sq_quote_buf_pretty: don't drop empty arguments
Empty arguments passed on the command line can be represented by
a '', however sq_quote_buf_pretty was incorrectly dropping these
arguments altogether. Fix this problem by ensuring that such
arguments are emitted as '' instead.
Signed-off-by: Garima Singh <garima.singh@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index 7f2aa6f..6deef87 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
static const char ok_punct[] = "+,-./:=@_^";
const char *p;
+ /* Avoid losing a zero-length string by adding '' */
+ if (!*src) {
+ strbuf_addstr(dst, "''");
+ return;
+ }
+
for (p = src; *p; p++) {
if (!isalpha(*p) && !isdigit(*p) && !strchr(ok_punct, *p)) {
sq_quote_buf(dst, src);
diff --git a/t/t0014-alias.sh b/t/t0014-alias.sh
index a070e64..2694c81 100755
--- a/t/t0014-alias.sh
+++ b/t/t0014-alias.sh
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@
# test_i18ngrep "^fatal: alias loop detected: expansion of" output
#'
+test_expect_success 'run-command formats empty args properly' '
+ GIT_TRACE=1 git frotz a "" b " " c 2>&1 |
+ sed -ne "/run_command:/s/.*trace: run_command: //p" >actual &&
+ echo "git-frotz a '\'''\'' b '\'' '\'' c" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done
