Am 10/11/2012 17:51, schrieb Junio C Hamano: > Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I saw EINVAL errors when 'git grep pattern rev' was run on Windows. The >> reason is that the code attempted to access "rev:dir/.gitattributes" in >> the worktree, which is an invalid path on Windows due to the colon. The >> lack of this warning indicates that the attempts to access these files are >> eliminated. > > It means that whenever we ask for attributes for a tracked file that > is inside a directory whose name contains a colon, we would get the > same error on Windows, no? Perhaps Windows may not let you create > such a directory in the first place, but you may still get a > repository of a cross platform project that contains such a path. Your assessment is correct. > What I am wondering is if we should do something similar to 8e950da > (attr: failure to open a .gitattributes file is OK with ENOTDIR, > 2012-09-13), at least on Windows, for EINVAL. It might be worth it. We already have a similar special case in write_or_die.c:maybe_flush_or_die() for Windows, although it is not about a colon in a path name. Perhaps like this. --- 8< --- From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH] attr: do not warn on path with colon on Windows In the same spirit as commit 8e950dab (attr: failure to open a .gitattributes file is OK with ENOTDIR), ignore EINVAL errors. On Windows, a path that contains a colon that is not the one after the drive letter is not allowed and is reported with errno set to EINVAL. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> --- attr.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c index 8010429..ac945ad 100644 --- a/attr.c +++ b/attr.c @@ -354,7 +354,15 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_file(const char *path, int macro_ok) int lineno = 0; if (!fp) { - if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR) + /* + * If path does not exist, it is not worth mentioning, + * but I/O errors and permission errors are. + * + * On Windows, EINVAL is reported if path contains a colon + * that is not the driver letter separator. Such a path + * cannot exist in the file system and is also uninteresting. + */ + if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR && errno != EINVAL) warn_on_inaccessible(path); return NULL; } -- 1.8.0.rc2.1237.g5522246 -- 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