[BUG, PATCH v5 0/3] Fix {blame,cat-file} --textconv for cases with symlinks

[BUG, PATCH v5 0/3] Fix {blame,cat-file} --textconv for cases with symlinks

[Kirill Smelkov]

Recently I've spot a bug in git blame --textconv, which was wrongly
calling pdftotext (my *.pdf conversion program) on a symlink.pdf, and I
was getting something like

    $ git blame -C -C regular-file.pdf
    Error: May not be a PDF file (continuing anyway)
    Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
    Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary
    Error: Couldn't read xref table
    Warning: program returned non-zero exit code #1
    fatal: unable to read files to diff

That errors come from pdftotext run on symlink.pdf being extracted to
/tmp/ with one-line plain-text content pointing to link destination.


Please apply and thanks,
Kirill


P.S. I'm sorry if this time there is again some bug on my side...


v5:

 o Avoid touching t4042 at all
 o Change $@ to $1 in textconv helper directly in patch1

v4:

 o add prereq on SYMLINKS in tests
 o Use consistent pattern for detecting and converting binaries (was 'bin:' and
   'bin: ')
 o avoid using $@ in textconv helper - it gets only one argument

v3:

 o Slightly changed patches descriptions as per comment by Matthieu, and added
   Matthieu's Reviewed-by.

v2:

 o Incorporated suggestions by Matthieu and Jeff (details in each patch)

Kirill Smelkov (3):
  tests: Prepare --textconv tests for correctly-failing conversion
    program
  blame,cat-file: Demonstrate --textconv is wrongly running converter
    on symlinks
  blame,cat-file --textconv: Don't assume mode is ``S_IFREF | 0664''

 builtin.h                    |    2 +-
 builtin/blame.c              |   33 +++++++++++++++-------
 builtin/cat-file.c           |    2 +-
 sha1_name.c                  |    2 +
 t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh    |   62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 6 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.3.19.g3fe0a

[PATCH v5 1/3] blame,cat-file: Prepare --textconv tests for correctly-failing conversion program

[Kirill Smelkov]

From: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>

The textconv filter is sometimes incorrectly ran on a temporary file
whose content is the target of a symbolic link, instead of actual file
content. Prepare to test this by marking the content of the file to
convert with "bin:", and let the helper die if "bin:" is not found in
the file content.

NOTE: I've changed $@ to $1 in helper becase textconv program "should
take a single argument" (see Documentation/gitattributes.txt), so
making this more explicit makes sense and also helps to avoid
problems with feeding arguments to echo.

(Description partly by Matthieu Moy)

Cc: Axel Bonnet <axel.bonnet@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Clément Poulain <clement.poulain@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Diane Gasselin <diane.gasselin@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
---

v5:

 o Avoid touching t4042-diff-textconv-caching.sh at all.
 o Use $1 instead of $@ in textconv helper

v4:

 o Use consistent pattern for detecting and converting binaries (was 'bin:' and
   'bin: ')

v3:

 o Add Matthieu's Reviewed-by, and move secondary note to the end to avoid
   distracting an intrested reader.

v2:

 o Changed patch description as suggested by Matthieu



 t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh    |   15 ++++++++-------
 t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh |   11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh b/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
index 9ad96d4..3619f8a 100755
--- a/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
@@ -9,22 +9,23 @@ find_blame() {
 
 cat >helper <<'EOF'
 #!/bin/sh
-sed 's/^/converted: /' "$@"
+grep -q '^bin: ' "$1" || { echo "E: $1 is not \"binary\" file" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+sed 's/^bin: /converted: /' "$1"
 EOF
 chmod +x helper
 
 test_expect_success 'setup ' '
-	echo test 1 >one.bin &&
-	echo test number 2 >two.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test 1" >one.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test number 2" >two.bin &&
 	git add . &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number1 git commit -a -m First --date="2010-01-01 18:00:00" &&
-	echo test 1 version 2 >one.bin &&
-	echo test number 2 version 2 >>two.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test 1 version 2" >one.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test number 2 version 2" >>two.bin &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number2 git commit -a -m Second --date="2010-01-01 20:00:00"
 '
 
 cat >expected <<EOF
-(Number2 2010-01-01 20:00:00 +0000 1) test 1 version 2
+(Number2 2010-01-01 20:00:00 +0000 1) bin: test 1 version 2
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'no filter specified' '
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ test_expect_success 'blame --textconv going through revisions' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'make a new commit' '
-	echo "test number 2 version 3" >>two.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test number 2 version 3" >>two.bin &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number3 git commit -a -m Third --date="2010-01-01 22:00:00"
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
index 38ac05e..71f4145 100755
--- a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ test_description='git cat-file textconv support'
 
