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+From: Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com>\r
+To: david@tethera.net, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [Patch v6 1/6] tag-util: factor out rules for illegal tags,\r
+ use in parse_tag_line\r
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+I don't know if this matters but it seems that one can still add a "-"\r
+tag by doing something like\r
+\r
+echo "+%2d -- search" | notmuch tag --batch\r
+\r
+This might be the right thing to do but I thought I would mention it.\r
+\r
+Best wishes\r
+\r
+Mark\r
+\r
+On Sun, 09 Dec 2012, david@tethera.net wrote:\r
+> From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>\r
+>\r
+> This will allow us to be consistent between batch tagging and command\r
+> line tagging as far as what is an illegal tag.\r
+> ---\r
+> tag-util.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----\r
+> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)\r
+>\r
+> diff --git a/tag-util.c b/tag-util.c\r
+> index eab482f..c071ea8 100644\r
+> --- a/tag-util.c\r
+> +++ b/tag-util.c\r
+> @@ -31,6 +31,29 @@ line_error (tag_parse_status_t status,\r
+> return status;\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> +/*\r
+> + * Test tags for some forbidden cases.\r
+> + *\r
+> + * return: NULL if OK,\r
+> + * explanatory message otherwise.\r
+> + */\r
+> +\r
+> +static const char *\r
+> +illegal_tag (const char *tag, notmuch_bool_t remove) {\r
+> +\r
+> + if (*tag == '\0' && !remove)\r
+> + return "adding empty tag";\r
+> +\r
+> + /* This disallows adding the non-removable tag "-" and\r
+> + * enables notmuch tag to take long options more easily.\r
+> + */\r
+> +\r
+> + if (*tag == '-' && !remove)\r
+> + return "adding tag starting with -";\r
+> +\r
+> + return NULL;\r
+> +}\r
+> +\r
+> tag_parse_status_t\r
+> parse_tag_line (void *ctx, char *line,\r
+> tag_op_flag_t flags,\r
+> @@ -95,11 +118,13 @@ parse_tag_line (void *ctx, char *line,\r
+> remove = (*tok == '-');\r
+> tag = tok + 1;\r
+> \r
+> - /* Maybe refuse empty tags. */\r
+> - if (! (flags & TAG_FLAG_BE_GENEROUS) && *tag == '\0') {\r
+> - ret = line_error (TAG_PARSE_INVALID, line_for_error,\r
+> - "empty tag");\r
+> - goto DONE;\r
+> + /* Maybe refuse illegal tags. */\r
+> + if (! (flags & TAG_FLAG_BE_GENEROUS)) {\r
+> + const char *msg = illegal_tag (tag, remove);\r
+> + if (msg) {\r
+> + ret = line_error (TAG_PARSE_INVALID, line_for_error, msg);\r
+> + goto DONE;\r
+> + }\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> /* Decode tag. */\r
+> -- \r
+> 1.7.10.4\r
+>\r
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