gitweb.git
receive-pack: close sideband fd on early pack errorsJeff King Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:24:29 +0000 (17:24 -0400)

receive-pack: close sideband fd on early pack errors

Since commit a22e6f8 (receive-pack: send pack-processing
stderr over sideband, 2012-09-21), receive-pack will start
an async sideband thread to copy the stderr from our
index-pack or unpack-objects child to the client. We hand
the thread's input descriptor to unpack(), which puts it in
the "err" member of the "struct child_process".

After unpack() returns, we use finish_async() to reap the
sideband thread. The thread is only ready to die when it
gets EOF on its pipe, which is connected to the err
descriptor. So we expect all of the write ends of that pipe
to be closed as part of unpack().

Normally, this works fine. After start_command forks, it
closes the parent copy of the descriptor. Then once the
child exits (whether it was successful or not), that closes
the only remaining writer.

However, there is one code-path in unpack() that does not
handle this. Before we decide which of unpack-objects or
index-pack to use, we read the pack header ourselves to see
how many objects it contains. If there is an error here, we
exit without running either sub-command, the pipe descriptor
remains open, and we are in a deadlock, waiting for the
sideband thread to die (which is in turn waiting for us to
close the pipe).

We can fix this by making sure that unpack() always closes
the pipe before returning.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fast-export: fix argument name in error messagesPaul Price Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:05:55 +0000 (10:05 -0400)

fast-export: fix argument name in error messages

The --signed-tags argument is plural, while error messages referred
to --signed-tag (singular). Tweak error messages to correspond to the
argument.

Signed-off-by: Paul Price <price@astro.princeton.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: distinguish between ref and offset delta... Stefan Saasen Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:56:24 +0000 (15:56 +1000)

Documentation: distinguish between ref and offset deltas in pack-format

eb32d236 introduced the OBJ_OFS_DELTA object that uses a relative offset to
identify the base object instead of the 20-byte SHA1 reference. The pack file
documentation only mentions the SHA1 based reference in its description of the
deltified object entry.

Update the pack format documentation to clarify that the deltified object
representation refers to its base using either a relative negative offset or
the absolute SHA1 identifier.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Saasen <ssaasen@atlassian.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Git 1.8.1.6 v1.8.1.6Junio C Hamano Sun, 7 Apr 2013 15:58:30 +0000 (08:58 -0700)

Git 1.8.1.6

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'jc/directory-attrs-regression-fix' into... Junio C Hamano Sun, 7 Apr 2013 15:45:03 +0000 (08:45 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/directory-attrs-regression-fix' into maint-1.8.1

A pattern "dir" (without trailing slash) in the attributes file
stopped matching a directory "dir" by mistake with an earlier change
that wanted to allow pattern "dir/" to also match.

* jc/directory-attrs-regression-fix:
t: check that a pattern without trailing slash matches a directory
dir.c::match_pathname(): pay attention to the length of string parameters
dir.c::match_pathname(): adjust patternlen when shifting pattern
dir.c::match_basename(): pay attention to the length of string parameters
attr.c::path_matches(): special case paths that end with a slash
attr.c::path_matches(): the basename is part of the pathname

remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh: do not use "grep '\s'"Torsten Bögershausen Sun, 7 Apr 2013 08:48:30 +0000 (10:48 +0200)

remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh: do not use "grep '\s'"

Using grep "devel\s\+3:" to find at least one whitspace is not
portable on all grep versions; not all grep versions understand "\s"
as a "whitespace".

Use a literal TAB followed by SPACE.

The + as a qualifier for "one or more" is not a basic regular
expression; use egrep instead of grep.

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Start preparing for 1.8.1.6Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:12:11 +0000 (09:12 -0700)

Start preparing for 1.8.1.6

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'kb/name-hash' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:44:54 +0000 (08:44 -0700)

Merge branch 'kb/name-hash' into maint-1.8.1

* kb/name-hash:
name-hash.c: fix endless loop with core.ignorecase=true

Merge branch 'kk/revwalk-slop-too-many-commit-within... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:44:02 +0000 (08:44 -0700)

Merge branch 'kk/revwalk-slop-too-many-commit-within-a-second' into maint-1.8.1

* kk/revwalk-slop-too-many-commit-within-a-second:
Fix revision walk for commits with the same dates

Merge branch 'jk/checkout-attribute-lookup' into maint... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:43:40 +0000 (08:43 -0700)

Merge branch 'jk/checkout-attribute-lookup' into maint-1.8.1

* jk/checkout-attribute-lookup:
t2003: work around path mangling issue on Windows
entry: fix filter lookup
t2003: modernize style

Merge branch 'jk/fully-peeled-packed-ref' into maint... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:43:03 +0000 (08:43 -0700)

Merge branch 'jk/fully-peeled-packed-ref' into maint-1.8.1

* jk/fully-peeled-packed-ref:
pack-refs: add fully-peeled trait
pack-refs: write peeled entry for non-tags
use parse_object_or_die instead of die("bad object")
avoid segfaults on parse_object failure

Merge branch 'ap/maint-diff-rename-avoid-overlap' into... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:37:39 +0000 (08:37 -0700)

Merge branch 'ap/maint-diff-rename-avoid-overlap' into maint-1.8.1

* ap/maint-diff-rename-avoid-overlap:
tests: make sure rename pretty print works
diff: prevent pprint_rename from underrunning input
diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix overlap

