> On 27 Jun 2017, at 00:13, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> ... > >>> I am wondering whose responsibility it will be to deal with a path >>> "list-available" reports that are *not* asked by Git or Git got no >>> "delayed" response. The list subtraction done by the caller is >>> probably the logical place to do so. >> >> Correct. Git (the caller) will notice that not all "delayed" paths >> are listed by the filter and throw an error at the end. > > I am wondering about the other case. Git didn't ask for a path to > be filtered at all, but the filter sneaked in a path that happens to > in the index in its response---Git should at least ignore it, and > better yet, diagnose it as an error in the filter process. Agreed. I've used your implementation suggestion [1] and added two test cases to ensure we signal a proper error in case of a buggy filter. Thanks, Lars [1] http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqzicu2x4a.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
