Jeff King wrote: > We do not have many tests for handling corrupt objects. This > new test at least checks that we detect a byte error in a > corrupt blob object while streaming it out with cat-file. Thanks. [...] > +# convert "1234abcd" to ".git/objects/12/34abcd" > +obj_to_file() { > + echo "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/objects/$(git rev-parse "$1" | sed 's,..,&/,')" > +} Maybe this would be clearer in multiple lines? commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") && git_dir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) && tail=${commit#??} && echo "$git_dir/objects/${commit%$tail}/$tail" > + > +# Convert byte at offset "$2" of object "$1" into '\0' > +corrupt_byte() { > + obj_file=$(obj_to_file "$1") && > + chmod +w "$obj_file" && > + printf '\0' | dd of="$obj_file" bs=1 seek="$2" Some other tests such as t4205 also rely on "printf" being binary-safe. Phew. > +} > + > +test_expect_success 'setup corrupt repo' ' > + git init bit-error && > + ( > + cd bit-error && > + test_commit content && > + corrupt_byte HEAD:content.t 10 > + ) > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'streaming a corrupt blob fails' ' "fails gracefully", maybe, to be more precise. With or without the two changes suggested above, Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> -- 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