Re: parse_object does check_sha1_signature but not parse_object_buffer?

[Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 10:57:01AM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> You might or might not be aware of this thread:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/binary-transparency/f-BI4o8HZW0
> 
> Anyways, this got me to take a look around, and I noticed that
> parse_object does SHA-1 validation through check_sha1_signature. What
> surprised me is that parse_object_buffer doesn't. So we end up with
> inconsistent behavior across commands:
> 
> $ git init
> $ echo a > a ; echo b > b
> $ git add a b
> $ git cat-file blob 78981922613b2afb6025042ff6bd878ac1994e85
> a
> $ cp -f .git/objects/61/780798228d17af2d34fce4cfbdf35556832472 .git/objects/78/981922613b2afb6025042ff6bd878ac1994e85
> $ git cat-file blob 78981922613b2afb6025042ff6bd878ac1994e85
> b
> $ git show 78981922613b2afb6025042ff6bd878ac1994e85
> error: sha1 mismatch 78981922613b2afb6025042ff6bd878ac1994e85
> fatal: bad object 78981922613b2afb6025042ff6bd878ac1994e85
> 
> Shouldn't parse_object_buffer also do check_sha1_signature?

Well, except cat-file doesn't use parse_object_buffer either...

Mike