The old parse_arg(), when fed an argument "refs/heads/a"master parsed 'refs/heads/a' off of the front of the argument and considered itself successful. It was only when parse_next_arg() tried to parse the *next* argument that a problem was noticed. But in fact, the definition of the input format requires arguments to be terminated by SP or NUL, so *this* argument is already erroneous and parse_arg() should diagnose the problem. So teach parse_arg() to verify that C-quoted arguments are terminated correctly. If not, emit a more specific error message. There is no corresponding error case of a non-C-quoted argument that is not terminated correctly, because the end of a non-quoted argument is *by definition* a space or NUL, so there is no way to insert other junk between the "end" of the argument and the argument terminator. Adjust the tests to expect the new error message. Add a docstring to the function, incorporating the comments that were formerly within the function plus some added information. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/update-ref.c | 20 +++++++++++++++----- t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c index 1292cfe..02b5f95 100644 --- a/builtin/update-ref.c +++ b/builtin/update-ref.c @@ -62,16 +62,26 @@ static void update_store_old_sha1(struct ref_update *update, update->have_old = *oldvalue || line_termination; } +/* + * Parse one whitespace- or NUL-terminated, possibly C-quoted argument + * and append the result to arg. Return a pointer to the terminator. + * Die if there is an error in how the argument is C-quoted. This + * function is only used if not -z. + */ static const char *parse_arg(const char *next, struct strbuf *arg) { - /* Parse SP-terminated, possibly C-quoted argument */ - if (*next != '"') + if (*next == '"') { + const char *orig = next; + + if (unquote_c_style(arg, next, &next)) + die("badly quoted argument: %s", orig); + if (*next && !isspace(*next)) + die("unexpected character after quoted argument: %s", orig); + } else { while (*next && !isspace(*next)) strbuf_addch(arg, *next++); - else if (unquote_c_style(arg, next, &next)) - die("badly quoted argument: %s", next); + } - /* Return position after the argument */ return next; } diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh index 29391c6..774f8c5 100755 --- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh +++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh @@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ test_expect_success 'stdin fails on badly quoted input' ' grep "fatal: badly quoted argument: \\\"master" err ' -test_expect_success 'stdin fails on arguments not separated by space' ' +test_expect_success 'stdin fails on junk after quoted argument' ' echo "create \"$a\"master" >stdin && test_must_fail git update-ref --stdin <stdin 2>err && - grep "fatal: expected SP but got: master" err + grep "fatal: unexpected character after quoted argument: \\\"$a\\\"master" err ' test_expect_success 'stdin fails create with no ref' ' -- 1.9.1 -- 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