Merge branch 'yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag' into maint... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:36:52 +0000 (08:36 -0700)

Merge branch 'yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag' into maint-1.8.1

* yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag:
Documentation: merging a tag is a special case

Merge branch 'ap/maint-update-index-h-is-for-help'... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:36:10 +0000 (08:36 -0700)

Merge branch 'ap/maint-update-index-h-is-for-help' into maint-1.8.1

* ap/maint-update-index-h-is-for-help:
update-index: allow "-h" to also display options

Merge branch 'jc/perl-cat-blob' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:35:45 +0000 (08:35 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/perl-cat-blob' into maint-1.8.1

* jc/perl-cat-blob:
Git.pm: fix cat_blob crashes on large files

Merge branch 'ob/imap-send-ssl-verify' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:35:33 +0000 (08:35 -0700)

Merge branch 'ob/imap-send-ssl-verify' into maint-1.8.1

* ob/imap-send-ssl-verify:
imap-send: support Server Name Indication (RFC4366)

Merge branch 'nd/index-pack-l10n-buf-overflow' into... Junio C Hamano Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:35:06 +0000 (08:35 -0700)

Merge branch 'nd/index-pack-l10n-buf-overflow' into maint-1.8.1

* nd/index-pack-l10n-buf-overflow:
index-pack: fix buffer overflow caused by translations

git-tag(1): we tag HEAD by defaultThomas Rast Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:27:14 +0000 (16:27 +0200)

git-tag(1): we tag HEAD by default

The <commit>|<object> argument is actually not explained anywhere
(except implicitly in the description of an unannotated tag). Write a
little explanation, in particular to cover the default.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t: check that a pattern without trailing slash matches... Jeff King Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:50:04 +0000 (17:50 -0400)

t: check that a pattern without trailing slash matches a directory

Prior to v1.8.1.1, with:

git init
echo content >foo &&
mkdir subdir &&
echo content >subdir/bar &&
echo "subdir export-ignore" >.gitattributes
git add . &&
git commit -m one &&
git archive HEAD | tar tf -

the resulting archive would contain only "foo" and ".gitattributes",
not subdir. This was broken with a recent change that intended to
allow "subdir/ export-ignore" to also exclude the directory, but
instead ended up _requiring_ the trailing slash by mistake.

A pattern "subdir" should match any path "subdir", whether it is a
directory or a non-directory. A pattern "subdir/" insists that a
path "subdir" must be a directory for it to match.

This patch adds test not just for this simple case, but also for
deeper cross-directory cases, as well as cases with wildcards.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

dir.c::match_pathname(): pay attention to the length... Jeff King Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:48:21 +0000 (17:48 -0400)

dir.c::match_pathname(): pay attention to the length of string parameters

This function takes two counted strings: a <pattern, patternlen> pair
and a <pathname, pathlen> pair. But we end up feeding the result to
fnmatch, which expects NUL-terminated strings.

We can fix this by calling the fnmatch_icase_mem function, which
handles re-allocating into a NUL-terminated string if necessary.

While we're at it, we can avoid even calling fnmatch in some cases. In
addition to patternlen, we get "prefix", the size of the pattern that
contains no wildcard characters. We do a straight match of the prefix
part first, and then use fnmatch to cover the rest. But if there are
no wildcards in the pattern at all, we do not even need to call
fnmatch; we would simply be comparing two empty strings.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

dir.c::match_pathname(): adjust patternlen when shiftin... Jeff King Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:47:47 +0000 (17:47 -0400)

dir.c::match_pathname(): adjust patternlen when shifting pattern

If we receive a pattern that starts with "/", we shift it
forward to avoid looking at the "/" part. Since the prefix
and patternlen parameters are counts of what is in the
pattern, we must decrement them as we increment the pointer.

We remembered to handle prefix, but not patternlen. This
didn't cause any bugs, though, because the patternlen
parameter is not actually used. Since it will be used in
future patches, let's correct this oversight.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

dir.c::match_basename(): pay attention to the length... Junio C Hamano Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:47:28 +0000 (17:47 -0400)

dir.c::match_basename(): pay attention to the length of string parameters

The function takes two counted strings (<basename, basenamelen> and
<pattern, patternlen>) as parameters, together with prefix (the
length of the prefix in pattern that is to be matched literally
without globbing against the basename) and EXC_* flags that tells it
how to match the pattern against the basename.

However, it did not pay attention to the length of these counted
strings. Update them to do the following:

* When the entire pattern is to be matched literally, the pattern
matches the basename only when the lengths of them are the same,
and they match up to that length.

* When the pattern is "*" followed by a string to be matched
literally, make sure that the basenamelen is equal or longer than
the "literal" part of the pattern, and the tail of the basename
string matches that literal part.

* Otherwise, use the new fnmatch_icase_mem helper to make
sure we only lookmake sure we use only look at the
counted part of the strings. Because these counted strings are
full strings most of the time, we check for termination
to avoid unnecessary allocation.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

attr.c::path_matches(): special case paths that end... Junio C Hamano Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:49:13 +0000 (17:49 -0400)

attr.c::path_matches(): special case paths that end with a slash

The function is given a string that ends with a slash to signal that
the path is a directory to make sure that a pattern that ends with a
slash (i.e. MUSTBEDIR) can tell directories and non-directories
apart. However, the pattern itself (pat->pattern and
pat->patternlen) that came from such a MUSTBEDIR pattern is
represented as a string that ends with a slash, but patternlen does
not count that trailing slash. A MUSTBEDIR pattern "element/" is
represented as a counted string <"element/", 7> and this must match
match pathname "element/".

