From: "Shashank S via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>,
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>,
Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Shashank S <shashu8660@gmail.com>,
Cynthia Uche <herroyalpriestess@gmail.com>,
Shashank S <shashu8660@gmail.com>,
Shashank S Mogaveera <shashu8660@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] test-chmtime: use parse_options() to parse command-line flags
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:07:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2280.v3.git.1793639275978.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2280.git.1793099688076.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Shashank S Mogaveera <shashu8660@gmail.com>
cmd__chmtime() currently parses the '-v'/'--verbose' and '-g'/'--get'
flags manually using strcmp() checks and manual index tracking.
Migrate cmd__chmtime() to use parse_options() and usage_with_options()
instead. Pass PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT so that negative relative time
offsets (such as '-86400') are not rejected as unknown short options
and remain in argv for timespec_arg() to parse.
Additionally, strictly prevent combining mutually exclusive options
('--get' and '--verbose') by utilizing die_for_incompatible_opt2(),
and introduce a new test script to verify both this restriction and
the standard usage.
This migration also introduces the following intended behavioral
improvements over the original manual parsing:
- Position-independent flags: Flags can now be safely passed after the
timespec (e.g., `+0 --get file` now works, whereas it previously tried
to stat a file literally named `--get`).
- Incompatible flags strictly abort: Passing both `-g` and `-v` now
triggers a fatal error (exit 128), whereas it previously tried to stat
`-v` and exited 0.
- Standardized error codes: Usage errors now properly exit with 129
instead of 1.
Signed-off-by: Shashank S Mogaveera <shashu8660@gmail.com>
---
[Outreachy]test-chmtime: use parse_options() to parse command-line flags
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2280%2Fshashu8660%2Foutreachy3-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2280/shashu8660/outreachy3-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2280
Range-diff vs v2:
1: 43c96de13e ! 1: 512b17b39a test-chmtime: use parse_options() to parse command-line flags
@@ Commit message
and introduce a new test script to verify both this restriction and
the standard usage.
+ This migration also introduces the following intended behavioral
+ improvements over the original manual parsing:
+ - Position-independent flags: Flags can now be safely passed after the
+ timespec (e.g., `+0 --get file` now works, whereas it previously tried
+ to stat a file literally named `--get`).
+ - Incompatible flags strictly abort: Passing both `-g` and `-v` now
+ triggers a fatal error (exit 128), whereas it previously tried to stat
+ `-v` and exited 0.
+ - Standardized error codes: Usage errors now properly exit with 129
+ instead of 1.
+
Signed-off-by: Shashank S Mogaveera <shashu8660@gmail.com>
## t/helper/test-chmtime.c ##
@@ t/t0082-test-chmtime.sh (new)
+ test_grep "usage: test-tool chmtime" err
+'
+
++test_expect_success 'negative offset is not taken as an option' '
++ test-tool chmtime =1000000000 file &&
++ test-tool chmtime --get -86400 file >actual &&
++ echo 999913600 >expect &&
++ test_cmp expect actual
++'
++
+test_done
t/helper/test-chmtime.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------
t/meson.build | 1 +
t/t0082-test-chmtime.sh | 29 +++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 t/t0082-test-chmtime.sh
diff --git a/t/helper/test-chmtime.c b/t/helper/test-chmtime.c
index 0e5538833a..cfcbca75a4 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-chmtime.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-chmtime.c
@@ -5,43 +5,46 @@
*
* The mtime can be changed to an absolute value:
*
- * test-tool chmtime =<seconds> file...
+ * test-tool chmtime =<seconds> file...
*
* Relative to the current time as returned by time(3):
*
- * test-tool chmtime =+<seconds> (or =-<seconds>) file...
+ * test-tool chmtime =+<seconds> (or =-<seconds>) file...
*
* Or relative to the current mtime of the file:
*
- * test-tool chmtime <seconds> file...
- * test-tool chmtime +<seconds> (or -<seconds>) file...
+ * test-tool chmtime <seconds> file...
+ * test-tool chmtime +<seconds> (or -<seconds>) file...
