[PATCH] Remove duplicate pathspecs from ls-files command line

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The first entry wins, all the subsequent entries will be discarded.

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx>
---

martin f krafft, Wed, Aug 29, 2007 10:11:22 +0200:
> when using git-add from a script, the following fails:
> 
>   $ git commit -m. foo foo
>   error: pathspec 'foo' did not match any file(s) known to git.
>   Did you forget to 'git add'?
> 
> I am bringing this up in the context of
> http://bugs.debian.org/439992, where debcommit.pl would duplicate
> a file argument under certain conditions. It's since been fixed, but
> I wonder whether git-commit could be made more robust in the
> presence of duplicate arguments? Or is this behaviour by choice?
> 

Don't think so. Looks like accident. The patch below fixes it,
by introducing a costly argument duplication check. Shouldn't
be a problem for a normal use (git-ls-files expects globs, not
pathnames).

 setup.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 06004f1..b13b628 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -111,10 +111,19 @@ void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
 		die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
 }
 
+static const char **has_pathspec(const char **start, const char **end, const char *spec)
+{
+	const char **p;
+	for (p = start; p != end; ++p)
+		if (!strcmp(*p, spec))
+			return p;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
 {
 	const char *entry = *pathspec;
-	const char **p;
+	const char **in, **out;
 	int prefixlen;
 
 	if (!prefix && !entry)
@@ -128,11 +137,15 @@ const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
 	}
 
 	/* Otherwise we have to re-write the entries.. */
-	p = pathspec;
+	in = out = pathspec;
 	prefixlen = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
 	do {
-		*p = prefix_path(prefix, prefixlen, entry);
-	} while ((entry = *++p) != NULL);
+		const char *spec = prefix_path(prefix, prefixlen, entry);
+		if (!has_pathspec(pathspec, out, spec))
+			*out++ = spec;
+	} while ((entry = *++in) != NULL);
+	if (in != out)
+		*out = NULL;
 	return (const char **) pathspec;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.3.rc7.24.g0e57

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