Because match_basename() and match_pathname() want to see pathname
"element" to match against the pattern <"element/", 7>, reduce the
length of the path to exclude the trailing slash when calling
these functions.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git help config: s/insn/instruction/Matthias Krüger Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:53:50 +0000 (23:53 +0100)

git help config: s/insn/instruction/

"insn" appears to be an in-code abbreviation and should not appear
in manual/help pages.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Krüger <matthias.krueger@famsik.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

merge-tree: fix typo in merge-tree.c::unresolvedJohn Keeping Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:58:50 +0000 (15:58 +0000)

merge-tree: fix typo in merge-tree.c::unresolved

When calculating whether there is a d/f conflict, the calculation of
whether both sides are directories generates an incorrect references
mask because it does not use the loop index to set the correct bit.
Fix this typo.

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-commit doc: describe use of multiple `-m` optionsChristian Helmuth Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:19:35 +0000 (15:19 +0100)

git-commit doc: describe use of multiple `-m` options

The text is copied from Documentation/git-tag.txt.

Signed-off-by: Christian Helmuth <christian.helmuth@genode-labs.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-pull doc: fix grammo ("conflicts" is plural)Mihai Capotă Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:04:51 +0000 (12:04 +0100)

git-pull doc: fix grammo ("conflicts" is plural)

Signed-off-by: Mihai Capotă <mihai@mihaic.ro>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

attr.c::path_matches(): the basename is part of the... Junio C Hamano Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:28:07 +0000 (10:28 -0700)

attr.c::path_matches(): the basename is part of the pathname

The function takes two strings (pathname and basename) as if they
are independent strings, but in reality, the latter is always
pointing into a substring in the former.

Clarify this relationship by expressing the latter as an offset into
the former.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Correct the docs about GIT_SSH.Dan Bornstein Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:06:40 +0000 (23:06 +0000)

Correct the docs about GIT_SSH.

In particular, it can get called with four arguments if you happen to
be referring to a repo using the ssh:// scheme with a non-default port
number.

Signed-off-by: Dan Bornstein <danfuzz@milk.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'lf/bundle-verify-list-prereqs' into maint... Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:46:02 +0000 (13:46 -0700)

Merge branch 'lf/bundle-verify-list-prereqs' into maint-1.8.1

"git bundle verify" did not say "records a complete history" for a
bundle that does not have any prerequisites.

* lf/bundle-verify-list-prereqs:
bundle: Add colons to list headings in "verify"
bundle: Fix "verify" output if history is complete

Merge branch 'tk/doc-filter-branch' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:45:53 +0000 (13:45 -0700)

Merge branch 'tk/doc-filter-branch' into maint-1.8.1

Add an example use of "--env-filter" in "filter-branch"
documentation.

* tk/doc-filter-branch:
Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example
git-filter-branch.txt: clarify ident variables usage

Merge branch 'dm/ni-maxhost-may-be-missing' into maint... Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:45:42 +0000 (13:45 -0700)

Merge branch 'dm/ni-maxhost-may-be-missing' into maint-1.8.1

Some sources failed to compile on systems that lack NI_MAXHOST in
their system header.

* dm/ni-maxhost-may-be-missing:
git-compat-util.h: Provide missing netdb.h definitions

Merge branch 'gp/describe-match-uses-glob-pattern'... Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:45:33 +0000 (13:45 -0700)

Merge branch 'gp/describe-match-uses-glob-pattern' into maint-1.8.1

The "--match=<pattern>" argument "git describe" takes uses glob
pattern but it wasn't obvious from the documentation.

* gp/describe-match-uses-glob-pattern:
describe: Document --match pattern format

Merge branch 'nd/doc-index-format' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:45:26 +0000 (13:45 -0700)

Merge branch 'nd/doc-index-format' into maint-1.8.1

The v4 index format was not documented.

* nd/doc-index-format:
update-index: list supported idx versions and their features
read-cache.c: use INDEX_FORMAT_{LB,UB} in verify_hdr()
index-format.txt: mention of v4 is missing in some places

Merge branch 'wk/doc-pre-rebase' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:45:14 +0000 (13:45 -0700)

Merge branch 'wk/doc-pre-rebase' into maint-1.8.1

The arguments given to pre-rebase hook were not documented.

* wk/doc-pre-rebase:
Documentation/githooks: Explain pre-rebase parameters

Merge branch 'jc/color-diff-doc' into maint-1.8.1Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:44:53 +0000 (13:44 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/color-diff-doc' into maint-1.8.1

The "--color=<when>" argument to the commands in the diff family
was described poorly.

* jc/color-diff-doc:
diff-options: unconfuse description of --color

Fix revision walk for commits with the same datesKacper Kornet Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:38:19 +0000 (19:38 +0100)

Fix revision walk for commits with the same dates

Logic in still_interesting function allows to stop the commits
traversing if the oldest processed commit is not older then the
youngest commit on the list to process and the list contains only
commits marked as not interesting ones. It can be premature when dealing
with a set of coequal commits. For example git rev-list A^! --not B
provides wrong answer if all commits in the range A..B had the same
commit time and there are more then 7 of them.

