Re: [basex-talk] Response from proc:execute() for git Command Not Coming Through as Expected

[Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex]

Hi Eliot,

Maybe the pager is getting in your way? Try the global git option 
--no-pager.

Gerrit

On 21.01.2022 20:27, Eliot Kimber wrote:
[BaseX 9.6.4 on Mac through BaseX GUI]

I’m trying to automate syncing a database with content from a git repo 
that is locally cloned.

My approach is to use proc:exec() to pull the repo and then use git 
diff-tree to see what files changed:

let $pullResult := proc:execute($gitCmd,('pull', '-v'), map{'dir' : 
$repoPath})

let $changeList := proc:execute($gitCmd, ('diff-tree', '--no-commit-id', 
'--name-status', 'HEAD'), map{'dir' : $repoPath})

However, the result returned for “diff-tree” appears to get truncated.

Here’s a typical result, where I’m echoing out the $pullResult and 
$changeList values created above:

Pull result:

<result>

   <output>Already up to date.

</output>

   <error>From code.devsnc.com:doc/dita-now

= [up to date]          master                  -&gt; origin/master

= [up to date]          dita-now                -&gt; origin/dita-now

= [up to date]          rtprn                   -&gt; origin/rtprn

= [up to date]          sanfransokyo            -&gt; origin/sanfransokyo

= [up to date]          scodefreeze             -&gt; origin/scodefreeze

= [up to date]          scratc/table_issues_fix -&gt; 
origin/scratc/table_issues_fix

= [up to date]          scratch/fix_canvas_issue -&gt; 
origin/scratch/fix_canvas_issue

= [up to date]          scratch/newDitavals2022 -&gt; 
origin/scratch/newDitavals2022

= [up to date]          scratch/simplifyDitavals -&gt; 
origin/scratch/simplifyDitavals

= [up to date]          scratch/table_name_issue -&gt; 
origin/scratch/table_name_issue

</error>

   <code>0</code>

</result>

Change list:

<result>

   <output>M       doc

</output>

   <code>0</code>

</result>

Note that the pull response looks as expected but the change list 
response is just “M\tdoc” where “doc” is the first directory in what 
should be a path to a file.

Here’s the same result from the command line:

dita-now % git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-status -r HEAD

Mdoc/source/product/rpa-studio/task/use-datareader-queryexcel.dita

Mdoc/source/product/rpa-studio/task/use-datetime-add.dita

Mdoc/source/product/rpa-studio/task/use-datetime-compare.dita

…

I can’t see anything I’m doing wrong or options to the execute() or 
system() functions that would affect the result.

Any idea what might be causing this or how I could work around it?

Thanks,

Eliot