[v3] bisect: don't use invalid oid as rev when starting

Commit Message

Christian Couder Sept. 25, 2020, 1:01 p.m. UTC

In 06f5608c14 (bisect--helper: `bisect_start` shell function
partially in C, 2019-01-02), we changed the following shell
code:

-      rev=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$arg^{commit}") || {
-              test $has_double_dash -eq 1 &&
-              die "$(eval_gettext "'\$arg' does not appear to be a valid revision")"
-              break
-      }
-      revs="$revs $rev"

into:

+      char *commit_id = xstrfmt("%s^{commit}", arg);
+      if (get_oid(commit_id, &oid) && has_double_dash)
+              die(_("'%s' does not appear to be a valid "
+                    "revision"), arg);
+
+      string_list_append(&revs, oid_to_hex(&oid));
+      free(commit_id);

In case of an invalid "arg" when "has_double_dash" is false, the old
code would "break" out of the argument loop.

In the new C code though, `oid_to_hex(&oid)` is unconditonally
appended to "revs". This is wrong first because "oid" is junk as
`get_oid(commit_id, &oid)` failed and second because it doesn't break
out of the argument loop.

Not breaking out of the argument loop means that "arg" is then not
treated as a path restriction (which is wrong).

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[e-mail]>
---
Compared to V2, this applies Junio's `SQUASH???` commit and improves
indentation in the commit message.

 builtin/bisect--helper.c    | 13 ++++++-------
 t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index 7dcc1b5188..2f8ef0ea30 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -484,14 +484,13 @@  static int bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, const char **argv, int argc)
 			terms->term_bad = xstrdup(arg);
 		} else if (starts_with(arg, "--")) {
 			return error(_("unrecognized option: '%s'"), arg);
-		} else {
-			char *commit_id = xstrfmt("%s^{commit}", arg);
-			if (get_oid(commit_id, &oid) && has_double_dash)
-				die(_("'%s' does not appear to be a valid "
-				      "revision"), arg);
-
+		} else if (!get_oidf(&oid, "%s^{commit}", arg)) {
 			string_list_append(&revs, oid_to_hex(&oid));
-			free(commit_id);
+		} else if (has_double_dash) {
+			die(_("'%s' does not appear to be a valid "
+			      "revision"), arg);
+		} else {
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 	pathspec_pos = i;
diff --git a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
index b886529e59..aa226381be 100755
--- a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@  test_expect_success 'bisect fails if given any junk instead of revs' '
 	git bisect bad $HASH4
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'bisect start without -- takes unknown arg as pathspec' '
+	git bisect reset &&
+	git bisect start foo bar &&
+	grep foo ".git/BISECT_NAMES" &&
+	grep bar ".git/BISECT_NAMES"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'bisect reset: back in the master branch' '
 	git bisect reset &&
 	echo "* master" > branch.expect &&