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From: Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@fushizen.net>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Adam Roben <aroben@apple.com>, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] config.c: Escape backslashes in section names properly
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:13:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080409141334.GA24402@shion.is.fushizen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47FC62B0.3060802@viscovery.net>

On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 08:31:12AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Bryan Donlan schrieb:
> > Signed-off-by: Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@fushizen.net>
> 
> What is your definition of "properly"? Please give an example of what went
> wrong.

The included patch to the test suite is an example - specifically if an
element of the configuration key name other than the first or last
contains a backslash, it would not be escaped on output, but would be
treated as an escape sequence on input. Thus the backslash would be
lost.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-09 14:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-09  1:29 [PATCH 0/8] Fix git's test suite to pass when the path contains spaces Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:29 ` [PATCH 1/8] git-rebase.sh: Fix --merge --abort failures when path contains whitespace Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:29   ` [PATCH 2/8] config.c: Escape backslashes in section names properly Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:29     ` [PATCH 3/8] git-send-email.perl: Handle shell metacharacters in $EDITOR properly Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:30       ` [PATCH 4/8] test-lib.sh: Fix some missing path quoting Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:30         ` [PATCH 5/8] test-lib.sh: Add a test_set_editor function to safely set $VISUAL Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:30           ` [PATCH 6/8] lib-git-svn.sh: Fix quoting issues with paths containing shell metacharacters Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:30             ` [PATCH 7/8] Use test_set_editor in t9001-send-email.sh Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  1:30               ` [PATCH 8/8] Fix tests breaking when checkout path contains shell metacharacters Bryan Donlan
     [not found]                 ` <47FC69B8.40809@viscovery.net>
     [not found]                   ` <20080410063028.GA12562@shion.is.fushizen.net>
2008-04-10  6:49                     ` Johannes Sixt
2008-04-10  7:02                       ` Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  7:24                       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-04-09  7:01               ` [PATCH 7/8] Use test_set_editor in t9001-send-email.sh Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09 14:16                 ` Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09  6:50             ` [PATCH 6/8] lib-git-svn.sh: Fix quoting issues with paths containing shell metacharacters Junio C Hamano
2008-04-09  6:36           ` [PATCH 5/8] test-lib.sh: Add a test_set_editor function to safely set $VISUAL Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09  6:31       ` [PATCH 3/8] git-send-email.perl: Handle shell metacharacters in $EDITOR properly Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09 14:28         ` Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  3:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-04-09  6:31     ` [PATCH 2/8] config.c: Escape backslashes in section names properly Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09 14:13       ` Bryan Donlan [this message]
2008-04-09 14:25         ` Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09  6:50   ` [PATCH 1/8] git-rebase.sh: Fix --merge --abort failures when path contains whitespace Junio C Hamano
2008-04-09  6:55   ` Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09 14:37     ` Bryan Donlan
2008-04-09 14:51       ` Johannes Sixt
2008-04-09 15:02         ` Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:10           ` Johannes Sixt
2008-04-10  6:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] Fix git's test suite to pass when the path contains spaces Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50   ` [PATCH v2 01/10] git-rebase.sh: Fix --merge --abort failures when path contains whitespace Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50     ` [PATCH v2 02/10] config.c: Escape backslashes in section names properly Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50       ` [PATCH v2 03/10] git-send-email.perl: Handle shell metacharacters in $EDITOR properly Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50         ` [PATCH v2 04/10] test-lib.sh: Add a test_set_editor function to safely set $VISUAL Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50           ` [PATCH v2 05/10] Use test_set_editor in t9001-send-email.sh Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50             ` [PATCH v2 06/10] test-lib.sh: Fix some missing path quoting Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50               ` [PATCH v2 07/10] lib-git-svn.sh: Fix quoting issues with paths containing shell metacharacters Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50                 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] Don't use the export NAME=value form in the test scripts Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50                   ` [PATCH v2 09/10] Fix tests breaking when checkout path contains shell metacharacters Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  6:50                     ` [PATCH v2 10/10] Rename the test trash directory to contain " Bryan Donlan
2008-04-10  7:45     ` [PATCH v2 01/10] git-rebase.sh: Fix --merge --abort failures when path contains whitespace Junio C Hamano
2008-04-10  8:48       ` Bryan Donlan
2008-04-11 22:37       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-04  5:37   ` [PATCH v3 00/10] Fix git's test suite to pass when the path contains spaces Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37     ` [PATCH v3 01/10] git-rebase.sh: Fix --merge --abort failures when path contains whitespace Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37       ` [PATCH v3 02/10] config.c: Escape backslashes in section names properly Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37         ` [PATCH v3 03/10] git-send-email.perl: Handle shell metacharacters in $EDITOR properly Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37           ` [PATCH v3 04/10] test-lib.sh: Add a test_set_editor function to safely set $VISUAL Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37             ` [PATCH v3 05/10] Use test_set_editor in t9001-send-email.sh Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37               ` [PATCH v3 06/10] test-lib.sh: Fix some missing path quoting Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37                 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] lib-git-svn.sh: Fix quoting issues with paths containing shell metacharacters Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37                   ` [PATCH v3 08/10] Don't use the export NAME=value form in the test scripts Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:37                     ` [PATCH v3 09/10] Fix tests breaking when checkout path contains shell metacharacters Bryan Donlan
2008-05-04  5:38                       ` [PATCH v3 10/10] Rename the test trash directory to contain spaces Bryan Donlan
2008-05-05  8:25                         ` Johannes Sixt
2008-05-05  7:04                       ` [PATCH v3 09/10] Fix tests breaking when checkout path contains shell metacharacters Johannes Sixt
2008-05-05  7:57                         ` Bryan Donlan
2008-05-05  8:11                           ` Johannes Sixt
2008-05-05  7:03     ` [PATCH v3 00/10] Fix git's test suite to pass when the path contains spaces Johannes Sixt
2008-05-05  7:59       ` Bryan Donlan
2008-05-05  8:19         ` Johannes Sixt

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