Re: update-ref logs: problem with committer info?

[Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>]

Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> diff --git a/builtin-update-ref.c b/builtin-update-ref.c
> index 00333c7..83094ab 100644
> --- a/builtin-update-ref.c
> +++ b/builtin-update-ref.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char 
>  	unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20];
>  	int i;
>  
> +	setup_ident();
>  	setup_git_directory();
>  	git_config(git_default_config);
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 713ca46..a4060d8 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ static int log_ref_write(struct ref_lock
>  			lock->log_file, strerror(errno));
>  	}
>  
> -	setup_ident();
>  	comitter = git_committer_info(1);
>  	if (msg) {
>  		maxlen = strlen(comitter) + strlen(msg) + 2*40 + 5;

These two changes were already fixed by me in 0b0fe4a6 on July
10th.  That change is in `next`, in `master` and in v1.4.2-rc3.
So I expect it to be available in a final release real-soon-now.
Maybe you should consider running a newer version of GIT?

> diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
> index 44eba5f..fe3a4fd 100644
> --- a/http-fetch.c
> +++ b/http-fetch.c
> @@ -1222,6 +1222,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	int arg = 1;
>  	int rc = 0;
>  
> +	setup_ident();
>  	setup_git_directory();
>  	git_config(git_default_config);
>  
> diff --git a/local-fetch.c b/local-fetch.c
> index ffa4887..d059a51 100644
> --- a/local-fetch.c
> +++ b/local-fetch.c
> @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	char *commit_id;
>  	int arg = 1;
>  
> +	setup_ident();
>  	setup_git_directory();
>  	git_config(git_default_config);
>  
> diff --git a/ssh-fetch.c b/ssh-fetch.c
> index 1e59cd2..a42d17e 100644
> --- a/ssh-fetch.c
> +++ b/ssh-fetch.c
> @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	prog = getenv("GIT_SSH_PUSH");
>  	if (!prog) prog = "git-ssh-upload";
>  
> +	setup_ident();
>  	setup_git_directory();
>  	git_config(git_default_config);
>  

These changes aren't in `next` right now, but should be.  Junio,
can you apply them?

-- 
Shawn.