From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Thalia Archibald <thalia@archibald.dev>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] fast-import: allow unquoted empty path for root
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:59:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqwmp3smal.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39879d0a6627b62f685b38b9afcfe19e4c14c38e.1712741871.git.thalia@archibald.dev> (Thalia Archibald's message of "Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:55:41 +0000")
Thalia Archibald <thalia@archibald.dev> writes:
> For most of this feature's lifetime, the documentation has not
> prescribed the use of quoted empty strings. In e5959106d6
> (Documentation/fast-import: put explanation of M 040000 <dataref> "" in
> context, 2011-01-15), its documentation was changed from “`<path>` may
> also be an empty string (`""`) to specify the root of the tree” to “The
> root of the tree can be represented by an empty string as `<path>`”.
>
> Thus, we can assume that some front-ends have depended on this behavior.
If I were writing this, I would say "must" instead of "can", as
otherwise it would probably be a good idea if we could tighten it.
Of course no need to reroll just to update this.
> diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
> index de2f1304e8..13f98e6688 100755
> --- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
> +++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
The changes needed to test both a C_quoted empty string and an
unquoted empty string are so small (when viewed with "show -w")
and pleasant. Nicely done.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-11 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-22 0:03 [PATCH 0/6] fast-import: tighten parsing of paths Thalia Archibald
2024-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 1/6] " Thalia Archibald
2024-03-22 0:11 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-03-28 8:21 ` Patrick Steinhardt
[not found] ` <E01C617F-3720-42C0-83EE-04BB01643C86@archibald.dev>
2024-04-01 9:05 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 2/6] fast-import: directly use strbufs for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-03-28 8:21 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 3/6] fast-import: release unfreed strbufs Thalia Archibald
2024-03-28 8:21 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-01 9:06 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 4/6] fast-import: remove dead strbuf Thalia Archibald
2024-03-28 8:21 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 5/6] fast-import: document C-style escapes for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-03-28 8:21 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-01 9:06 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-03-22 0:03 ` [PATCH 6/6] fast-import: forbid escaped NUL in paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fast-import: tighten parsing of paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] fast-import: tighten path unquoting Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 6:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-10 8:18 ` Chris Torek
2024-04-10 8:44 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 8:51 ` Chris Torek
2024-04-10 9:14 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 9:42 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-10 9:16 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 9:12 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fast-import: directly use strbufs for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 6:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-10 10:07 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 10:18 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] fast-import: allow unquoted empty path for root Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 6:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] fast-import: remove dead strbuf Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] fast-import: improve documentation for unquoted paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] fast-import: document C-style escapes for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] fast-import: forbid escaped NUL in paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-01 9:03 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] fast-import: make comments more precise Thalia Archibald
2024-04-07 21:19 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fast-import: tighten parsing of paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-07 23:46 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-08 6:25 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-08 7:15 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-08 9:07 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-08 14:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-10 9:54 ` [PATCH v3 " Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] fast-import: tighten path unquoting Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] fast-import: directly use strbufs for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] fast-import: allow unquoted empty path for root Thalia Archibald
2024-04-11 19:59 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-04-10 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] fast-import: remove dead strbuf Thalia Archibald
2024-04-11 19:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-10 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] fast-import: improve documentation for unquoted paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-11 19:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-10 9:56 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] fast-import: document C-style escapes for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 18:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-10 22:50 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-11 5:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-11 9:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-10 9:56 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] fast-import: forbid escaped NUL in paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-10 9:56 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] fast-import: make comments more precise Thalia Archibald
2024-04-10 19:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-12 8:01 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] fast-import: tighten parsing of paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:02 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] fast-import: tighten path unquoting Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 16:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-13 0:07 ` Thalia Archibald
2024-04-13 18:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] fast-import: directly use strbufs for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] fast-import: allow unquoted empty path for root Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] fast-import: remove dead strbuf Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] fast-import: improve documentation for path quoting Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] fast-import: document C-style escapes for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] fast-import: forbid escaped NUL in paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] fast-import: make comments more precise Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:11 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] fast-import: tighten parsing of paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:11 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] fast-import: tighten path unquoting Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:11 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] fast-import: directly use strbufs for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:11 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] fast-import: allow unquoted empty path for root Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:11 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] fast-import: remove dead strbuf Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] fast-import: improve documentation for path quoting Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] fast-import: document C-style escapes for paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] fast-import: forbid escaped NUL in paths Thalia Archibald
2024-04-14 1:12 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] fast-import: make comments more precise Thalia Archibald
2024-04-15 7:06 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] fast-import: tighten parsing of paths Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-15 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
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