> On 20 Apr 2016, at 23:01, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx writes: > >> - pointerContents = [i+'\n' for i in pointerFile.split('\n')[2:][:-1]] pointerFile was split here by '\n'. The splitting removes the newline and the i+'\n' adds it again. This back and forth makes it unnecessary hard to read. >> - oid = pointerContents[1].split(' ')[1].split(':')[1][:-1] >> + >> + # Git LFS removed the preamble in the output of the 'pointer' command >> + # starting from version 1.2.0. Check for the preamble here to support >> + # earlier versions. >> + # c.f. https://github.com/github/git-lfs/commit/da2935d9a739592bc775c98d8ef4df9c72ea3b43 >> + preamble = 'Git LFS pointer for ' + contentFile + '\n\n' >> + if pointerFile.startswith(preamble): >> + pointerFile = pointerFile[len(preamble):] >> + >> + oidEntry = [i for i in pointerFile.split('\n') if i.startswith('oid')] >> + oid = oidEntry[0].split(' ')[1].split(':')[1] >> localLargeFile = os.path.join( >> os.getcwd(), >> '.git', 'lfs', 'objects', oid[:2], oid[2:4], >> @@ -1073,7 +1082,7 @@ class GitLFS(LargeFileSystem): >> ) >> # LFS Spec states that pointer files should not have the executable bit set. >> gitMode = '100644' >> - return (gitMode, pointerContents, localLargeFile) >> + return (gitMode, pointerFile, localLargeFile) > > It seems to me that you used to return pointerContents which is an > array of lines (each of which are LF terminated); the updated one > returns pointerFile which is a bare string with many lines. The pointerContents is a string with LF separators (see comment above). The only difference is that the old implementation was a list of strings each with a LF at the end ['line1\n'],['line2\n'] and the new implementation is one string with LF separators 'line1\nline2\n'. pointerContents goes through a few layers and is eventually used in the "writeToGitStream" method [1] like this: for d in contents: self.gitStream.write(d) At this point it doesn't matter if it is an array of strings or one string. [1] https://github.com/git/git/blob/e6ac6e1f7d54584c2b03f073b5f329a37f4a9561/git-p4.py#L2401-L2402 > Is that change intentional? Does the difference matter to the > caller of this method? Even if it doesn't, is it a good idea to > change it as part of this commit? Yes, it was intentional. I wanted to make the code simpler/more readable. As shown above the change doesn't matter to the caller method. I understand your concern of making this change part of the commit. However, I don't see another way because passing pointerFile as is in the old implementation would brake Git LFS 1.x support (because pointerFile contains the preamble). What would be the best way forward? A v3 with a better commit message mentioning the array -> string change? Thanks for the review, Lars-- 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