From a1f3470e95d1005ca5f45d5f173c64f3b2b959eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaven Lan Ren <gavenren@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:13:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: copy stream data through short reads

`stream_copy` stopped after any read shorter than `chunk_size`, truncating valid unbuffered streams. Continue until an empty chunk reports end of input, preserving the existing writer contract and byte count.

Add binary/text short-read and empty-input regressions, plus a synchronized real POSIX pipe reproduction. The regressions fail before the fix; utility and typing modules pass with both CLI and Gix backends (126 passed, 39 skipped each). Applicable pre-commit checks pass.

Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex (model: unknown, autonomous)
---
 git/util.py       |  4 +++-
 test/test_util.py | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git/util.py b/git/util.py
index 2d4cc7c23..6e43d9a24 100644
--- a/git/util.py
+++ b/git/util.py
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ def stream_copy(source: SupportsRead[AnyStr], destination: SupportsWrite[AnyStr]
     """Copy all data from the `source` stream into the `destination` stream in chunks
     of size `chunk_size`.
 
+    Keep reading after short reads until the source returns an empty chunk.
+
     :return:
         Number of bytes written
     """
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ def stream_copy(source: SupportsRead[AnyStr], destination: SupportsWrite[AnyStr]
         chunk = source.read(chunk_size)
         destination.write(chunk)
         br += len(chunk)
-        if len(chunk) < chunk_size:
+        if not chunk:
             break
     # END reading output stream
     return br
diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
index acbff17b7..0ada556a8 100644
--- a/test/test_util.py
+++ b/test/test_util.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import errno
 from datetime import datetime
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 import os
 import pathlib
 import pickle
@@ -40,12 +41,70 @@
     is_cygwin_git,
     remove_password_if_present,
     rmtree,
+    stream_copy,
 )
 from test.cleanup import cleanup_directory
 from test.lib.fixtures import writable_fixture
 from test.lib import TestBase, requires_symlinks, with_rw_repo
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "parts, expected",
+    [([b"ab", b"c", b"def"], b"abcdef"), (["ab", "c", "def"], "abcdef"), ([], b""), ([], "")],
+)
+def test_stream_copy_waits_for_an_empty_read(parts, expected):
+    chunks = iter(parts)
+
+    class Reader:
+        def read(self, size):
+            chunk = next(chunks, expected[:0])
+            assert len(chunk) <= size
+            return chunk
+
+    destination = BytesIO() if isinstance(expected, bytes) else StringIO()
+    assert stream_copy(Reader(), destination, chunk_size=4) == len(expected)
+    assert destination.getvalue() == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="requires POSIX unbuffered pipe reads")
+def test_stream_copy_keeps_reading_an_unbuffered_pipe():
+    read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe()
+    first_copied = threading.Event()
+    errors = []
+
+    class Destination(BytesIO):
+        def write(self, data):
+            result = super().write(data)
+            if data:
+                first_copied.set()
+            return result
+
+    def produce():
+        try:
+            os.write(write_fd, b"first-")
+            if not first_copied.wait(5):
+                raise RuntimeError("first pipe chunk was not copied")
+            os.write(write_fd, b"second")
+        except Exception as error:
+            errors.append(error)
+        finally:
+            os.close(write_fd)
+
+    destination = Destination()
+    with os.fdopen(read_fd, "rb", buffering=0) as source:
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=produce)
+        thread.start()
+        try:
+            copied = stream_copy(source, destination, chunk_size=1024)
+        finally:
+            first_copied.set()
+            thread.join(5)
+        assert not thread.is_alive()
+        assert not errors
+    assert copied == len(b"first-second")
+    assert destination.getvalue() == b"first-second"
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def tmp_path(request):
     # Unreadable files and symlinks cannot be copied by native fixture tooling.