Although the "git notes" man page advertises that we support binary-safe
notes addition (using the -C option), we currently do not support adding
the empty note (i.e. using the empty blob to annotate an object). Instead,
an empty note is always treated as an intent to remove the note
altogether.
Introduce the --allow-empty option to the add/append/edit subcommands,
to explicitly allow an empty note to be stored into the notes tree.
Also update the documentation, and add test cases for the new option.
Reported-by: James H. Fisher <jhf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Improved-by: Kyle J. McKay <mackyle@xxxxxxxxx>
Improved-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-notes.txt | 12 ++++++++----
builtin/notes.c | 17 +++++++++++------
t/t3301-notes.sh | 10 +++++++++-
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 310f0a5..851518d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git notes' [list [<object>]]
-'git notes' add [-f] [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
+'git notes' add [-f] [--allow-empty] [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
'git notes' copy [-f] ( --stdin | <from-object> <to-object> )
-'git notes' append [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
-'git notes' edit [<object>]
+'git notes' append [--allow-empty] [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
+'git notes' edit [--allow-empty] [<object>]
'git notes' show [<object>]
'git notes' merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes-ref>
'git notes' merge --commit [-v | -q]
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ OPTIONS
Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
the user can further edit the note message.
+--allow-empty::
+ Allow an empty note object to be stored. The default behavior is
+ to automatically remove empty notes.
+
--ref <ref>::
Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides
'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref
@@ -287,7 +291,7 @@ arbitrary files using 'git hash-object':
------------
$ cc *.c
$ blob=$(git hash-object -w a.out)
-$ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD
+$ git notes --ref=built add --allow-empty -C "$blob" HEAD
------------
(You cannot simply use `git notes --ref=built add -F a.out HEAD`
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 7017434..4605210 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
static const char * const git_notes_usage[] = {
N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] [list [<object>]]"),
- N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] add [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]"),
+ N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] add [-f] [--allow-empty] [-m <msg> | -F <file> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]"),
N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] copy [-f] <from-object> <to-object>"),
- N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] append [-m <msg> | -F <file> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]"),
- N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] edit [<object>]"),
+ N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] append [--allow-empty] [-m <msg> | -F <file> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]"),
+ N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] edit [--allow-empty] [<object>]"),
N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] show [<object>]"),
N_("git notes [--ref <notes_ref>] merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes_ref>"),
N_("git notes merge --commit [-v | -q]"),
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
- int force = 0;
+ int force = 0, allow_empty = 0;
const char *object_ref;
struct notes_tree *t;
unsigned char object[20], new_note[20];
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'C', "reuse-message", &d, N_("object"),
N_("reuse specified note object"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_reuse_arg},
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty,
+ N_("allow storing empty note")),
OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace existing notes")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
prepare_note_data(object, &d, note);
- if (d.buf.len) {
+ if (d.buf.len || allow_empty) {
write_note_data(&d, new_note);
if (add_note(t, object, new_note, combine_notes_overwrite))
die("BUG: combine_notes_overwrite failed");
@@ -539,6 +541,7 @@ out:
static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
+ int allow_empty = 0;
const char *object_ref;
struct notes_tree *t;
unsigned char object[20], new_note[20];
@@ -559,6 +562,8 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'C', "reuse-message", &d, N_("object"),
N_("reuse specified note object"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_reuse_arg},
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty,
+ N_("allow storing empty note")),
OPT_END()
};
int edit = !strcmp(argv[0], "edit");
@@ -601,7 +606,7 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
free(prev_buf);
}
- if (d.buf.len) {
+ if (d.buf.len || allow_empty) {
write_note_data(&d, new_note);
if (add_note(t, object, new_note, combine_notes_overwrite))
die("BUG: combine_notes_overwrite failed");
diff --git a/t/t3301-notes.sh b/t/t3301-notes.sh
index f74b3fa..70ec5c3 100755
--- a/t/t3301-notes.sh
+++ b/t/t3301-notes.sh
@@ -1242,7 +1242,8 @@ test_expect_success 'git notes get-ref (--ref)' '
test_expect_success 'setup testing of empty notes' '
test_unconfig core.notesRef &&
test_commit 16th &&
- empty_blob=$(git hash-object -w /dev/null)
+ empty_blob=$(git hash-object -w /dev/null) &&
+ echo "$empty_blob" >expect_empty
'
while read cmd
@@ -1252,6 +1253,13 @@ do
MSG= git notes $cmd &&
test_must_fail git notes list HEAD
"
+
+ test_expect_success "'git notes $cmd --allow-empty' stores empty note" "
+ test_might_fail git notes remove HEAD &&
+ MSG= git notes $cmd --allow-empty &&
+ git notes list HEAD >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect_empty actual
+ "
done <<\EOF
add
add -F /dev/null
--
2.1.1.392.g062cc5d
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