Re: [PATCH 1/2] mailinfo: extract is_from_line from mailsplit

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Andreas,

On Sun, 24 Jul 2016, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:
> 
> > diff --git a/mailinfo.c b/mailinfo.c
> > index 9f19ca1..0ebd953 100644
> > --- a/mailinfo.c
> > +++ b/mailinfo.c
> > @@ -1035,3 +1035,34 @@ void clear_mailinfo(struct mailinfo *mi)
> >  
> >  	strbuf_release(&mi->log_message);
> >  }
> > +
> > +int is_from_line(const char *line, int len)
> > +{
> > +	const char *colon;
> > +
> > +	if (len < 20 || memcmp("From ", line, 5))
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	colon = line + len - 2;
> > +	line += 5;
> > +	for (;;) {
> > +		if (colon < line)
> > +			return 0;
> > +		if (*--colon == ':')
> > +			break;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (!isdigit(colon[-4]) ||
> > +	    !isdigit(colon[-2]) ||
> > +	    !isdigit(colon[-1]) ||
> > +	    !isdigit(colon[ 1]) ||
> > +	    !isdigit(colon[ 2]))
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	/* year */
> > +	if (strtol(colon+3, NULL, 10) <= 90)
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	/* Ok, close enough */
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> 
> Should this be made more strict, like by checking for a space before the
> year?

This patch only moves the function, so it would be inappropriate to change
it.

If you want to make it stricter, you will have to submit a separate patch.

Ciao,
Johannes