On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 01:41:03AM +1100, Mark Jamsek wrote:
> As discussed with op on irc: if you have a valid case to change the
> author from a previous commit to yourself, you can't!
> 
> Below diff drops the -A $GOT_AUTHOR check:
> 
> diffstat /home/mark/src/got
>  M  got/got.c                  |  0+   5-
>  M  include/got_error.h        |  1+   1-
>  M  lib/error.c                |  0+   2-
>  M  regress/cmdline/commit.sh  |  0+  20-
> 
> 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 28 deletions(-)

Fine with me. In hindsight this check is too strict and does not
prevent mistakes with huge consequences.

> diff /home/mark/src/got
> commit - f72ce919dd6d6c15679c5174c47912ac55be1e18
> path + /home/mark/src/got
> blob - 2c1701bd7583e22c83fc62c3bfca5fb2a5492585
> file + got/got.c
> --- got/got.c
> +++ got/got.c
> @@ -9133,11 +9133,6 @@ cmd_commit(int argc, char *argv[])
>  	if (error)
>  		goto done;
>  
> -	if (author != NULL && !strcmp(committer, author)) {
> -		error = got_error(GOT_ERR_COMMIT_REDUNDANT_AUTHOR);
> -		goto done;
> -	}
> -
>  	if (author == NULL)
>  		author = committer;
>  
> blob - f6291e8407d22bd8dea75ff94f8f7b88ebafcb78
> file + include/got_error.h
> --- include/got_error.h
> +++ include/got_error.h
> @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
>  #define GOT_ERR_BAD_TAG_SIGNATURE 154
>  #define GOT_ERR_VERIFY_TAG_SIGNATURE 155
>  #define GOT_ERR_SIGNING_TAG	156
> -#define GOT_ERR_COMMIT_REDUNDANT_AUTHOR 157
> +/* 157 is currently unused */
>  #define GOT_ERR_BAD_QUERYSTRING	158
>  #define GOT_ERR_INTEGRATE_BRANCH 159
>  #define GOT_ERR_BAD_REQUEST	160
> blob - 041a41fbd209cbb7d7131b52327e59668eea4f41
> file + lib/error.c
> --- lib/error.c
> +++ lib/error.c
> @@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ static const struct got_error got_errors[] = {
>  	{ GOT_ERR_BAD_TAG_SIGNATURE, "invalid tag signature" },
>  	{ GOT_ERR_VERIFY_TAG_SIGNATURE, "cannot verify signature" },
>  	{ GOT_ERR_SIGNING_TAG, "unable to sign tag" },
> -	{ GOT_ERR_COMMIT_REDUNDANT_AUTHOR, "specified author is equal to the "
> -	    "default one"},
>  	{ GOT_ERR_BAD_QUERYSTRING, "invalid query string" },
>  	{ GOT_ERR_INTEGRATE_BRANCH, "will not integrate into a reference "
>  	    "outside the \"refs/heads/\" reference namespace" },
> blob - 6005da9a4302b4e31d5dc9469c9c35b7abef803f
> file + regress/cmdline/commit.sh
> --- regress/cmdline/commit.sh
> +++ regress/cmdline/commit.sh
> @@ -764,26 +764,6 @@ test_commit_cmdline_author() {
>  
>  	echo "modified alpha" > $testroot/wt/alpha
>  
> -	# first try with a -A equals to $GOT_AUTHOR
> -	(cd $testroot/wt && got commit -A "$GOT_AUTHOR" -m 'edit alpha') \
> -		> /dev/null 2> $testroot/stderr
> -	ret=$?
> -	if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
> -		test_done "$testroot" 1
> -		return 1
> -	fi
> -
> -	echo 'got: specified author is equal to the default one' \
> -	     > $testroot/stderr.expected
> -	cmp -s $testroot/stderr.expected $testroot/stderr
> -	ret=$?
> -	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
> -		diff -u $testroot/stderr.expected $testroot/stderr
> -		test_done "$testroot" $ret
> -		return 1
> -	fi
> -
> -	# try again with a different author
>  	local author="Foo <foo@example.com>"
>  	(cd $testroot/wt && got commit -A "$author" -m 'edit alpha') \
>  		> /dev/null
> 
> -- 
> Mark Jamsek <fnc.bsdbox.org|got.bsdbox.org>
> GPG: F2FF 13DE 6A06 C471 CA80  E6E2 2930 DC66 86EE CF68
>