To fix this problem the relevant part of the logic in still_interesting
is changed to: the walk can be stopped if the oldest processed commit is
younger then the youngest commit on the list to processed.

Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <draenog@pld-linux.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: merging a tag is a special caseJunio C Hamano Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:57:48 +0000 (22:57 +0100)

Documentation: merging a tag is a special case

When asking Git to merge a tag (such as a signed tag or annotated tag),
it will always create a merge commit even if fast-forward was possible.
It's like having --no-ff present on the command line.

It's a difference from the default behavior described in git-merge.txt.
It should be documented as an exception of "FAST-FORWARD MERGE" section
and "--ff" option description.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t2003: work around path mangling issue on WindowsJohannes Sixt Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:47:57 +0000 (09:47 +0100)

t2003: work around path mangling issue on Windows

MSYS bash considers the part "/g" in the sed expression "s/./=/g" as an
absolute path after an assignment, and mangles it to a C:/something
string. Do not attract bash's attention by avoiding the equals sign.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

pack-refs: add fully-peeled traitMichael Haggerty Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:37:32 +0000 (07:37 -0400)

pack-refs: add fully-peeled trait

Older versions of pack-refs did not write peel lines for
refs outside of refs/tags. This meant that on reading the
pack-refs file, we might set the REF_KNOWS_PEELED flag for
such a ref, even though we do not know anything about its
peeled value.

The previous commit updated the writer to always peel, no
matter what the ref is. That means that packed-refs files
written by newer versions of git are fine to be read by both
old and new versions of git. However, we still have the
problem of reading packed-refs files written by older
versions of git, or by other implementations which have not
yet learned the same trick.

The simplest fix would be to always unset the
REF_KNOWS_PEELED flag for refs outside of refs/tags that do
not have a peel line (if it has a peel line, we know it is
valid, but we cannot assume a missing peel line means
anything). But that loses an important optimization, as
upload-pack should not need to load the object pointed to by
refs/heads/foo to determine that it is not a tag.

Instead, we add a "fully-peeled" trait to the packed-refs
file. If it is set, we know that we can trust a missing peel
line to mean that a ref cannot be peeled. Otherwise, we fall
back to assuming nothing.

[commit message and tests by Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t1507: Test that branchname@{upstream} is interpreted... Kacper Kornet Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:17:09 +0000 (23:17 +0100)

t1507: Test that branchname@{upstream} is interpreted as branch

Syntax branchname@{upstream} should interpret its argument as a name of
a branch. Add the test to check that it doesn't try to interpret it as a
refname if the branch in question does not exist.

Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <draenog@pld-linux.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

pack-refs: write peeled entry for non-tagsJeff King Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:23:46 +0000 (04:23 -0400)

pack-refs: write peeled entry for non-tags

When we pack an annotated tag ref, we write not only the
sha1 of the tag object along with the ref, but also the sha1
obtained by peeling the tag. This lets readers of the
pack-refs file know the peeled value without having to
actually load the object, speeding up upload-pack's ref
advertisement.

The writer marks a packed-refs file with peeled refs using
the "peeled" trait at the top of the file. When the reader
sees this trait, it knows that each ref is either followed
by its peeled value, or it is not an annotated tag.

However, there is a mismatch between the assumptions of the
reader and writer. The writer will only peel refs under
refs/tags, but the reader does not know this; it will assume
a ref without a peeled value must not be a tag object. Thus
an annotated tag object placed outside of the refs/tags
hierarchy will not have its peeled value printed by
upload-pack.

The simplest way to fix this is to start writing peel values
for all refs. This matches what the reader expects for both
new and old versions of git.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

use parse_object_or_die instead of die("bad object")Jeff King Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:23:31 +0000 (04:23 -0400)

use parse_object_or_die instead of die("bad object")

Some call-sites do:

o = parse_object(sha1);
if (!o)
die("bad object %s", some_name);

We can now handle that as a one-liner, and get more
consistent output.

In the third case of this patch, it looks like we are losing
information, as the existing message also outputs the sha1
hex; however, parse_object will already have written a more
specific complaint about the sha1, so there is no point in
repeating it here.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

avoid segfaults on parse_object failureJeff King Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:22:36 +0000 (04:22 -0400)

avoid segfaults on parse_object failure

Many call-sites of parse_object assume that they will get a
non-NULL return value; this is not the case if we encounter
an error while parsing the object.

This patch adds a wrapper function around parse_object that
handles dying automatically, and uses it anywhere we
immediately try to access the return value as a non-NULL
pointer (i.e., anywhere that we would currently segfault).

This wrapper may also be useful in other places. The most
obvious one is code like:

o = parse_object(sha1);
if (!o)
die(...);

However, these should not be mechanically converted to
parse_object_or_die, as the die message is sometimes
customized. Later patches can address these sites on a
case-by-case basis.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rev-parse: clarify documentation of $name@{upstream... Kacper Kornet Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:51:43 +0000 (19:51 +0100)

rev-parse: clarify documentation of $name@{upstream} syntax

"git rev-parse" interprets string in string@{upstream} as a name of
a branch not a ref. For example, refs/heads/master@{upstream} looks
for an upstream branch that is merged by git-pull to ref
refs/heads/refs/heads/master not to refs/heads/master.

