Package: git
Version: 1:1.8.4~rc0-1
Severity: important
Commit c334b87b30c1464a1ab563fe1fb8de5eaf0e5bac caused a reversion in
git-cat-file --batch.
With an older version:
joey@gnu:~/tmp/rrr>git cat-file --batch
:file name
e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 blob 0
With the new version:
joey@wren:~/tmp/r>git cat-file --batch
:file name
:file missing
This has broken git-annex's support for operating on files/directories
containing whitespace. I cannot see a way to query such a filename using
the new interface.
Note that git-cat-file(1) still claims to support <object>
in any form, which gitrevisions(7) says includes <rev>:<path>
and :<path>. Based on the commit message, this form of <object> was not
considered when designing the new git-cat-file --batch interface.
This whitespace split is backwards compatible for any
reasonable input. Object names cannot contain spaces
Which forgets about filenames, which can..
I think this change should be reverted, since who knows what other
programs it breaks besides git-annex. However, if reverting this change
(upstream) is not desirable for other reasons, it would suffice for
git-annex's needs if git cat-file --batch -z took raw <objects>
separated by NUL.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.8-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages git depends on:
ii git-man 1:1.8.4~rc0-1
ii libc6 2.17-5
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.30.0-2
ii liberror-perl 0.17-1
ii libexpat1 2.1.0-3
ii libpcre3 1:8.31-2
ii perl-modules 5.14.2-21
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1
Versions of packages git recommends:
ii less 458-2
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:6.2p2-4
ii patch 2.6.1-3
ii rsync 3.0.9-4
Versions of packages git suggests:
ii gettext-base 0.18.2.1-1
pn git-arch <none>
pn git-bzr <none>
pn git-cvs <none>
pn git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit <none>
pn git-doc <none>
pn git-el <none>
pn git-email <none>
pn git-gui <none>
pn git-svn <none>
pn gitk <none>
ii gitweb 1:1.8.4~rc0-1
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