Re: [PATCHv4] sha1_file: fix iterating loose alternate objects

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 10:48:12AM -0800, Jonathon Mah wrote:

> The string in 'base' contains a path suffix to a specific object; when
> its value is used, the suffix must either be filled (as in
> stat_sha1_file, open_sha1_file, check_and_freshen_nonlocal) or cleared
> (as in prepare_packed_git) to avoid junk at the end.  loose_from_alt_odb
> (introduced in 660c889e46d185dc98ba78963528826728b0a55d) did neither and
> treated 'base' as a complete path to the "base" object directory,
> instead of a pointer to the "base" of the full path string.
> 
> The trailing path after 'base' is still initialized to NUL, hiding the
> bug in some common cases.  Additionally the descendent
> for_each_file_in_obj_subdir function swallows ENOENT, so an error only
> shows if the alternate's path was last filled with a valid object
> (where statting /path/to/existing/00/0bjectfile/00 fails).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathon Mah <me@JonathonMah.com>
> ---
> Squashed test and fix.

Thanks, this version looks good to me.

-Peff