 cat >helper <<'EOF'
 #!/bin/sh
-sed 's/^/converted: /' "$@"
+grep -q '^bin: ' "$1" || { echo "E: $1 is not \"binary\" file" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+sed 's/^bin: /converted: /' "$1"
 EOF
 chmod +x helper
 
 test_expect_success 'setup ' '
-	echo test >one.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test" >one.bin &&
 	git add . &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number1 git commit -a -m First --date="2010-01-01 18:00:00" &&
-	echo test version 2 >one.bin &&
+	echo "bin: test version 2" >one.bin &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number2 git commit -a -m Second --date="2010-01-01 20:00:00"
 '
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup textconv filters' '
 '
 
 cat >expected <<EOF
-test version 2
+bin: test version 2
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'cat-file without --textconv' '
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cat-file without --textconv' '
 '
 
 cat >expected <<EOF
-test
+bin: test
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'cat-file without --textconv on previous commit' '
-- 
1.7.3.19.g3fe0a

[PATCH v5 2/3] blame,cat-file: Demonstrate --textconv is wrongly running converter on symlinks

[Kirill Smelkov]

From: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>

git blame --textconv is wrongly calling the textconv filter on
symlinks: symlinks are stored as blobs whose content is the target of
the link, and blame calls the textconv filter on a temporary file
filled-in with the content of this blob.

For example:

    $ git blame -C -C regular-file.pdf
    Error: May not be a PDF file (continuing anyway)
    Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
    Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary
    Error: Couldn't read xref table
    Warning: program returned non-zero exit code #1
    fatal: unable to read files to diff

That errors come from pdftotext run on symlink.pdf being extracted to
/tmp/ with one-line plain-text content pointing to link destination.

So several failures are demonstrated here:

  - git cat-file --textconv :symlink.bin    # also HEAD:symlink.bin
  - git blame --textconv symlink.bin
  - git blame -C -C --textconv regular-file # but also looks on symlink.bin

At present they all fail with something like.

    E: /tmp/j3ELEs_symlink.bin is not "binary" file

NOTE: git diff doesn't try to textconv the pathnames, it runs the
textual diff without textconv, which is the expected behavior.

(Description partly by Matthieu Moy)

Cc: Axel Bonnet <axel.bonnet@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Clément Poulain <clement.poulain@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Diane Gasselin <diane.gasselin@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
---

v5:

 o No changes

v4:

 o As noticed by Junio add prereq on SYMLINKS where appropriate

v3:

 o Slight cleanup of the description
 o Reviewed-by: Matthieu

v2:

 (As suggested by Matthieu)
 o Changed patch descriptio
 o Moved most of >expected preparation into test_expect_*
 o Changed multiple echo'es into cat <<EOF
 o Use printf "%s" instead echo -n, since latter is said to be not very
   portable


 t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh    |   49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh b/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
index 3619f8a..7c35959 100755
--- a/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ chmod +x helper
 test_expect_success 'setup ' '
 	echo "bin: test 1" >one.bin &&
 	echo "bin: test number 2" >two.bin &&
+	if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS; then
+		ln -s one.bin symlink.bin
+	fi &&
 	git add . &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number1 git commit -a -m First --date="2010-01-01 18:00:00" &&
 	echo "bin: test 1 version 2" >one.bin &&
 	echo "bin: test number 2 version 2" >>two.bin &&
+	if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS; then
+		ln -sf two.bin symlink.bin
+	fi &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number2 git commit -a -m Second --date="2010-01-01 20:00:00"
 '
 
@@ -78,4 +84,47 @@ test_expect_success 'blame from previous revision' '
 	test_cmp expected result
 '
 
