Andrew Ruder <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c > index 07244b0..584a910 100644 > --- a/builtin-apply.c > +++ b/builtin-apply.c > @@ -656,137 +660,57 @@ static const char *stop_at_slash(const char *line, int llen) > } > > /* > - * This is to extract the same name that appears on "diff --git" > - * line. We do not find and return anything if it is a rename > - * patch, and it is OK because we will find the name elsewhere. > + * This is to extract the same name that appears on "diff --git" line. > + * The name that is returned also has the root applied to it and the > + * p_value applied. We do not find and return anything if it is a > + * rename patch, and it is OK because we will find the name elsewhere. > * We need to reliably find name only when it is mode-change only, > - * creation or deletion of an empty file. In any of these cases, > - * both sides are the same name under a/ and b/ respectively. > + * creation or deletion of an empty file. In any of these cases, both > + * sides are the same name under a/ and b/ respectively. > */ This is a very good description of what the fix should do. > +static char *git_header_name(char *line) > ... > - /* > - * Accept a name only if it shows up twice, exactly the same > - * form. > - */ > - for (len = 0 ; ; len++) { > - switch (name[len]) { > - default: > - continue; > - case '\n': > - return NULL; > - case '\t': case ' ': > - second = name+len; > - for (;;) { > - char c = *second++; > - if (c == '\n') > - return NULL; > - if (c == '/') > - break; > - } > - if (second[len] == '\n' && !memcmp(name, second, len)) { > - return xmemdupz(name, len); > - } > - } > - } You lost the above logic, and instead call find_name() with TERM_SPACE | TERM_TAB to find the end of the first name and you expect it uniquely will find it. It unfortunately won't. Consider this patch: diff --git a/b is file b/b is file index e69de29..ce01362 100644 --- a/b is file +++ b/b is file @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +hello Your version finds "b" as the first name, skips to "is file b/b is file" and assume that is the second name, and your new code later mistakenly declares it as a rename and returns NULL. > + /* First we see if they match, if they do, we are done. */ > + if (strcmp(first, second)) { > + const char *first_slash, *second_slash; > + /* If they don't, we check that we don't have a a/<match> b/<match>, if we > + * do we return one of those so the error messages go through correctly > + * later on */ > + first_slash = stop_at_slash(first, strlen(first)); > + second_slash = stop_at_slash(second, strlen(second)); > > + /* If this fails, it must be a rename, just return NULL */ > + if (!first_slash || !second_slash || strcmp(first_slash, second_slash)) > + goto error2; > } It should of course return "b is file"; the complex backgracking you removed is all about handling this case correctly. > builtin-apply.c | 203 +++++++++++++++---------------------------------- > t/t4120-apply-popt.sh | 5 +- > 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 144 deletions(-) I really wished that this reduction of lines resulted in a code with less bug, though. -- 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