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From: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: "Git List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 31/39] bundle: add new version for use with SHA-256
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 01:11:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200724011127.GC1758454@crustytoothpaste.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRWptYRJUpT71jW6_O9UZ1RK=FCbZj-+OkR_5kGqSWScg@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2020-07-23 at 05:31:15, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> Rather than having to worry about updating this each time the format
> changes, perhaps just say:
> 
>     A Git bundle consists of several parts.

Seems prudent.  The reader probably doesn't care exactly how many parts
there are, and if they do, they can count for themselves.

> I wonder if it would be simpler and cleaner to do something like this instead:
> 
>     cat >expect <<\-EOF &&
>     # v3 git bundle
>     @object-format=sha256
>     -[OID] message
>     [OID] refs/head/master
> 
>     EOF
>     head -n 5 "$D"/bundle1 | sanitize_oid >actual &&
>     test_cmp expect actual
> 
> where sanitize_oid() is a function which converts a hex OID into the
> literal string "[OID]" (or whatever). I believe I've seen you employ
> such sanitization functions already in these series in cases when you
> want to verify that an OID is present in some output but don't care
> about the actual value.
> 
> Or perhaps this approach is overkill?
> 
> Reading further in this patch, I see that you actually do employ this
> technique in a new test you add to t5607, though you don't bother with
> OID sanitation in that test.

Sure, I can do that.

> I worry about passing binary bundle data through 'sed' like this.
> Historically, some 'sed' implementations would drop the last part of a
> file if it didn't end with a newline. Even today, not all 'sed'
> implementations necessarily pass the binary data through unmolested.
> For instance, on Mac OS, 'sed' adds a newline at the end of the file
> if the binary bundle blob didn't end with a newline. Perhaps a more
> reliable approach would be to use Perl to read the entire bundle in as
> a blob, use s/// to munge the @object-format= line into the @unknown=
> line, and write it out.

Yeah, I was slightly worried about that, but as you mentioned in the
followup email, it's probably fine to just parse the header and verify
we reject that.
-- 
brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-24  1:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-23  1:09 [PATCH v3 00/39] SHA-256, part 3/3 brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 01/39] t: make test-bloom initialize repository brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 02/39] t1001: use $ZERO_OID brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 03/39] t3305: make hash agnostic brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 04/39] t3404: prepare 'short SHA-1 collision' tests for SHA-256 brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 05/39] t6100: make hash size independent brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 06/39] t6101: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 07/39] t6301: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 08/39] t6500: specify test values for SHA-256 brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 09/39] t6501: avoid hard-coded objects brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 10/39] t7003: compute appropriate length constant brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 11/39] t7063: make hash size independent brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 12/39] t7201: abstract away SHA-1-specific constants brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 13/39] t7102: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 14/39] t7400: make hash size independent brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 15/39] t7405: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 16/39] t7506: avoid checking for SHA-1-specific constants brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 17/39] t7508: use $ZERO_OID instead of hard-coded constant brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 18/39] t8002: make hash size independent brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 19/39] t8003: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 20/39] t8011: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 21/39] t9300: abstract away SHA-1-specific constants brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 22/39] t9300: use $ZERO_OID instead of hard-coded object ID brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 23/39] t9301: make hash size independent brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 24/39] t9350: " brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 25/39] t9500: ensure that algorithm info is preserved in config brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 26/39] t9700: make hash size independent brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 27/39] t5308: make test work with SHA-256 brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 28/39] t0410: mark test with SHA1 prerequisite brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 29/39] http-fetch: set up git directory before parsing pack hashes brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 30/39] builtin/verify-pack: implement an --object-format option brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  4:54   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 31/39] bundle: add new version for use with SHA-256 brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  5:31   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-07-23  5:40     ` Eric Sunshine
2020-07-24  1:11     ` brian m. carlson [this message]
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 32/39] setup: add support for reading extensions.objectformat brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  2:04   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-23  2:39     ` brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  4:15       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-25  1:59         ` brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 33/39] Enable SHA-256 support by default brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 34/39] t: add test_oid option to select hash algorithm brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  4:51   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-07-23 23:38     ` brian m. carlson
2020-07-23 23:46       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-07-24  0:05         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 35/39] t: allow testing different hash algorithms via environment brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 36/39] t: make SHA1 prerequisite depend on default hash brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 37/39] ci: run tests with SHA-256 brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 38/39] docs: add documentation for extensions.objectFormat brian m. carlson
2020-07-23  1:09 ` [PATCH v3 39/39] t: remove test_oid_init in tests brian m. carlson

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