From edb4af00979124c8cc1674a5ad76f9634f74d42e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stavros Ntentos <133706+stdedos@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 15:53:50 +0300 Subject: [PATCH v4] pathspec: advice: long and short form of pathspec magic are incompatible It is a hard-to-notice mistake to try mixing short and long forms of pathspec magic, e.g. instead of ':(exclude,glob)', it may be tempting to write ':!(glob)'. The end of the short-form pathspec magic (`:!`), and the `(glob)` is taken as the beginning part of the pathspec, wanting to match a file or a directory whose name begins with that literal string. Teach git to issue an advice when such a pathspec is given. i.e.: While in short form parsing: * if the parsing is not explicitly terminated with `:`, and * if the string contains an open parenthesis [`(`] issue an advice hinting to that fact. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Stavros Ntentos <133706+stdedos@users.noreply.github.com> --- Documentation/config/advice.txt | 3 +++ advice.c | 3 +++ advice.h | 2 ++ pathspec.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 77 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index acbd0c09aa..05a3cbc164 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -119,4 +119,7 @@ advice.*:: addEmptyPathspec:: Advice shown if a user runs the add command without providing the pathspec parameter. + mixedPathspecMagic:: + Advice shown if a user tries to mix short- and + longform pathspec magic. -- diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c index 164742305f..b1955966d5 100644 --- a/advice.c +++ b/advice.c @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name = 1; int advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die = 1; int advice_add_ignored_file = 1; int advice_add_empty_pathspec = 1; +int advice_mixed_pathspec_magic = 1; static int advice_use_color = -1; static char advice_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = { @@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ static struct { { "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie", &advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die }, { "addIgnoredFile", &advice_add_ignored_file }, { "addEmptyPathspec", &advice_add_empty_pathspec }, + { "mixedPathspecMagic", &advice_mixed_pathspec_magic }, /* make this an alias for backward compatibility */ { "pushNonFastForward", &advice_push_update_rejected } @@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ static struct { [ADVICE_STATUS_U_OPTION] = { "statusUoption", 1 }, [ADVICE_SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_STRATEGY_DIE] = { "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie", 1 }, [ADVICE_WAITING_FOR_EDITOR] = { "waitingForEditor", 1 }, + [ADVICE_MIXED_PATHSPEC_MAGIC] = { "mixedPathspecMagic", 1 }, }; static const char turn_off_instructions[] = diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h index bc2432980a..aa229fded8 100644 --- a/advice.h +++ b/advice.h @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern int advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name; extern int advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die; extern int advice_add_ignored_file; extern int advice_add_empty_pathspec; +extern int advice_mixed_pathspec_magic; /* * To add a new advice, you need to: @@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ extern int advice_add_empty_pathspec; ADVICE_STATUS_U_OPTION, ADVICE_SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_STRATEGY_DIE, ADVICE_WAITING_FOR_EDITOR, + ADVICE_MIXED_PATHSPEC_MAGIC, }; int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value); diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c index 18b3be362a..da560ac7ad 100644 --- a/pathspec.c +++ b/pathspec.c @@ -336,6 +336,37 @@ static const char *parse_long_magic(unsigned *magic, int *prefix_len, return pos; } + +/* + * Give hint for a common mistake of mixing short and long + * form of pathspec magic, as well as possible corrections + */ +static void warn_mixed_magic(unsigned magic, const char *elem, const char *pos) +{ + struct strbuf longform = STRBUF_INIT; + int i; + + if (!advice_enabled(ADVICE_MIXED_PATHSPEC_MAGIC)) + return; + + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) { + if (pathspec_magic[i].bit & magic) { + if (longform.len) + strbuf_addch(&longform, ','); + strbuf_addstr(&longform, pathspec_magic[i].name); + } + } + advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_MIXED_PATHSPEC_MAGIC, + _("'%.*s(...': cannot mix short- and longform pathspec magic.\n" + "Either spell the shortform magic '%.*s' as ':(%s,...',\n" + "or if '(...' is indeed the beginning of a pathname, end the shortform\n" + "magic sequence explicitly with another ':' before it, e.g. '%.*s:(...'."), + (int)(pos - elem), elem, + (int)(pos - (elem + 1)), elem + 1, + longform.buf, + (int)(pos - elem), elem); +} + /* * Parse the pathspec element looking for short magic * @@ -356,6 +387,9 @@ static const char *parse_short_magic(unsigned *magic, const char *elem) continue; } + if (ch == '(') + warn_mixed_magic(*magic, elem, pos); + if (!is_pathspec_magic(ch)) break; diff --git a/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh b/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh index 30328b87f0..e39b068686 100755 --- a/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh +++ b/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh @@ -244,4 +244,39 @@ test_expect_success 'grep --untracked PATTERN :(exclude)*FILE' ' test_cmp expect-grep actual-grep ' +cat > expected_warn <<"EOF" +hint: ':!(...': cannot mix short- and longform pathspec magic. +hint: Either spell the shortform magic '!' as ':(exclude,...', +hint: or if '(...' is indeed the beginning of a pathname, end the shortform +hint: magic sequence explicitly with another ':' before it, e.g. ':!:(...'. +hint: Disable this message with "git config advice.mixedPathspecMagic false" +EOF +test_expect_success 'warn pathspec not matching longform magic in :!(...)' ' + git log --oneline --format=%s -- '"'"':!(glob)**/file'"'"' >actual 2>warn && + cat <expect && +sub2/file +sub/sub/sub/file +sub/file2 +sub/sub/file +sub/file +file +EOF + test_cmp expect actual && + test_cmp expected_warn warn +' + +test_expect_success 'do not warn pathspec not matching longform magic in :!:(...) (i.e. if magic parsing is explicitly stopped)' ' + git log --oneline --format=%s -- '"'"':!:(glob)**/file'"'"' >actual 2>warn && + cat <expect && +sub2/file +sub/sub/sub/file +sub/file2 +sub/sub/file +sub/file +file +EOF + test_cmp expect actual && + ! test_cmp expected_warn warn +' + test_done -- 2.31.1