However the documentation could mislead a user to believe that the
string is interpreted as ref.

Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <draenog@pld-linux.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

sha1_name: pass object name length to diagnose_invalid_... René Scharfe Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:29:31 +0000 (19:29 +0100)

sha1_name: pass object name length to diagnose_invalid_sha1_path()

The only caller of diagnose_invalid_sha1_path() extracts a substring from
an object name by creating a NUL-terminated copy of the interesting part.
Add a length parameter to the function and thus avoid the need for an
allocation, thereby simplifying the code.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Makefile: keep LIB_H entries together and sortedRené Scharfe Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:58:28 +0000 (16:58 +0100)

Makefile: keep LIB_H entries together and sorted

As a follow-up to 60d24dd25 (Makefile: fold XDIFF_H and VCSSVN_H into
LIB_H), let the unconditional additions to LIB_H form a single sorted
list. Also drop the duplicate entry for xdiff/xdiff.h, which was easy
to spot after sorting.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

index-pack: fix buffer overflow caused by translationsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:25:18 +0000 (08:25 +0700)

index-pack: fix buffer overflow caused by translations

The translation of "completed with %d local objects" is put in a
48-byte buffer, which may be enough for English but not true for any
translations. Convert it to use strbuf (i.e. no hard limit on
translation length).

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

entry: fix filter lookupJohn Keeping Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:00:51 +0000 (20:00 +0000)

entry: fix filter lookup

When looking up the stream filter, write_entry() should be passing the
path of the file in the repository, not the path to which the content is
going to be written. This allows the file to be correctly looked up
against the .gitattributes files in the working tree.

This change makes the streaming case match the non-streaming case which
passes ce->name to convert_to_working_tree later in the same function.

The two tests added here test the different paths through write_entry
since the CRLF filter is a streaming filter but the user-defined smudge
filter is not streamed.

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t2003: modernize styleJohn Keeping Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:00:50 +0000 (20:00 +0000)

t2003: modernize style

- Description goes on the test_expect_* line
- Open SQ of test goes on the test_expect_* line
- Closing SQ of test goes on its own line
- Use TAB for indent

Also remove three comments that appear to relate to the development of
the patch before it was committed.

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git.c: make usage match manual pageKevin Bracey Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:44:15 +0000 (21:44 +0200)

git.c: make usage match manual page

Reorder option list in command-line usage to match the manual page.
Also make it less than 80-characters wide.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Bracey <kevin@bracey.fi>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Translate git_more_info_string consistentlyKevin Bracey Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:10:20 +0000 (17:10 +0200)

Translate git_more_info_string consistently

"git help" translated the "See 'git help <command>' for more
information..." message, but "git" didn't.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Bracey <kevin@bracey.fi>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

perf: update documentation of GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNTAntoine Pelisse Sat, 9 Mar 2013 15:29:25 +0000 (16:29 +0100)

perf: update documentation of GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT

Currently the documentation of GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT says the default is
five while "perf-lib.sh" uses a value of three as a default.

Update the documentation so that it is consistent with the code.

Signed-off-by: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

bundle: Add colons to list headings in "verify"Lukas Fleischer Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:01:26 +0000 (19:01 +0100)

bundle: Add colons to list headings in "verify"

These slightly improve the reading flow by making it obvious that a list
follows.

Also, make the wording of both headings consistent by changing "contains
%d ref(s)" to "contains this ref"/"contains these %d refs".

Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <git@cryptocrack.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

bundle: Fix "verify" output if history is completeLukas Fleischer Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:56:35 +0000 (01:56 +0100)

bundle: Fix "verify" output if history is complete

A more informative message for "complete" bundles was added in commit
8c3710fd3011 (tweak "bundle verify" of a complete history, 2012-06-04).

However, the prerequisites ref list is currently read *after* we
check if it equals zero, which means we never actually use the
number of prerequisite refs to decide when to print the newly
introduced message. The code incorrectly uses the number of
references recorded in the bundle instead.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <git@cryptocrack.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'mh/maint-ceil-absolute' into maintJunio C Hamano Thu, 7 Mar 2013 20:49:57 +0000 (12:49 -0800)

Merge branch 'mh/maint-ceil-absolute' into maint

* mh/maint-ceil-absolute:
Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling paths

gitweb/README: remove reference to git.kernel.orgFredrik Gustafsson Thu, 7 Mar 2013 01:23:43 +0000 (02:23 +0100)

gitweb/README: remove reference to git.kernel.org

git.kernel.org no longer uses gitweb but has switched to cgit.

Info about this can be found on: https://www.kernel.org/pelican.html
or simply by looking at http://git.kernel.org . This is change since
2013-03-01.

Signed-off-by: Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

tests: make sure rename pretty print worksAntoine Pelisse Wed, 6 Mar 2013 21:36:12 +0000 (22:36 +0100)

tests: make sure rename pretty print works

Add basic use cases and corner cases tests for
"git diff -M --summary/stat".

Signed-off-by: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Git 1.8.1.5 v1.8.1.5Junio C Hamano Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:15:29 +0000 (13:15 -0800)

Git 1.8.1.5

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Make !pattern in .gitattributes non-fatalThomas Rast Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:06:17 +0000 (21:06 +0100)

Make !pattern in .gitattributes non-fatal

Before 82dce99 (attr: more matching optimizations from .gitignore,
2012-10-15), .gitattributes did not have any special treatment of a
leading '!'. The docs, however, always said

The rules how the pattern matches paths are the same as in
`.gitignore` files; see linkgit:gitignore[5].

