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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, me@ttaylorr.com, newren@gmail.com,
	Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/12] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:03:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200129100309.GA4218@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ea69e90694e53842acd68d3ac85c9a00c4bd343.1580236003.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 06:26:40PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> 
> In cone mode, the sparse-checkout feature uses hashset containment
> queries to match paths. Make this algorithm respect escaped asterisk
> (*) and backslash (\) characters.

Do we also need to worry about other glob metacharacters? E.g., "?" or
ranges like "[A-Z]"?

> +static char *dup_and_filter_pattern(const char *pattern)
> +{
> +	char *set, *read;
> +	char *result = xstrdup(pattern);
> +
> +	set = result;
> +	read = result;
> +
> +	while (*read) {
> +		/* skip escape characters (once) */
> +		if (*read == '\\')
> +			read++;
> +
> +		*set = *read;
> +
> +		set++;
> +		read++;
> +	}
> +	*set = 0;
> +
> +	if (*(read - 2) == '/' && *(read - 1) == '*')
> +		*(read - 2) = 0;
> +
> +	return result;
> +}

Do we need to check that the pattern is longer than 1 character here? If
it's a single character, it seems like this "*(read - 2)" will
dereference the byte before the string.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-29 10:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-14 19:25 [PATCH 0/8] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 1/8] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-16 21:40   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 2/8] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-16 21:46   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 3/8] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:30   ` Taylor Blau
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 4/8] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 21:16   ` Jeff King
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 5/8] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:26 ` [PATCH 6/8] sparse-checkout: warn on incorrect '*' in patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:26 ` [PATCH 7/8] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 21:21   ` Jeff King
2020-01-14 22:08     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 19:26 ` [PATCH 8/8] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 21:25   ` Jeff King
2020-01-14 22:11     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 22:48       ` Jeff King
2020-01-24 21:10         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-24 21:42           ` Jeff King
2020-01-28 15:03             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 19:34 ` [PATCH 0/8] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Taylor Blau
2020-01-14 19:44   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 21:31     ` Jeff King
2020-01-15 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-15 20:32   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-24 21:19 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] t1091: improve here-docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] sparse-checkout: fix documentation typo for core.sparseCheckoutCone Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] sparse-checkout: warn on incorrect '*' in patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] sparse-checkout: use C-style quotes in 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] sparse-checkout: improve docs around 'set' in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26   ` [PATCH v3 00/12] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 01/12] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 02/12] t1091: improve here-docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 03/12] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 04/12] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 05/12] sparse-checkout: fix documentation typo for core.sparseCheckoutCone Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 06/12] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 07/12] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 08/12] sparse-checkout: warn on incorrect '*' in patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 09/12] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-29 10:03       ` Jeff King [this message]
2020-01-29 13:58         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-29 14:04           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 10/12] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-29 10:17       ` Jeff King
2020-01-29 10:33         ` Jeff King
2020-01-29 14:16           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-29 14:39             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-30  7:29             ` Jeff King
2020-01-30 15:01               ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 11/12] sparse-checkout: use C-style quotes in 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-29 10:23       ` Jeff King
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 12/12] sparse-checkout: improve docs around 'set' in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16     ` [PATCH v4 00/15] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 01/15] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 02/15] t1091: improve here-docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 03/15] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 04/15] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 05/15] sparse-checkout: fix documentation typo for core.sparseCheckoutCone Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 06/15] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 07/15] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 08/15] sparse-checkout: warn on globs in cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 09/15] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 10/15] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 11/15] sparse-checkout: unquote C-style strings over --stdin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 12/15] sparse-checkout: use C-style quotes in 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 13/15] sparse-checkout: escape all glob characters on write Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 14/15] sparse-checkout: improve docs around 'set' in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 15/15] sparse-checkout: fix cone mode behavior mismatch Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:36       ` [PATCH v4 00/15] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Elijah Newren
2020-02-03 14:09         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-08 23:32           ` Taylor Blau
2020-02-09 17:27             ` Junio C Hamano

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