 +++ gitweb/gitweb.perl | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5
    insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
    
    Signed-off-by: Raphaël Gertz git@rapsys.eu [git@rapsys.eu]

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-617%2Frapsys%2Fmaint-v1
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Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/617

 gitweb/README      | 3 +++
 gitweb/gitweb.perl | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Show changes to 2 files +5 −2

gitweb/README, gitweb/gitweb.perl

diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
index 471dcfb691b..8964478a3fc 100644
--- a/gitweb/README
+++ b/gitweb/README
@@ -66,5 +66,8 @@ AUTHORS
 Originally written by:
   Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
 
+Perl warning fix:
+  Raphaël Gertz <git@rapsys.eu>
+
 Any comment/question/concern to:
   Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 65a3a9e62e8..76e71259824 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ sub href {
 
 		# since we destructively absorb parameters, we keep this
 		# boolean that remembers if we're handling a snapshot
-		my $is_snapshot = $params{'action'} eq 'snapshot';
+		my $is_snapshot = defined $params{'action'} && $params{'action'} eq 'snapshot';
 
 		# Summary just uses the project path URL, any other action is
 		# added to the URL
@@ -5998,7 +5998,7 @@ sub git_history_body {
 		      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>$ftype, hash_base=>$commit, file_name=>$file_name)}, $ftype) . " | " .
 		      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"commitdiff", hash=>$commit)}, "commitdiff");
 
-		if ($ftype eq 'blob') {
+		if (defined $ftype && $ftype eq 'blob') {
 			print " | " .
 			      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"blob_plain", hash_base=>$commit, file_name=>$file_name)}, "raw");
 

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patchcommit:fix use of uninitialized value [...] in server log