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[2/5] t/lib-commit-graph.sh: avoid directory change in `graph_git_behavior()`

Message ID 715a160903be6dc8873a7215c55f90894e62f589.1689960606.git.me@ttaylorr.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series commit-graph: test cleanup and modernization | expand

Commit Message

Taylor Blau July 21, 2023, 5:30 p.m. UTC
The `graph_git_behavior()` helper asserts that a number of common Git
operations (such as `git log --oneline`, `git log --topo-order`, etc.)
produce identical output regardless of whether or not a commit-graph is
in use.

This helper takes as its second argument the location (relative to the
`$TRASH_DIRECTORY`) of the Git repostiory under test. In order to run
each of its commands within that repository, it first changes into that
directory, without the use of a sub-shell.

This pollutes future tests which expect to be run in the top-level
`$TRASH_DIRECTORY` as usual. We could wrap `graph_git_behavior()` in a
sub-shell, like:

    graph_git_behavior() {
      # ...
      (
        cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/$DIR" &&
        graph_git_two_modesl
      )
    }

, but since we're invoking git directly, we can pass along a "-C $DIR"
when "$DIR" is non-empty.

Note, however, that until the remaining callers are cleaned up to avoid
changing working directories outside of a sub-shell, that we need to
ensure that we are operating in the top-level $TRASH_DIRECTORY. The
inner-subshell will go away in a future commit once it is no longer
necessary.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
 t/lib-commit-graph.sh | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Eric Sunshine July 21, 2023, 6:01 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 1:32 PM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> The `graph_git_behavior()` helper asserts that a number of common Git
> operations (such as `git log --oneline`, `git log --topo-order`, etc.)
> produce identical output regardless of whether or not a commit-graph is
> in use.
>
> This helper takes as its second argument the location (relative to the
> `$TRASH_DIRECTORY`) of the Git repostiory under test. In order to run
> each of its commands within that repository, it first changes into that
> directory, without the use of a sub-shell.
>
> This pollutes future tests which expect to be run in the top-level
> `$TRASH_DIRECTORY` as usual. We could wrap `graph_git_behavior()` in a
> sub-shell, like:
>
>     graph_git_behavior() {
>       # ...
>       (
>         cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/$DIR" &&
>         graph_git_two_modesl
>       )
>     }
>
> , but since we're invoking git directly, we can pass along a "-C $DIR"
> when "$DIR" is non-empty.
>
> Note, however, that until the remaining callers are cleaned up to avoid
> changing working directories outside of a sub-shell, that we need to
> ensure that we are operating in the top-level $TRASH_DIRECTORY. The
> inner-subshell will go away in a future commit once it is no longer
> necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/t/lib-commit-graph.sh b/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
> @@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ graph_git_behavior() {
>         test_expect_success "check normal git operations: $MSG" '
> -               cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/$DIR" &&
> -               graph_git_two_modes "log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
> -               graph_git_two_modes "log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
> -               graph_git_two_modes "log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
> -               graph_git_two_modes "branch -vv" &&
> -               graph_git_two_modes "merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
> +               (
> +                       cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" &&
> +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
> +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
> +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
> +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} branch -vv" &&
> +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
> +               )
>         '
>  }

As mentioned in my review of patch [1/5], for safety, you'd probably
want to quote the expansion of DIR in case it ever contains whitespace
(or other weird characters). The obvious POSIX-correct way to do this
would be:

    graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C \"$DIR\"} log ..." &&

Unfortunately, however, some older broken shells incorrectly expand
this to a single argument ("-C <dir>") rather than the expected two
arguments (-C and "<dir>")[1,2,3,4]. The workaround is unsightly but
doable:

    graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} log ..." &&

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20160517215214.GA16905@sigill.intra.peff.net/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/e3bfc53363b14826d828e1adffbbeea@74d39fa044aa309eaea14b9f57fe79c/
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20160518010609.Horde.sM8QUFek6WMAAwho56DDob8@webmail.informatik.kit.edu/
[4]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/1240044459-57227-1-git-send-email-ben@ben.com/
Taylor Blau July 21, 2023, 6:39 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 02:01:58PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> > diff --git a/t/lib-commit-graph.sh b/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
> > @@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ graph_git_behavior() {
> >         test_expect_success "check normal git operations: $MSG" '
> > -               cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/$DIR" &&
> > -               graph_git_two_modes "log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
> > -               graph_git_two_modes "log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
> > -               graph_git_two_modes "log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
> > -               graph_git_two_modes "branch -vv" &&
> > -               graph_git_two_modes "merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
> > +               (
> > +                       cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" &&
> > +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
> > +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
> > +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
> > +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} branch -vv" &&
> > +                       graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
> > +               )
> >         '
> >  }
>
> As mentioned in my review of patch [1/5], for safety, you'd probably
> want to quote the expansion of DIR in case it ever contains whitespace
> (or other weird characters). The obvious POSIX-correct way to do this
> would be:
>
>     graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C \"$DIR\"} log ..." &&
>
> Unfortunately, however, some older broken shells incorrectly expand
> this to a single argument ("-C <dir>") rather than the expected two
> arguments (-C and "<dir>")[1,2,3,4]. The workaround is unsightly but
> doable:
>
>     graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} log ..." &&

Hmm. I get what you're saying, but I think in this case we're OK, since
this all goes to `graph_git_two_modes`, whose implementation looks like:

    graph_git_two_modes() {
        git -c core.commitGraph=true $1 >output
    }

So I think we really do want everything smashed together into a single
argument.

(Just to sure, here's the diff of what I applied on top of [2/5] before
replying to your message):

--- 8< ---
diff --git a/t/lib-commit-graph.sh b/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
index c93969ae74..d60e64cb0b 100755
--- a/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ graph_git_behavior() {
 	test_expect_success "check normal git operations: $MSG" '
 		(
 			cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" &&
-			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
-			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
-			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
-			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} branch -vv" &&
-			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} branch -vv" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
 		)
 	'
 }
--- >8 ---

> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20160517215214.GA16905@sigill.intra.peff.net/
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/e3bfc53363b14826d828e1adffbbeea@74d39fa044aa309eaea14b9f57fe79c/
> [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20160518010609.Horde.sM8QUFek6WMAAwho56DDob8@webmail.informatik.kit.edu/
> [4]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/1240044459-57227-1-git-send-email-ben@ben.com/

Thanks,
Taylor
Junio C Hamano July 21, 2023, 7:02 p.m. UTC | #3
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

>>     graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C \"$DIR\"} log ..." &&
>>
>> Unfortunately, however, some older broken shells incorrectly expand
>> this to a single argument ("-C <dir>") rather than the expected two
>> arguments (-C and "<dir>")[1,2,3,4]. The workaround is unsightly but
>> doable:
>>
>>     graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C} ${DIR:+\"$DIR\"} log ..." &&
>
> Hmm. I get what you're saying, but I think in this case we're OK, since
> this all goes to `graph_git_two_modes`, whose implementation looks like:
>
>     graph_git_two_modes() {
>         git -c core.commitGraph=true $1 >output
>     }
>
> So I think we really do want everything smashed together into a single
> argument.

This is not a scripted Porcelain that must cope with any funnies the
end users may throw at us, after all.

How about adding a new prominent note at the beginning of
graph_git_behavior helper to declare that it is a bug if DIR
contains any characters (e.g. $IFS) that may make the shell
misbehave, and then stop worrying about quoting of this one?

That would keep the end result slightly more readable ;-)
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diff --git a/t/lib-commit-graph.sh b/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
index c50553df0ed..c93969ae74d 100755
--- a/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/lib-commit-graph.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@  graph_git_behavior() {
 	BRANCH=$3
 	COMPARE=$4
 	test_expect_success "check normal git operations: $MSG" '
-		cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/$DIR" &&
-		graph_git_two_modes "log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
-		graph_git_two_modes "log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
-		graph_git_two_modes "log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
-		graph_git_two_modes "branch -vv" &&
-		graph_git_two_modes "merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
+		(
+			cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --oneline $BRANCH" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --topo-order $BRANCH" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} log --graph $COMPARE..$BRANCH" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} branch -vv" &&
+			graph_git_two_modes "${DIR:+-C $DIR} merge-base -a $BRANCH $COMPARE"
+		)
 	'
 }