*
* Examples:
*
* To print the mtime and the file name use --verbose and set
* the file mtime offset to 0:
*
- * test-tool chmtime -v +0 file
+ * test-tool chmtime -v +0 file
*
* To print only the mtime use --get:
*
- * test-tool chmtime --get file
+ * test-tool chmtime --get file
*
* To set the mtime to current time:
*
- * test-tool chmtime =+0 file
+ * test-tool chmtime =+0 file
*
* To set the file mtime offset to +1 and print the new value:
*
- * test-tool chmtime --get +1 file
+ * test-tool chmtime --get +1 file
*
*/
#include "test-tool.h"
#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
#include <utime.h>
-static const char usage_str[] =
- "(-v|--verbose|-g|--get) (+|=|=+|=-|-)<seconds> <file>...";
+static const char * const chmtime_usage[] = {
+ "test-tool chmtime [<options>] (+|=|=+|=-|-)<seconds> <file>...",
+ NULL
+};
static int timespec_arg(const char *arg, long int *set_time, int *set_eq)
{
@@ -71,37 +74,34 @@ int cmd__chmtime(int argc, const char **argv)
static int verbose;
static int get;
- int i = 1;
+ int i = 0;
/* no mtime change by default */
int set_eq = 0;
long int set_time = 0;
- if (argc < 3)
- goto usage;
+ struct option options[] = {
+ OPT_BOOL('v', "verbose", &verbose, "print the mtime and the file name"),
+ OPT_BOOL('g', "get", &get, "print only the mtime"),
+ OPT_END()
+ };
- if (strcmp(argv[i], "--get") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-g") == 0) {
- get = 1;
- ++i;
- } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--verbose") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-v") == 0) {
- verbose = 1;
- ++i;
- }
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options, chmtime_usage,
+ PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT);
- if (i == argc) {
- goto usage;
- }
+ die_for_incompatible_opt2(get, "--get", verbose, "--verbose");
+
+ if (argc < 1)
+ usage_with_options(chmtime_usage, options);
if (timespec_arg(argv[i], &set_time, &set_eq)) {
- ++i;
- } else {
- if (get == 0 && verbose == 0) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Not a base-10 integer: %s\n", argv[i] + 1);
- goto usage;
- }
+ i++;
+ } else if (!get && !verbose) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Not a base-10 integer: %s\n", argv[i] + 1);
+ usage_with_options(chmtime_usage, options);
}
if (i == argc)
- goto usage;
+ usage_with_options(chmtime_usage, options);
for (; i < argc; i++) {
struct stat sb;
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ int cmd__chmtime(int argc, const char **argv)
if (stat(argv[i], &sb) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to stat %s: %s. Skipping\n",
- argv[i], strerror(errno));
+ argv[i], strerror(errno));
continue;
}
#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
if (!(sb.st_mode & S_IWUSR) &&
- chmod(argv[i], sb.st_mode | S_IWUSR)) {
+ chmod(argv[i], sb.st_mode | S_IWUSR)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not make user-writable %s: %s",
argv[i], strerror(errno));
return 1;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int cmd__chmtime(int argc, const char **argv)
utb.actime = sb.st_atime;
utb.modtime = set_eq ? set_time : sb.st_mtime + set_time;
- mtime = utb.modtime < 0 ? 0: utb.modtime;
+ mtime = utb.modtime < 0 ? 0 : utb.modtime;
if (get) {
printf("%"PRIuMAX"\n", mtime);
} else if (verbose) {
@@ -150,14 +150,10 @@ int cmd__chmtime(int argc, const char **argv)
}
#endif
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to modify time on %s: %s\n",
- argv[i], strerror(errno));
+ argv[i], strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
}
return 0;
-
-usage:
- fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s %s\n", argv[0], usage_str);
- return 1;
}
diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index 11b3752f00..004bda52c1 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ integration_tests = [
't0071-sort.sh',
't0080-unit-test-output.sh',
't0081-find-pack.sh',
+ 't0082-test-chmtime.sh',
't0090-cache-tree.sh',
't0091-bugreport.sh',
't0092-diagnose.sh',
diff --git a/t/t0082-test-chmtime.sh b/t/t0082-test-chmtime.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f1a9d6c466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t0082-test-chmtime.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='tests for test-tool chmtime'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+ echo hello >file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'mutually exclusive options are rejected' '
+ test_must_fail test-tool chmtime --get --verbose +0 file 2>err &&
+ test_grep "cannot be used together" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'missing timespec without -g or -v is rejected' '
+ test_must_fail test-tool chmtime file 2>err &&
+ test_grep "usage: test-tool chmtime" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'negative offset is not taken as an option' '
+ test-tool chmtime =1000000000 file &&
+ test-tool chmtime --get -86400 file >actual &&
+ echo 999913600 >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done
base-commit: 7e34d8174dcda3435d1404c9a30bef46afe6c13e
--
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 11:14 [PATCH] test-chmtime: use parse_options() to parse command-line flags Shashank S via GitGitGadget
2026-10-27 18:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-29 5:52 ` Shashank S
2026-10-27 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-29 5:54 ` Shashank S
2026-10-30 8:52 ` [PATCH v2] " Shashank S via GitGitGadget
2026-11-02 2:46 ` Cynthia Uche
2026-11-02 4:56 ` Shashank S
2026-11-02 17:07 ` Shashank S via GitGitGadget [this message]
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