+cat >expected <<EOF
+(Number2 2010-01-01 20:00:00 +0000 1) two.bin
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'blame with --no-textconv (on symlink)' '
+	git blame --no-textconv symlink.bin >blame &&
+	find_blame <blame >result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+# fails with '...symlink.bin is not "binary" file'
+test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'blame --textconv (on symlink)' '
+	git blame --textconv symlink.bin >blame &&
+	find_blame <blame >result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+# cp two.bin three.bin  and make small tweak
+# (this will direct blame -C -C three.bin to consider two.bin and symlink.bin)
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'make another new commit' '
+	cat >three.bin <<\EOF &&
+bin: test number 2
+bin: test number 2 version 2
+bin: test number 2 version 3
+bin: test number 3
+EOF
+	git add three.bin &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number4 git commit -a -m Fourth --date="2010-01-01 23:00:00"
+'
+
+# fails with '...symlink.bin is not "binary" file'
+test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'blame on last commit (-C -C, symlink)' '
+	git blame -C -C three.bin >blame &&
+	find_blame <blame >result &&
+	cat >expected <<\EOF &&
+(Number1 2010-01-01 18:00:00 +0000 1) converted: test number 2
+(Number2 2010-01-01 20:00:00 +0000 2) converted: test number 2 version 2
+(Number3 2010-01-01 22:00:00 +0000 3) converted: test number 2 version 3
+(Number4 2010-01-01 23:00:00 +0000 4) converted: test number 3
+EOF
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
index 71f4145..98a3e1f 100755
--- a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ chmod +x helper
 
 test_expect_success 'setup ' '
 	echo "bin: test" >one.bin &&
+	if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS; then
+		ln -s one.bin symlink.bin
+	fi &&
 	git add . &&
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number1 git commit -a -m First --date="2010-01-01 18:00:00" &&
 	echo "bin: test version 2" >one.bin &&
@@ -68,4 +71,30 @@ test_expect_success 'cat-file --textconv on previous commit' '
 	git cat-file --textconv HEAD^:one.bin >result &&
 	test_cmp expected result
 '
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'cat-file without --textconv (symlink)' '
+	git cat-file blob :symlink.bin >result &&
+	printf "%s" "one.bin" >expected
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+
+# fails because cat-file tries to run converter on symlink.bin
+test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'cat-file --textconv on index (symlink)' '
+	! git cat-file --textconv :symlink.bin 2>result &&
+	cat >expected <<\EOF &&
+fatal: git cat-file --textconv: unable to run textconv on :symlink.bin
+EOF
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+# fails because cat-file tries to run converter on symlink.bin
+test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'cat-file --textconv on HEAD (symlink)' '
+	! git cat-file --textconv HEAD:symlink.bin 2>result &&
+	cat >expected <<EOF &&
+fatal: git cat-file --textconv: unable to run textconv on HEAD:symlink.bin
+EOF
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.7.3.19.g3fe0a

[PATCH v5 3/3] blame,cat-file --textconv: Don't assume mode is ``S_IFREF | 0664''

[Kirill Smelkov]

From: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>

Instead get the mode from either worktree, index, .git, or origin
entries when blaming and pass it to textconv_object() as context.

The reason to do it is not to run textconv filters on symlinks.

Cc: Axel Bonnet <axel.bonnet@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Clément Poulain <clement.poulain@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Diane Gasselin <diane.gasselin@ensimag.imag.fr>
Cc: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
---

v5:

 o No changes

v4:

 o Update to resolve conflicts after patch 2 v4 update; no changes otherwise.

v3:

 o Reviewed-by: Matthieu

v2:

 o Thanks to Matthieu and Jeff got a bit more sure I'm not doing stupid things,
   so
 o My XXX were removed, and the patch is no longer an RFC

 builtin.h                    |    2 +-
 builtin/blame.c              |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 builtin/cat-file.c           |    2 +-
 sha1_name.c                  |    2 ++
 t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh    |    6 ++----
 t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh |    6 ++----
 6 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 0398d24..9bf69ee 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void finish_copy_notes_for_rewrite(struct notes_rewrite_cfg *c);
 
 extern int check_pager_config(const char *cmd);
 
-extern int textconv_object(const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1, char **buf, unsigned long *buf_size);
+extern int textconv_object(const char *path, unsigned mode, const unsigned char *sha1, char **buf, unsigned long *buf_size);
 
 extern int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 1015354..f5fccc1 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct origin {
 	struct commit *commit;
 	mmfile_t file;
 	unsigned char blob_sha1[20];
+	unsigned mode;
 	char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
 };
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ struct origin {
  * Return 1 if the conversion succeeds, 0 otherwise.
  */
 int textconv_object(const char *path,
+		    unsigned mode,
 		    const unsigned char *sha1,
 		    char **buf,
 		    unsigned long *buf_size)
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ int textconv_object(const char *path,
 	struct userdiff_driver *textconv;
 
 	df = alloc_filespec(path);
-	fill_filespec(df, sha1, S_IFREG | 0664);
+	fill_filespec(df, sha1, mode);
 	textconv = get_textconv(df);
 	if (!textconv) {
 		free_filespec(df);
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ static void fill_origin_blob(struct diff_options *opt,
 
