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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] bugreport: print contents of alternates file
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:57:01 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1910281655420.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191025025129.250049-10-emilyshaffer@google.com>

Hi Emily,

On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, Emily Shaffer wrote:

> In some cases, it could be that the user is having a problem with an
> object which isn't present in their normal object directory. We can get
> a hint that that might be the case by examining the list of alternates
> where their object may be stored instead.

Doesn't this open the possibility of leaking project's (possibly NDA'ed) names?

I could imagine that we might rather want to count the alternates, and
maybe separate into those alternates that actually exist and alternates
that do not exist (which would produce a warning that the user might
have trained themselves to ignore).

Ciao,
Dscho

>
> Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
> ---
>  bugreport.c         | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  bugreport.h         |  6 ++++++
>  builtin/bugreport.c |  4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/bugreport.c b/bugreport.c
> index ce15904fec..a7bdc72b7f 100644
> --- a/bugreport.c
> +++ b/bugreport.c
> @@ -298,3 +298,17 @@ void get_object_info_summary(struct strbuf *obj_info)
>  		strbuf_complete_line(obj_info);
>  	}
>  }
> +
> +void get_alternates_file(struct strbuf *alternates_info)
> +{
> +	struct strbuf alternates_path = STRBUF_INIT;
> +
> +	strbuf_addstr(&alternates_path, get_object_directory());
> +	strbuf_complete(&alternates_path, '/');
> +	strbuf_addstr(&alternates_path, "info/alternates");
> +
> +	strbuf_reset(alternates_info);
> +	strbuf_addbuf(alternates_info, &alternates_path);
> +	strbuf_complete_line(alternates_info);
> +	strbuf_read_file(alternates_info, alternates_path.buf, 0);
> +}
> diff --git a/bugreport.h b/bugreport.h
> index 4f5e2d1b9a..74d1f79960 100644
> --- a/bugreport.h
> +++ b/bugreport.h
> @@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ void get_packed_object_summary(struct strbuf *obj_info);
>   * previous contents of hook_info will be discarded.
>   */
>  void get_object_info_summary(struct strbuf *obj_info);
> +
> +/**
> + * Adds the contents of '.git/info/alternates'. The previous contents of
> + * alternates_info will be discarded.
> + */
> +void get_alternates_file(struct strbuf *alt_info);
> diff --git a/builtin/bugreport.c b/builtin/bugreport.c
> index 8aad33a9b0..0784bdc42a 100644
> --- a/builtin/bugreport.c
> +++ b/builtin/bugreport.c
> @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ int cmd_bugreport(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  	get_object_info_summary(&buffer);
>  	strbuf_write(&buffer, report);
>
> +	add_header(report, "Alternates File");
> +	get_alternates_file(&buffer);
> +	strbuf_write(&buffer, report);
> +
>  	// Close file
>  	// open file in editor
>  	launch_editor(report_path, NULL, NULL);
> --
> 2.24.0.rc0.303.g954a862665-goog
>
>

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-28 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-15  2:34 [PATCH] bugreport: add tool to generate debugging info Emily Shaffer
2019-08-15 14:15 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-15 14:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-15 22:52     ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-15 23:40       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-16  1:25         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-16 16:41           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-16 19:08             ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-15 20:07   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-15 22:24     ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-16 20:19       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-15 20:13   ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-15 18:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-15 21:52   ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-15 22:29     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-15 22:54       ` Emily Shaffer
2019-08-17  0:39 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] add git-bugreport tool Emily Shaffer
2019-08-17  0:39   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] bugreport: add tool to generate debugging info Emily Shaffer
2019-08-17  0:39   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] bugreport: generate config whitelist based on docs Emily Shaffer
2019-08-17 20:38     ` Martin Ågren
2019-08-21 17:40       ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-25  2:51   ` [PATCH v3 0/9] add git-bugreport tool Emily Shaffer
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 1/9] bugreport: add tool to generate debugging info Emily Shaffer
2019-10-29 20:29       ` Josh Steadmon
2019-11-16  3:11       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 20:25         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-19 23:24           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-20  0:37             ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-20 10:51               ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-19 23:31           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-20  0:39             ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-20  2:09             ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-20  0:32           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 2/9] bugreport: generate config whitelist based on docs Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 13:27       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 3/9] bugreport: add version and system information Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 13:49       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-08 21:48         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-11 13:48           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-14 21:42             ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-29 20:43       ` Josh Steadmon
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 4/9] bugreport: add config values from whitelist Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 14:14       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-12-11 20:48         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-12-15 17:30           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-29 20:58       ` Josh Steadmon
2019-10-30  1:37         ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-14 21:55           ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 5/9] bugreport: collect list of populated hooks Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 14:31       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-12-11 20:51         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-12-15 17:40           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 6/9] bugreport: count loose objects Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 15:07       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-12-10 22:34         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-29 21:18       ` Josh Steadmon
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 7/9] bugreport: add packed object summary Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 15:43       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-12-11  0:29         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-12-11 13:37           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-12-11 20:52             ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 8/9] bugreport: list contents of $OBJDIR/info Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 15:51       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-25  2:51     ` [PATCH v3 9/9] bugreport: print contents of alternates file Emily Shaffer
2019-10-28 15:57       ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2019-11-19 20:40         ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-29  1:54     ` [PATCH v3 0/9] add git-bugreport tool Junio C Hamano
2019-10-29 11:13       ` Johannes Schindelin

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