From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] t0060: test obscured .gitattributes and .gitignore matching
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:01:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201006140158.GA6601@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2010052306470.50@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 11:20:48PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > > Note that the ntfs magic prefix names in the tests come from the
> > > > algorithm described in e7cb0b4455 (and are different for each file).
> > >
> > > Doesn't block this patch, but I'm curious: how hard would it be to make
> > > a test with an NTFS prerequisite that makes sure we got the magic prefix
> > > right?
> >
> > I suspect hard since Dscho punted on it in the original series. :) If I
> > understand correctly, it would require having an NTFS filesystem, and
> > generating 10,000+ files with a clashing prefix.
>
> It's not quite _as_ bad: you only need to generate 4 files with a clashing
> prefix and then the real one:
Ah, that really isn't that bad, then. Still, I don't mind leaving this
as-is under the notion that if the algorithm does change, it would
likely make it onto your radar anyway (or the radar of _anybody_ who
would raise the issue).
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-06 14:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-05 7:17 [PATCH 0/7] forbidding symlinked .gitattributes and .gitignore Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:19 ` [PATCH 1/7] fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variable Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:20 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 8:29 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 7:19 ` [PATCH 2/7] fsck_tree(): wrap some long lines Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:46 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 7:19 ` [PATCH 3/7] t7415: rename to expand scope Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:50 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:24 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 8:34 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:49 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:20 ` [PATCH 4/7] t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:53 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:30 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 8:38 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 7:21 ` [PATCH 5/7] t0060: test obscured .gitattributes and .gitignore matching Jeff King
2020-10-05 8:03 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:40 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 21:20 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-10-06 14:01 ` Jeff King [this message]
2020-10-05 7:24 ` [PATCH 6/7] verify_path(): disallow symlinks in .gitattributes and .gitignore Jeff King
2020-10-05 8:09 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 12:07 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:25 ` [PATCH 7/7] fsck: complain when .gitattributes or .gitignore is a symlink Jeff King
2020-10-05 8:12 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:53 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 7:32 ` [PATCH 0/7] forbidding symlinked .gitattributes and .gitignore Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 8:58 ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variable Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fsck_tree(): wrap some long lines Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] t7415: rename to expand scope Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] t7450: test .gitmodules symlink matching against obscured names Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] t0060: test obscured .gitattributes and .gitignore matching Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] verify_path(): disallow symlinks in .gitattributes and .gitignore Jeff King
2020-10-27 3:35 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-27 7:58 ` Jeff King
2020-10-27 22:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-28 9:41 ` Jeff King
2020-10-27 23:43 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-28 19:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] fsck: complain when .gitattributes or .gitignore is a symlink Jeff King
2020-10-06 20:41 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] forbidding symlinked .gitattributes and .gitignore Junio C Hamano
2020-10-20 23:19 ` Philip Oakley
2020-10-23 8:17 ` [PATCH] documentation symlink restrictions for .git* files Jeff King
2020-10-23 8:27 ` Jeff King
2020-10-26 22:18 ` Philip Oakley
2020-10-26 22:53 ` Jeff King
2020-10-26 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-27 7:26 ` Jeff King
2020-10-27 18:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-27 21:00 ` Philip Oakley
2020-10-28 19:14 ` Junio C Hamano
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