git-grep(1) output does not follow git's own syntax: $ git grep malloc v2.9.3:t/ v2.9.3:t/:test-lib.sh: setup_malloc_check () { $ git show v2.9.3:t/:test-lib.sh fatal: Path 't/:test-lib.sh' does not exist in 'v2.9.3' This patch avoids emitting the unnecessary ':' delimiter if the name already ends with ':' or '/': $ git grep malloc v2.9.3: v2.9.3:t/test-lib.sh: setup_malloc_check () { $ git show v2.9.3:t/test-lib.sh (succeeds) Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/grep.c | 6 +++++- t/t7810-grep.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c index 8887b6a..90a4f3d 100644 --- a/builtin/grep.c +++ b/builtin/grep.c @@ -491,7 +491,11 @@ static int grep_object(struct grep_opt *opt, const struct pathspec *pathspec, strbuf_init(&base, PATH_MAX + len + 1); if (len) { strbuf_add(&base, name, len); - strbuf_addch(&base, ':'); + + /* Add a delimiter if there isn't one already */ + if (name[len - 1] != '/' && name[len - 1] != ':') { + strbuf_addch(&base, ':'); + } } init_tree_desc(&tree, data, size); hit = grep_tree(opt, pathspec, &tree, &base, base.len, diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh index de2405c..e804a3f 100755 --- a/t/t7810-grep.sh +++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh @@ -1435,4 +1435,25 @@ test_expect_success 'grep does not report i-t-a and assume unchanged with -L' ' test_cmp expected actual ' +cat >expected <<EOF +HEAD:t/a/v:vvv +HEAD:t/v:vvv +EOF + +test_expect_success 'grep outputs valid <rev>:<path> for HEAD:t/' ' + git grep vvv HEAD:t/ >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +cat >expected <<EOF +HEAD:t/a/v:vvv +HEAD:t/v:vvv +HEAD:v:vvv +EOF + +test_expect_success 'grep outputs valid <rev>:<path> for HEAD:' ' + git grep vvv HEAD: >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + test_done -- 2.9.3