[darcs-devel] [issue457] Bad --match syntax not detected before (slow) commuting

[Tommy Pettersson]

New submission from Tommy Pettersson <ptp at lysator.liu.se>:

I did:

  darcs pull --match 'author "No Close Quote' ../many-commutations

Darcs commuted for ten minutes and then exited with:

  darcs: Invalid --match pattern 'author "No Close Quote'.
      "match" (line 1, column 23):
      unexpected end of input
      expecting "\\" or "\""

I wish darcs would check command syntax (and fail) before doing
all the commutations.

This is with both current stable (1.0.9rc2 + some patches) and
current unstable.

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messages: 1693
nosy: EricKow, beschmi, droundy, tommy
priority: wishlist
status: unread
title: Bad --match syntax not detected before (slow) commuting

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