Re: [PATCH v3] blame: prevent error if range ends past end of file

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> For example, with an empty file (i.e. lno == 0), you can ask "git
> blame -L1,-4 ("i.e. "at most four lines, ending at line #1") and the
> code silently accepts the input without noticing that the request is
> an utter nonsense; "file X has only 0 lines" error is given a chance

s/is given/is not given/; obviously.  Sorry for a typo coming from
laggy ssh connection.

> to kick in.
>
> There should be an "is the range sensible?" check after all the
> tweaking to bottom and top are done, I think.
>
>>  		bottom--;
>>  		range_set_append_unsafe(&ranges, bottom, top);
>> diff --git a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
>> index 661f9d430..728209fa3 100755
>> --- a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
>> +++ b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
>> @@ -216,14 +216,13 @@ test_expect_success 'blame -L with invalid start' '
>>  '
>>  
>>  test_expect_success 'blame -L with invalid end' '
>> -	test_must_fail git blame -L1,5 tres 2>errors &&
>> -	test_i18ngrep "has only 2 lines" errors
>> +	git blame -L1,5 tres >out &&
>> +	test_line_count = 2 out
>>  '
>>  
>>  test_expect_success 'blame parses <end> part of -L' '
>>  	git blame -L1,1 tres >out &&
>> -	cat out &&
>> -	test $(wc -l < out) -eq 1
>> +	test_line_count = 1 out
>>  '
>>  
>>  test_expect_success 'indent of line numbers, nine lines' '