 		num_read_blob++;
 		if (DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV) &&
-		    textconv_object(o->path, o->blob_sha1, &file->ptr, &file_size))
+		    textconv_object(o->path, o->mode, o->blob_sha1, &file->ptr, &file_size))
 			;
 		else
 			file->ptr = read_sha1_file(o->blob_sha1, &type, &file_size);
@@ -313,21 +315,23 @@ static struct origin *get_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
  * for an origin is also used to pass the blame for the entire file to
  * the parent to detect the case where a child's blob is identical to
  * that of its parent's.
+ *
+ * This also fills origin->mode for corresponding tree path.
  */
-static int fill_blob_sha1(struct origin *origin)
+static int fill_blob_sha1_and_mode(struct origin *origin)
 {
-	unsigned mode;
 	if (!is_null_sha1(origin->blob_sha1))
 		return 0;
 	if (get_tree_entry(origin->commit->object.sha1,
 			   origin->path,
-			   origin->blob_sha1, &mode))
+			   origin->blob_sha1, &origin->mode))
 		goto error_out;
 	if (sha1_object_info(origin->blob_sha1, NULL) != OBJ_BLOB)
 		goto error_out;
 	return 0;
  error_out:
 	hashclr(origin->blob_sha1);
+	origin->mode = S_IFINVALID;
 	return -1;
 }
 
@@ -360,12 +364,14 @@ static struct origin *find_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
 			/*
 			 * If the origin was newly created (i.e. get_origin
 			 * would call make_origin if none is found in the
-			 * scoreboard), it does not know the blob_sha1,
+			 * scoreboard), it does not know the blob_sha1/mode,
 			 * so copy it.  Otherwise porigin was in the
-			 * scoreboard and already knows blob_sha1.
+			 * scoreboard and already knows blob_sha1/mode.
 			 */
-			if (porigin->refcnt == 1)
+			if (porigin->refcnt == 1) {
 				hashcpy(porigin->blob_sha1, cached->blob_sha1);
+				porigin->mode = cached->mode;
+			}
 			return porigin;
 		}
 		/* otherwise it was not very useful; free it */
@@ -400,6 +406,7 @@ static struct origin *find_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
 		/* The path is the same as parent */
 		porigin = get_origin(sb, parent, origin->path);
 		hashcpy(porigin->blob_sha1, origin->blob_sha1);
+		porigin->mode = origin->mode;
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Since origin->path is a pathspec, if the parent
@@ -425,6 +432,7 @@ static struct origin *find_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
 		case 'M':
 			porigin = get_origin(sb, parent, origin->path);
 			hashcpy(porigin->blob_sha1, p->one->sha1);
+			porigin->mode = p->one->mode;
 			break;
 		case 'A':
 		case 'T':
@@ -444,6 +452,7 @@ static struct origin *find_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
 
 		cached = make_origin(porigin->commit, porigin->path);
 		hashcpy(cached->blob_sha1, porigin->blob_sha1);
+		cached->mode = porigin->mode;
 		parent->util = cached;
 	}
 	return porigin;
@@ -486,6 +495,7 @@ static struct origin *find_rename(struct scoreboard *sb,
 		    !strcmp(p->two->path, origin->path)) {
 			porigin = get_origin(sb, parent, p->one->path);
 			hashcpy(porigin->blob_sha1, p->one->sha1);
+			porigin->mode = p->one->mode;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1099,6 +1109,7 @@ static int find_copy_in_parent(struct scoreboard *sb,
 
 			norigin = get_origin(sb, parent, p->one->path);
 			hashcpy(norigin->blob_sha1, p->one->sha1);
+			norigin->mode = p->one->mode;
 			fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, norigin, &file_p);
 			if (!file_p.ptr)
 				continue;
@@ -2075,7 +2086,7 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(struct diff_options *opt,
 		switch (st.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case S_IFREG:
 			if (DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV) &&
-			    textconv_object(read_from, null_sha1, &buf.buf, &buf_len))
+			    textconv_object(read_from, mode, null_sha1, &buf.buf, &buf_len))
 				buf.len = buf_len;
 			else if (strbuf_read_file(&buf, read_from, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
 				die_errno("cannot open or read '%s'", read_from);
@@ -2455,11 +2466,11 @@ parse_done:
 	}
 	else {
 		o = get_origin(&sb, sb.final, path);
-		if (fill_blob_sha1(o))
+		if (fill_blob_sha1_and_mode(o))
 			die("no such path %s in %s", path, final_commit_name);
 
 		if (DIFF_OPT_TST(&sb.revs->diffopt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV) &&
-		    textconv_object(path, o->blob_sha1, (char **) &sb.final_buf,
+		    textconv_object(path, o->mode, o->blob_sha1, (char **) &sb.final_buf,
 				    &sb.final_buf_size))
 			;
 		else
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 76ec3fe..94632db 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name)
 			die("git cat-file --textconv %s: <object> must be <sha1:path>",
 			    obj_name);
 
