[PATCH] interpret_branch_name(): handle auto-namelen for @{-1}

[PATCH] interpret_branch_name(): handle auto-namelen for @{-1}

[Jeff King]

The interpret_branch_name() function takes a ptr/len pair
for the name, but you can pass "0" for "namelen", which will
cause it to check the length with strlen().

However, before we do that auto-namelen magic, we call
interpret_nth_prior_checkout(), which gets fed the bogus
"0". This was broken by 8cd4249c4 (interpret_branch_name:
always respect "namelen" parameter, 2014-01-15).  Though to
be fair to that commit, it was broken in the _opposite_
direction before, where we would always treat "name" as a
string even if a length was passed.

You can see the bug with "git log -g @{-1}". That code path
always passes "0", and without this patch it cannot figure
out which branch's reflog to show.

We can fix it by a small reordering of the code.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Noticed while digging on the nearby thread:

  http://public-inbox.org/git/20170227090233.uk7dfruggytgmuw2@sigill.intra.peff.net/

 sha1_name.c         | 3 ++-
 t/t0100-previous.sh | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 73a915ff1..9b5d14b4b 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -1263,11 +1263,12 @@ int interpret_branch_name(const char *name, int namelen, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
 	char *at;
 	const char *start;
-	int len = interpret_nth_prior_checkout(name, namelen, buf);
+	int len;
 
 	if (!namelen)
 		namelen = strlen(name);
 
+	len = interpret_nth_prior_checkout(name, namelen, buf);
 	if (!len) {
 		return len; /* syntax Ok, not enough switches */
 	} else if (len > 0) {
diff --git a/t/t0100-previous.sh b/t/t0100-previous.sh
index e0a694023..58c0b7e9b 100755
--- a/t/t0100-previous.sh
+++ b/t/t0100-previous.sh
@@ -56,5 +56,13 @@ test_expect_success 'merge @{-100} before checking out that many branches yet' '
 	test_must_fail git merge @{-100}
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'log -g @{-1}' '
+	git checkout -b last_branch &&
+	git checkout -b new_branch &&
+	echo "last_branch@{0}" >expect &&
+	git log -g --format=%gd @{-1} >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
 
-- 
2.12.0.624.gbb1b07a2c

Re: [PATCH] interpret_branch_name(): handle auto-namelen for @{-1}

[Jeff King]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 04:25:40AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:

> However, before we do that auto-namelen magic, we call
> interpret_nth_prior_checkout(), which gets fed the bogus
> "0". This was broken by 8cd4249c4 (interpret_branch_name:
> always respect "namelen" parameter, 2014-01-15).  Though to
> be fair to that commit, it was broken in the _opposite_
> direction before, where we would always treat "name" as a
> string even if a length was passed.

That commit is mine, by the way. More embarrassing than introducing the
bug is that I _noticed_ the problem at the time and wrote a paragraph in
the commit message rationalizing why it was OK, rather than just doing
this trivial fix.

-Peff

Re: [PATCH] interpret_branch_name(): handle auto-namelen for @{-1}

[Junio C Hamano]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 04:25:40AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
>
>> However, before we do that auto-namelen magic, we call
>> interpret_nth_prior_checkout(), which gets fed the bogus
>> "0". This was broken by 8cd4249c4 (interpret_branch_name:
>> always respect "namelen" parameter, 2014-01-15).  Though to
>> be fair to that commit, it was broken in the _opposite_
>> direction before, where we would always treat "name" as a
>> string even if a length was passed.
>
> That commit is mine, by the way. More embarrassing than introducing the
> bug is that I _noticed_ the problem at the time and wrote a paragraph in
> the commit message rationalizing why it was OK, rather than just doing
> this trivial fix.

Thanks, I should also be embarrased since I didn't even notice the
issue when we queued it ;-)