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Re: [PATCH] svn_io_check_path, round 2

From: Kamesh Jayachandran <kamesh_at_collab.net>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 19:59:34 +0530

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Hi Daniel,

+1 to commit.

Thanks
With regards
Kamesh Jayachandran
Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote on Sat, 3 May 2008 at 00:19 +0300:
>> kameshj_at_tigris.org wrote on Fri, 2 May 2008 at 06:05 -0700:
>>> @@ -789,7 +789,8 @@ svn_client__make_local_parents(const cha
>>> apr_pool_t *pool)
>>> {
>>> svn_error_t *err;
>>> -
>>> + svn_node_kind_t orig_kind;
>>> + SVN_ERR(svn_io_check_path(path, &orig_kind, pool));
>> According to svn_io_check_path's docstring (both before and after the
>> recent change), when "intermediate directories on the way to @a path
>> don't exist", it returns an error
>
> I double checked; contrary to the docstring's promise, no error is
> returned in this case. I try to fix the docstring in the patch below by
> removing the distinction between "Path does not exist" and "Path's parent
> does not exist" and redefining the "error" and "svn_node_unknown" cases to
> match svn_node_kind_t's documentation.
>
> I'll commit in a few days, but posting here for sanity check.
>
> [[[
> Follow up to r30937.
>
> * subversion/include/svn_io.h
> (svn_io_check_path): Try again to match the docstring to the
> implementation.
> ]]]
>
> The complete patched docstring is:
>
> /** Determine the @a kind of @a path. @a path should be UTF-8 encoded.
> *
> * If @a path is a file, set @a *kind to @c svn_node_file.
> *
> * If @a path is a directory, set @a *kind to @c svn_node_dir.
> *
> * If @a path does not exist, set @a *kind to @c svn_node_none.
> *
> * If @a path exists but is none of the above, set @a *kind to @c
> * svn_node_unknown.
> *
> * If unable to determine @a path's kind, return an error, with @a *kind's
> * value undefined.
> *
> * Use @a pool for temporary allocations.
> *
> * @see svn_node_kind_t
> */
> svn_error_t *svn_io_check_path(const char *path,
> svn_node_kind_t *kind,
> apr_pool_t *pool);
>
> The diff is:
>
> Index: subversion/include/svn_io.h
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/include/svn_io.h (revision 31020)
> +++ subversion/include/svn_io.h (working copy)
> @@ -79,15 +79,17 @@ typedef struct svn_io_dirent_t {
> *
> * If @a path is a directory, set @a *kind to @c svn_node_dir.
> *
> - * If @a path does not exist in its final component, set @a *kind to
> - * @c svn_node_none.
> + * If @a path does not exist, set @a *kind to @c svn_node_none.
> *
> - * If intermediate directories on the way to @a path don't exist, return
> - * an error, with @a *kind's value undefined.
> + * If @a path exists but is none of the above, set @a *kind to @c
> + * svn_node_unknown.
> *
> - * Otherwise, set @a *kind to @c svn_node_unknown.
> + * If unable to determine @a path's kind, return an error, with @a *kind's
> + * value undefined.
> *
> * Use @a pool for temporary allocations.
> + *
> + * @see svn_node_kind_t
> */
> svn_error_t *svn_io_check_path(const char *path,
> svn_node_kind_t *kind,
>
>
> Daniel
>
>> and leaves the value of orig_kind uninitialized.
>>
>> In svn_client__make_local_parents we cannot assume that the intermediate
>> directories exist; therefore, the above call might raise an error.
>> However, 'mkdir --parents' works in HEAD; an error is not raised.
>>
>>
>> This leaves me with two questions:
>>
>> * Should we be calling svn_io_check_path in
>> svn_client__make_local_parents ?
>>
>> * Is svn_io_check_path's docstring still wrong? (when it says errors
>> would be returned)
>>
>
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