Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 20.05.2011 18:17: > Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> git svn log --show-commit had no tests and, consequently, no attention >> by the author of >> >> b1b4755 (git-log: put space after commit mark, 2011-03-10) >> >> who kept git svn log working only without --show-commit. >> >> Introduce a test and fix it. >> >> Reported-by: Bernt Hansen <bernt@xxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> git svn scares me. > > Sorry about this breakage. I have to be sorry, I broke it! Which is why I took responsibility to fix it asap. >> diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl >> index a5857c1..0cee0e9 100755 >> --- a/git-svn.perl >> +++ b/git-svn.perl >> @@ -5735,7 +5735,7 @@ sub cmd_show_log { >> my $esc_color = qr/(?:\033\[(?:(?:\d+;)*\d*)?m)*/; >> while (<$log>) { >> if (/^${esc_color}commit (- )?($::sha1_short)/o) { >> - my $cmt = $1; >> + my $cmt = $2; > > Even more defensive approach would be not to grab the grouping by doing: > > - if (/^${esc_color}commit (- )?($::sha1_short)/o) { > + if (/^${esc_color}commit (?:- )?($::sha1_short)/o) { > > and not to change anything else. I should have noticed the $1 reference > that was immediately on the next line when I saw and applied your patch, > but if there were more references in the scope that is outside of the > patch context, the same bug would be likely to have gone unnoticed. > > I do not have enough bandwidth to read every single line of the patch from > everybody, so small bugs in patches from known to be good people (you > included) can slip through, unless marked with "I am not familiar with > this codepath" or "I am not strong in Perl regexp" or somesuch, in which > case I try to allocate more time to give it another pass of eyeballing. So, for the record: I don't grok perl. I don't grok perl regexps I don't like either ;) I use perl when I have to (fixing others' cgi, hacking git-svn) and try my best, or ask for help. Here, three things came together: I did not really comprehend the full regexp with the ($::thingy), probably because /foo bar/ looks separated to my eyes, but was not aware of that lack of understanding; there was no test for the codepath which used $cmt (which ends up being used as $foo->c somewhere else); I didn't even know about "--show-commit" (and that codepath). > In any case, thanks for the fix. I think being defensive with (?:) would > be a better idea, so I'll tweak the patch before applying with your test. Inserting a few more "?" or even "???" definitely describes the issue well.. Turns out that "non-capturing groups" are a regexp feature which is not even specific to perl. So, thanks Bernt for teaching me a new "git svn log" option and Junio and Andreas for a new regexp feature ;) Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html