[COUCHDB-317] Badmatch error if _replicate target starts with slash

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.3
• Component/s: Replication

Environment

svn r761188

• Skill Level: New Contributors Level (Easy)
• Assignee: Joan Touzet
• Reporter: Brian Candler
• Created: 02/Apr/09 14:11
• Updated: 26/Jan/13 17:29
• Resolved: 26/Jan/13 17:28

Description

Giving a replication source or target which starts with a slash gives an Erlang barf error. (The wiki at http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Replication said that this slash was necessary. I will fix the wiki, but the error is still unsightly)

$ curl -X POST -d '

{"source":"/foo","target":"/bar"}

' http://127.0.0.1:5984/_replicate
{"error":"case_clause","reason":"{error,{badmatch,{error,illegal_database_name,\n [

{couch_rep,init,1}

,\n

{gen_server,init_it,6}

,\n

{proc_lib,init_p,5}

]},\n {child,undefined,\"7898c2bfbbcf8adbb305371e6c3c949e\",\n {gen_server,start_link,\n [couch_rep,\n [\"7898c2bfbbcf8adbb305371e6c3c949e\",\n {local,<<\"/foo\">>,{user_ctx,null,[<<\"_admin\">>]}},\n {local,<<\"/bar\">>,\n {user_ctx,null,[<<\"_admin\">>]}}],\n []]},\n transient,1,worker,\n [couch_rep]}}}"}