On 2018.10.19 19:59, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 04:19:28PM -0700, steadmon@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > diff --git a/builtin/archive.c b/builtin/archive.c > > index e74f675390..dd3283a247 100644 > > --- a/builtin/archive.c > > +++ b/builtin/archive.c > > @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ static int run_remote_archiver(int argc, const char **argv, > > * it. > > */ > > if (name_hint) { > > - const char *format = archive_format_from_filename(name_hint); > > + const char *format; > > + init_tar_archiver(); > > + init_zip_archiver(); > > + format = archive_format_from_filename(name_hint); > > if (format) > > packet_write_fmt(fd[1], "argument --format=%s\n", format); > > Hrm. This code was added back in 56baa61d01 (archive: move file > extension format-guessing lower, 2011-06-21), and your example > invocation worked back then! > > Unfortunately it was broken by the very next patch in the series, > 08716b3c11 (archive: refactor file extension format-guessing, > 2011-06-21). I guess that's what I get for not adding regression tests. > > It's probably worth mentioning those points in the commit message. Done. > Does this work with configured archiver extensions, too? I think so, > because we load them via init_tar_archiver(). If you mean things like .tgz and .tar.gz, then yes, they are affected by the bug as well, and this patch fixes them. The test included in v2 uses a .tgz file. > Can we avoid repeating the list of archivers here? This needs to stay in > sync with the list in write_archive(). I know there are only two, but > can we factor out an init_archivers() call or something? Done. > We also should probably just call it unconditionally when we start the > archiver command (I don't think there are any other bugs like this > lurking, but it doesn't cost very much to initialize these; it makes > sense to just do it early). Done. > Other than those minor points (and the lack of test), your fix looks > good to me. Thanks for the review!