1 files changed, 28 insertions, 70 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index e108c53015..961e467242 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
 #include "mailmap.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
-	N_("git commit [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+	N_("git commit [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_status_usage[] = {
-	N_("git status [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+	N_("git status [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -522,6 +522,12 @@ static int is_a_merge(const struct commit *current_head)
 	return !!(current_head->parents && current_head->parents->next);
 }
 
+static void assert_split_ident(struct ident_split *id, const struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	if (split_ident_line(id, buf->buf, buf->len) || !id->date_begin)
+		die("BUG: unable to parse our own ident: %s", buf->buf);
+}
+
 static void export_one(const char *var, const char *s, const char *e, int hack)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -532,20 +538,6 @@ static void export_one(const char *var, const char *s, const char *e, int hack)
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 }
 
-static int sane_ident_split(struct ident_split *person)
-{
-	if (!person->name_begin || !person->name_end ||
-	    person->name_begin == person->name_end)
-		return 0; /* no human readable name */
-	if (!person->mail_begin || !person->mail_end ||
-	    person->mail_begin == person->mail_end)
-		return 0; /* no usable mail */
-	if (!person->date_begin || !person->date_end ||
-	    !person->tz_begin || !person->tz_end)
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int parse_force_date(const char *in, struct strbuf *out)
 {
 	strbuf_addch(out, '@');
@@ -567,20 +559,14 @@ static void set_ident_var(char **buf, char *val)
 	*buf = val;
 }
 
-static char *envdup(const char *var)
-{
-	const char *val = getenv(var);
-	return val ? xstrdup(val) : NULL;
-}
-
 static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
 {
 	char *name, *email, *date;
 	struct ident_split author;
 
-	name = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME");
-	email = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL");
-	date = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE");
+	name = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"));
+	email = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"));
+	date = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"));
 
 	if (author_message) {
 		struct ident_split ident;
@@ -623,25 +609,15 @@ static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
 	}
 
 	strbuf_addstr(author_ident, fmt_ident(name, email, date, IDENT_STRICT));
-	if (!split_ident_line(&author, author_ident->buf, author_ident->len) &&
-	    sane_ident_split(&author)) {
-		export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME", author.name_begin, author.name_end, 0);
-		export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", author.mail_begin, author.mail_end, 0);
-		export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE", author.date_begin, author.tz_end, '@');
-	}
-
+	assert_split_ident(&author, author_ident);
+	export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME", author.name_begin, author.name_end, 0);
+	export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", author.mail_begin, author.mail_end, 0);
+	export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE", author.date_begin, author.tz_end, '@');
 	free(name);
 	free(email);
 	free(date);
 }
 
-static void split_ident_or_die(struct ident_split *id, const struct strbuf *buf)
-{
-	if (split_ident_line(id, buf->buf, buf->len) ||
-	    !sane_ident_split(id))
-		die(_("Malformed ident string: '%s'"), buf->buf);
-}
-
 static int author_date_is_interesting(void)
 {
 	return author_message || force_date;
@@ -800,32 +776,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 	if (clean_message_contents)
 		stripspace(&sb, 0);
 
-	if (signoff) {
-		/*
-		 * See if we have a Conflicts: block at the end. If yes, count
-		 * its size, so we can ignore it.
-		 */
-		int ignore_footer = 0;
-		int i, eol, previous = 0;
-		const char *nl;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < sb.len; i++) {
-			nl = memchr(sb.buf + i, '\n', sb.len - i);
-			if (nl)
-				eol = nl - sb.buf;
-			else
-				eol = sb.len;
-			if (starts_with(sb.buf + previous, "\nConflicts:\n")) {
-				ignore_footer = sb.len - previous;
-				break;
-			}
-			while (i < eol)
-				i++;
-			previous = eol;
-		}
-
-		append_signoff(&sb, ignore_footer, 0);
-	}
+	if (signoff)
+		append_signoff(&sb, ignore_non_trailer(&sb), 0);
 
 	if (fwrite(sb.buf, 1, sb.len, s->fp) < sb.len)
 		die_errno(_("could not write commit template"));
@@ -880,8 +832,14 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 			status_printf_ln(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
 					"%s", only_include_assumed);
 
-		split_ident_or_die(&ai, author_ident);
-		split_ident_or_die(&ci, &committer_ident);
+		/*
+		 * These should never fail because they come from our own
+		 * fmt_ident. They may fail the sane_ident test, but we know
+		 * that the name and mail pointers will at least be valid,
+		 * which is enough for our tests and printing here.
+		 */
+		assert_split_ident(&ai, author_ident);
+		assert_split_ident(&ci, &committer_ident);
 
 		if (ident_cmp(&ai, &ci))
 			status_printf_ln(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
@@ -1092,7 +1050,7 @@ static const char *find_author_by_nickname(const char *name)
 		clear_mailmap(&mailmap);
 		return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 	}
-	die(_("No existing author found with '%s'"), name);
+	die(_("--author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing author"), name);
 }
 
 
@@ -1808,8 +1766,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!transaction ||
 	    ref_transaction_update(transaction, "HEAD", sha1,
 				   current_head
-				   ? current_head->object.sha1 : NULL,
-				   0, !!current_head, sb.buf, &err) ||
+				   ? current_head->object.sha1 : null_sha1,
+				   0, sb.buf, &err) ||
 	    ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) {
 		rollback_index_files();
 		die("%s", err.buf);