By those rules, leading '!' means pattern negation. So 82dce99
correctly determined that this kind of line makes no sense and should
be disallowed.

However, users who actually had a rule for files starting with a '!'
are in a bad position: before 82dce99 '!' matched that literal
character, so it is conceivable that users have .gitattributes with
such lines in them. After 82dce99 the unescaped version was
disallowed in such a way that git outright refuses to run(!) most
commands in the presence of such a .gitattributes. It therefore
becomes very hard to fix, let alone work with, such repositories.

Let's at least allow the users to fix their repos: change the fatal
error into a warning.

Reported-by: mathstuf@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'wk/user-manual' into maintJunio C Hamano Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:37:40 +0000 (10:37 -0800)

Merge branch 'wk/user-manual' into maint

* wk/user-manual:
user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates
user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text
user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i'

Documentation/githooks: Fix linkgitAndrew Wong Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:23:57 +0000 (12:23 -0500)

Documentation/githooks: Fix linkgit

Signed-off-by: Andrew Wong <andrew.kw.w@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

name-hash.c: fix endless loop with core.ignorecase... Karsten Blees Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:57:48 +0000 (00:57 +0100)

name-hash.c: fix endless loop with core.ignorecase=true

With core.ignorecase=true, name-hash.c builds a case insensitive index of
all tracked directories. Currently, the existing cache entry structures are
added multiple times to the same hashtable (with different name lengths and
hash codes). However, there's only one dir_next pointer, which gets
completely messed up in case of hash collisions. In the worst case, this
causes an endless loop if ce == ce->dir_next (see t7062).

Use a separate hashtable and separate structures for the directory index
so that each directory entry has its own next pointer. Use reference
counting to track which directory entry contains files.

There are only slight changes to the name-hash.c API:
- new free_name_hash() used by read_cache.c::discard_index()
- remove_name_hash() takes an additional index_state parameter
- index_name_exists() for a directory (trailing '/') may return a cache
entry that has been removed (CE_UNHASHED). This is not a problem as the
return value is only used to check if the directory exists (dir.c) or to
normalize casing of directory names (read-cache.c).

Getting rid of cache_entry.dir_next reduces memory consumption, especially
with core.ignorecase=false (which doesn't use that member at all).

With core.ignorecase=true, building the directory index is slightly faster
as we add / check the parent directory first (instead of going through all
directory levels for each file in the index). E.g. with WebKit (~200k
files, ~7k dirs), time spent in lazy_init_name_hash is reduced from 176ms
to 130ms.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Update draft release notes to 1.8.1.5Junio C Hamano Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:09:59 +0000 (10:09 -0800)

Update draft release notes to 1.8.1.5

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'ef/non-ascii-parse-options-error-diag... Junio C Hamano Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:04:26 +0000 (10:04 -0800)

Merge branch 'ef/non-ascii-parse-options-error-diag' into maint

* ef/non-ascii-parse-options-error-diag:
parse-options: report uncorrupted multi-byte options

Merge branch 'wk/man-deny-current-branch-is-default... Junio C Hamano Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:01:21 +0000 (10:01 -0800)

Merge branch 'wk/man-deny-current-branch-is-default-these-days' into maint

* wk/man-deny-current-branch-is-default-these-days:
user-manual: typofix (ofthe->of the)
user-manual: Update for receive.denyCurrentBranch=refuse

Merge branch 'jn/less-reconfigure' into maintJunio C Hamano Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:59:19 +0000 (09:59 -0800)

Merge branch 'jn/less-reconfigure' into maint

* jn/less-reconfigure:
Makefile: avoid infinite loop on configure.ac change

Documentation/submodule: Add --force to update synopsisBrad King Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:41:34 +0000 (19:41 -0500)

Documentation/submodule: Add --force to update synopsis

In commit 9db31bdf (submodule: Add --force option for git submodule
update, 2011-04-01) we added the option to the implementation's usage
synopsis but forgot to add it to the synopsis in the command
documentation. Add the option to the synopsis in the same location it
is reported in usage and re-wrap the options to avoid long lines.

Signed-off-by: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff: prevent pprint_rename from underrunning inputThomas Rast Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:47:01 +0000 (21:47 +0100)

diff: prevent pprint_rename from underrunning input

The logic described in d020e27 (diff: Fix rename pretty-print when
suffix and prefix overlap, 2013-02-23) is wrong: The proof in the
comment is valid only if both strings are the same length. *One* of
old/new can reach a-1 (b-1, resp.) if 'a' is a suffix of 'b' (or vice
versa).

Since the intent was to let the loop run down to the '/' at the end of
the common prefix, fix it by making that distinction explicit: if
there is no prefix, allow no underrun.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: filter-branch env-filter exampleTadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:23:38 +0000 (21:23 +0100)

Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example

filter-branch --env-filter example that shows how to change the email
address in all commits before publishing a project.

Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski <yess@hell.org.pl>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-filter-branch.txt: clarify ident variables usageTadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:22:50 +0000 (21:22 +0100)

git-filter-branch.txt: clarify ident variables usage

There is a rare edge case of git-filter-branch: a filter that unsets
identity variables from the environment. Link to git-commit-tree
clarifies how Git would fall back in this situation.

Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski <yess@hell.org.pl>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-compat-util.h: Provide missing netdb.h definitionsDavid Michael Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:30:19 +0000 (14:30 -0500)

git-compat-util.h: Provide missing netdb.h definitions

Some platforms may lack the NI_MAXHOST and NI_MAXSERV values in their
system headers, so ensure they are available.

Signed-off-by: David Michael <fedora.dm0@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Prepare for 1.8.1.5Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:15:40 +0000 (08:15 -0800)

Prepare for 1.8.1.5

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'jc/mention-tracking-for-pull-default... Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:04:19 +0000 (08:04 -0800)

Merge branch 'jc/mention-tracking-for-pull-default' into maint

* jc/mention-tracking-for-pull-default:
doc: mention tracking for pull.default

Merge branch 'mm/config-intro-in-git-doc' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:04:17 +0000 (08:04 -0800)

Merge branch 'mm/config-intro-in-git-doc' into maint

* mm/config-intro-in-git-doc:
git.txt: update description of the configuration mechanism

Merge branch 'da/p4merge-mktemp-fix' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:04:05 +0000 (08:04 -0800)

Merge branch 'da/p4merge-mktemp-fix' into maint

* da/p4merge-mktemp-fix:
p4merge: fix printf usage

Merge branch 'bw/get-tz-offset-perl' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:04:03 +0000 (08:04 -0800)

Merge branch 'bw/get-tz-offset-perl' into maint

* bw/get-tz-offset-perl:
cvsimport: format commit timestamp ourselves without using strftime
perl/Git.pm: fix get_tz_offset to properly handle DST boundary cases
Move Git::SVN::get_tz to Git::get_tz_offset

Merge branch 'al/mergetool-printf-fix' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:04:01 +0000 (08:04 -0800)

Merge branch 'al/mergetool-printf-fix' into maint

* al/mergetool-printf-fix:
difftool--helper: fix printf usage
git-mergetool: print filename when it contains %

Merge branch 'jx/utf8-printf-width' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:59 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'jx/utf8-printf-width' into maint

* jx/utf8-printf-width:
Add utf8_fprintf helper that returns correct number of columns

Merge branch 'mg/bisect-doc' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:57 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'mg/bisect-doc' into maint

* mg/bisect-doc:
git-bisect.txt: clarify that reset quits bisect

Merge branch 'sp/smart-http-content-type-check' into... Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:54 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'sp/smart-http-content-type-check' into maint

* sp/smart-http-content-type-check:
http_request: reset "type" strbuf before adding
t5551: fix expected error output
Verify Content-Type from smart HTTP servers

Merge branch 'jc/combine-diff-many-parents' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:51 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'jc/combine-diff-many-parents' into maint

* jc/combine-diff-many-parents:
t4038: add tests for "diff --cc --raw <trees>"
combine-diff: lift 32-way limit of combined diff

Merge branch 'jk/apply-similaritly-parsing' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:44 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'jk/apply-similaritly-parsing' into maint

* jk/apply-similaritly-parsing:
builtin/apply: tighten (dis)similarity index parsing

Merge branch 'jk/remote-helpers-doc' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:37 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'jk/remote-helpers-doc' into maint

* jk/remote-helpers-doc:
Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt

Merge branch 'ab/gitweb-use-same-scheme' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:34 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'ab/gitweb-use-same-scheme' into maint

* ab/gitweb-use-same-scheme:
gitweb: refer to picon/gravatar images over the same scheme

Merge branch 'zk/clean-report-failure' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:32 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'zk/clean-report-failure' into maint

* zk/clean-report-failure:
git-clean: Display more accurate delete messages

Merge branch 'nd/clone-no-separate-git-dir-with-bare... Junio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:27 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'nd/clone-no-separate-git-dir-with-bare' into maint

* nd/clone-no-separate-git-dir-with-bare:
clone: forbid --bare --separate-git-dir <dir>

Merge branch 'da/p4merge-mktemp' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:03:20 +0000 (08:03 -0800)

Merge branch 'da/p4merge-mktemp' into maint

* da/p4merge-mktemp:
mergetools/p4merge: Honor $TMPDIR for the /dev/null placeholder

Documentation: "advice" is uncountableGreg Price Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:27:20 +0000 (00:27 -0500)

Documentation: "advice" is uncountable

"Advice" is a mass noun, not a count noun; it's not ordinarily
pluralized.

Signed-off-by: Greg Price <price@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

describe: Document --match pattern formatGreg Price Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:29:01 +0000 (00:29 -0500)

describe: Document --match pattern format

It's not clear in git-describe(1) what kind of "pattern" should be
passed to --match. Fix that.

Signed-off-by: Greg Price <price@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/githooks: Explain pre-rebase parametersW. Trevor King Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:27:39 +0000 (10:27 -0500)

Documentation/githooks: Explain pre-rebase parameters

Descriptions borrowed from templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample.

Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix... Antoine Pelisse Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:48:45 +0000 (17:48 +0100)

diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix overlap

When considering a rename for two files that have a suffix and a prefix
that can overlap, a confusing line is shown. As an example, renaming
"a/b/b/c" to "a/b/c" shows "a/b/{ => }/b/c".