-		if (!textconv_object(obj_context.path, sha1, &buf, &size))
+		if (!textconv_object(obj_context.path, obj_context.mode, sha1, &buf, &size))
 			die("git cat-file --textconv: unable to run textconv on %s",
 			    obj_name);
 		break;
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 484081d..3e856b8 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ int get_sha1_with_context_1(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1,
 		struct cache_entry *ce;
 		int pos;
 		if (namelen > 2 && name[1] == '/')
+			/* don't need mode for commit */
 			return get_sha1_oneline(name + 2, sha1);
 		if (namelen < 3 ||
 		    name[2] != ':' ||
@@ -1096,6 +1097,7 @@ int get_sha1_with_context_1(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1,
 				break;
 			if (ce_stage(ce) == stage) {
 				hashcpy(sha1, ce->sha1);
+				oc->mode = ce->ce_mode;
 				return 0;
 			}
 			pos++;
diff --git a/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh b/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
index 7c35959..dbf623b 100755
--- a/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8006-blame-textconv.sh
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'blame with --no-textconv (on symlink)' '
 	test_cmp expected result
 '
 
-# fails with '...symlink.bin is not "binary" file'
-test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'blame --textconv (on symlink)' '
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'blame --textconv (on symlink)' '
 	git blame --textconv symlink.bin >blame &&
 	find_blame <blame >result &&
 	test_cmp expected result
@@ -114,8 +113,7 @@ EOF
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number4 git commit -a -m Fourth --date="2010-01-01 23:00:00"
 '
 
-# fails with '...symlink.bin is not "binary" file'
-test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'blame on last commit (-C -C, symlink)' '
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'blame on last commit (-C -C, symlink)' '
 	git blame -C -C three.bin >blame &&
 	find_blame <blame >result &&
 	cat >expected <<\EOF &&
diff --git a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
index 98a3e1f..78a0085 100755
--- a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'cat-file without --textconv (symlink)' '
 '
 
 
-# fails because cat-file tries to run converter on symlink.bin
-test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'cat-file --textconv on index (symlink)' '
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'cat-file --textconv on index (symlink)' '
 	! git cat-file --textconv :symlink.bin 2>result &&
 	cat >expected <<\EOF &&
 fatal: git cat-file --textconv: unable to run textconv on :symlink.bin
@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ EOF
 	test_cmp expected result
 '
 
-# fails because cat-file tries to run converter on symlink.bin
-test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'cat-file --textconv on HEAD (symlink)' '
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'cat-file --textconv on HEAD (symlink)' '
 	! git cat-file --textconv HEAD:symlink.bin 2>result &&
 	cat >expected <<EOF &&
 fatal: git cat-file --textconv: unable to run textconv on HEAD:symlink.bin
-- 
1.7.3.19.g3fe0a

Re: [BUG, PATCH v5 0/3] Fix {blame,cat-file} --textconv for cases with symlinks

[Jeff King]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 03:35:21PM +0400, Kirill Smelkov wrote:

> Kirill Smelkov (3):
>   tests: Prepare --textconv tests for correctly-failing conversion
>     program
>   blame,cat-file: Demonstrate --textconv is wrongly running converter
>     on symlinks
>   blame,cat-file --textconv: Don't assume mode is ``S_IFREF | 0664''

I finally got around to reviewing this series again (thanks for your
patience, Kirill). This latest version (v5) looks good to me.

-Peff

Re: [BUG, PATCH v5 0/3] Fix {blame,cat-file} --textconv for cases with symlinks

[Kirill Smelkov]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 04:05:16PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 03:35:21PM +0400, Kirill Smelkov wrote:
> 
> > Kirill Smelkov (3):
> >   tests: Prepare --textconv tests for correctly-failing conversion
> >     program
> >   blame,cat-file: Demonstrate --textconv is wrongly running converter
> >     on symlinks
> >   blame,cat-file --textconv: Don't assume mode is ``S_IFREF | 0664''
> 
> I finally got around to reviewing this series again (thanks for your
> patience, Kirill). This latest version (v5) looks good to me.

Thanks, Jeff. And thanks for your and everyone's patience with me too.

Kirill