Ok, this is the real deal. Hopefully. Here's how it's going to work:
- One main method, called `git__throw`, that sets the error
code and error message when an error happens.
This method must be called in every single place where an error
code was being returned previously, setting an error message
instead.
Example, instead of:
return GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
Use:
return git__throw(GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED,
"The object is missing a finalizing line feed");
And instead of:
[...] {
error = GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED;
goto cleanup;
}
Use:
[...] {
error = git__throw(GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED, "What an error!");
goto cleanup;
}
The **only** exception to this are the allocation methods, which
return NULL on failure but already set the message manually.
/* only place where an error code can be returned directly,
because the error message has already been set by the wrapper */
if (foo == NULL)
return GIT_ENOMEM;
- One secondary method, called `git__rethrow`, which can be used to
fine-grain an error message and build an error stack.
Example, instead of:
if ((error = foobar(baz)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
return error;
You can now do:
if ((error = foobar(baz)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
return git__rethrow(error, "Failed to do a major operation");
The return of the `git_lasterror` method will be a string in the
shape of:
"Failed to do a major operation. (Failed to do an internal
operation)"
E.g.
"Failed to open the index. (Not enough permissions to access
'/path/to/index')."
NOTE: do not abuse this method. Try to write all `git__throw`
messages in a descriptive manner, to avoid having to rethrow them to
clarify their meaning.
This method should only be used in the places where the original
error message set by a subroutine is not specific enough.
It is encouraged to continue using this style as much possible to
enforce error propagation:
if ((error = foobar(baz)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
return error; /* `foobar` has set an error message, and
we are just propagating it */
The error handling revamp will take place in two phases:
- Phase 1: Replace all pieces of code that return direct error codes
with calls to `git__throw`. This can be done semi-automatically
using `ack` to locate all the error codes that must be replaced.
- Phase 2: Add some `git__rethrow` calls in those cases where the
original error messages are not specific enough.
Phase 1 is the main goal. A minor libgit2 release will be shipped once
Phase 1 is ready, and the work will start on gradually improving the
error handling mechanism by refining specific error messages.
OTHER NOTES:
- When writing error messages, please refrain from using weasel
words. They add verbosity to the message without giving any real
information. (<3 Emeric)
E.g.
"The reference file appears to be missing a carriage return"
Nope.
"The reference file is missing a carriage return"
Yes.
- When calling `git__throw`, please try to use more generic error
codes so we can eventually reduce the list of error codes to
something more reasonable. Feel free to add new, more generic error
codes if these are going to replace several of the old ones.
E.g.
return GIT_EREFCORRUPTED;
Can be turned into:
return git__throw(GIT_EOBJCORRUPTED,
"The reference is corrupted");
Win32 critical section objects (CRITICAL_SECTION) are not kernel objects.
Only kernel objects are destroyed by using CloseHandle. Critical sections
are supposed to be deleted with the DeleteCriticalSection API
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682552(VS.85).aspx).
A root commit is a commit whose branch (usually what HEAD points to)
doesn't exist (yet). This situation can happen when the commit is the
first after 1) a repository is initialized or 2) a orphan checkout has
been performed.
Take this opportunity to remove the symbolic link check, as
git_reference_resolve works on OID refs as well.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Typical use is git_reference_resolve(&ref, ref). Currently, if there is
an error, ref will point to NULL, causing the user to lose that
reference.
Always update resolved_ref instead of just on finding an OID ref,
storing the last valid reference in it.
This change helps simplify the code for allowing root commits.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Magic constant replaced by direct to-string covertion because of:
1) with value length 6 (040000 - subtree) final tree will be corrupted;
2) for wrong values length <6 final tree will be corrupted too.
Removed the optional `replace` argument, we now have 4 add methods:
`git_index_add`: add or update from path
`git_index_add2`: add or update from struct
`git_index_append`: add without replacing from path
`git_index_append2`: add without replacing from struct
Yes, this breaks the bindings.
When in the middle of a merge, the index needs to contain several files
with the same name. git_index_insert() used to prevent this by not adding a new entry if an entry with the same name already existed.