Currently, what we do is calculate the common prefix ("a/b/"), and the
common suffix ("/b/c"), but the same "/b/" is actually counted both in
prefix and suffix. Then when calculating the size of the non-common part,
we end-up with a negative value which is reset to 0, thus the "{ => }".

Do not allow the common suffix to overlap the common prefix and stop
when reaching a "/" that would be in both.

Signed-off-by: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

update-index: allow "-h" to also display optionsAntoine Pelisse Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:10:41 +0000 (19:10 +0100)

update-index: allow "-h" to also display options

Even though "git update-index" was updated to use parse-options
infrastracture some time ago to make it possible to show list of
options with usage_with_options(), "git update-index -h" only shows
the usage. Detect this case and call usage_with_options() to show
the list of options as well.

Signed-off-by: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

update-index: list supported idx versions and their... Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:29:31 +0000 (09:29 +0700)

update-index: list supported idx versions and their features

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff-options: unconfuse description of --colorJunio C Hamano Sat, 23 Feb 2013 06:24:10 +0000 (22:24 -0800)

diff-options: unconfuse description of --color

It said "by default it is off" while it also said "the default is
always", which confused everybody who read it only once. It wanted
to say (1) if you do not say --color, it is not enabled, and (2) if
you say --color but do not say when to enable it, it will always be
enabled".

Rephrase to clarify by using "default" only once.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Git.pm: fix cat_blob crashes on large filesJoshua Clayton Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:01:18 +0000 (13:01 -0800)

Git.pm: fix cat_blob crashes on large files

Read and write each 1024 byte buffer, rather than trying to buffer
the entire content of the file. We are only copying the contents to
a file descriptor and do not use it ourselves.

Previous code would crash on all files > 2 Gib, when the offset
variable became negative (perhaps below the level of perl),
resulting in a crash. On a 32 bit system, or a system with low
memory it might crash before reaching 2 GiB due to memory
exhaustion.

This code may leave a partial file behind in case of failure, where
the old code would leave a completely empty file. Neither version
verifies the correctness of the content. Calling code must take
care of verification and cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Clayton <stillcompiling@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

read-cache.c: use INDEX_FORMAT_{LB,UB} in verify_hdr()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:09:24 +0000 (19:09 +0700)

read-cache.c: use INDEX_FORMAT_{LB,UB} in verify_hdr()

9d22778 (read-cache.c: write prefix-compressed names in the index -
2012-04-04) defined these. Interestingly, they were not used by
read-cache.c, or anywhere in that patch. They were used in
builtin/update-index.c later for checking supported index
versions. Use them here too.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

index-format.txt: mention of v4 is missing in some... Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:09:23 +0000 (19:09 +0700)

index-format.txt: mention of v4 is missing in some places

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution... Michael Haggerty Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:09:24 +0000 (10:09 +0100)

Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling paths

Commit 1b77d83cab 'setup_git_directory_gently_1(): resolve symlinks
in ceiling paths' changed the setup code to resolve symlinks in the
entries in GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES. Because those entries are
compared textually to the symlink-resolved current directory, an
entry in GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that contained a symlink would have
no effect. It was known that this could cause performance problems
if the symlink resolution *itself* touched slow filesystems, but it
was thought that such use cases would be unlikely. The intention of
the earlier change was to deal with a case when the user has this:

GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/home/gitster

but in reality, /home/gitster is a symbolic link to somewhere else,
e.g. /net/machine/home4/gitster. A textual comparison between the
specified value /home/gitster and the location getcwd(3) returns
would not help us, but readlink("/home/gitster") would still be
fast.

After this change was released, Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
reported:

> [...] my computer has been acting so slow when I’m not connected to
> the network. I put various network filesystem paths in
> $GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES, such as
> /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/n/andersk (to avoid hitting its parents
> /afs/athena.mit.edu, /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a, and
> /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/n which all live in different AFS
> volumes). Now when I’m not connected to the network, every
> invocation of Git, including the __git_ps1 in my shell prompt, waits
> for AFS to timeout.

To allow users to work around this problem, give them a mechanism to
turn off symlink resolution in GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES entries. All
the entries that follow an empty entry will not be checked for symbolic
links and used literally in comparison. E.g. with these:

GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=:/foo/bar:/xyzzy or
GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/foo/bar::/xyzzy

we will not readlink("/xyzzy") because it comes after an empty entry.

With the former (but not with the latter), "/foo/bar" comes after an
empty entry, and we will not readlink it, either.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Makefile: avoid infinite loop on configure.ac changeJeff King Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:26:14 +0000 (01:26 -0500)

Makefile: avoid infinite loop on configure.ac change

If you are using autoconf and change the configure.ac, the
Makefile will notice that config.status is older than
configure.ac, and will attempt to rebuild and re-run the
configure script to pick up your changes. The first step in
doing so is to run "make configure". Unfortunately, this
tries to include config.mak.autogen, which depends on
config.status, which depends on configure.ac; so we must
rebuild config.status. Which leads to us running "make
configure", and so on.

It's easy to demonstrate with:

make configure
./configure
touch configure.ac
make

We can break this cycle by not re-invoking make to build
"configure", and instead just putting its rules inline into
our config.status rebuild procedure. We can avoid a copy by
factoring the rules into a make variable.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>