From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] config: require at least one digit when parsing numbers
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:55:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <69b91e29-af50-81db-8173-8b42a76ae1fb@dunelm.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y1L+Qv+cs1bjqjK9@coredump.intra.peff.net>
Hi Peff
On 21/10/2022 21:17, Jeff King wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 01:45:13PM +0000, Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>>
>> If the input to strtoimax() or strtoumax() does not contain any digits
>> then they return zero and set `end` to point to the start of the input
>> string. git_parse_[un]signed() do not check `end` and so fail to return
>> an error and instead return a value of zero if the input string is a
>> valid units factor without any digits (e.g "k").
>
> This one is easier to test than the last. Just:
>
> git config --int --default='m' some.key
Thanks for posting that, I'd forgotten about the --int flag for git config.
Best Wishes
Phillip
> works. And even playing devil's advocate, I can't think of a case where
> anybody would rely on the current behavior.
>
> -Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-25 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-21 13:45 [PATCH 0/3] a few config integer parsing fixes Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 13:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] git_parse_unsigned: reject negative values Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 18:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-21 20:13 ` Jeff King
2022-10-22 17:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-21 13:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] config: require at least one digit when parsing numbers Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-25 9:54 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-25 16:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-21 20:17 ` Jeff King
2022-10-22 17:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-22 20:25 ` Jeff King
2022-10-22 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-25 9:55 ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2022-10-21 13:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] git_parse_signed(): avoid integer overflow Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 18:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-22 8:09 ` René Scharfe
2022-10-22 16:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-23 5:57 ` René Scharfe
2022-10-25 10:00 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-26 11:01 ` René Scharfe
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] a few config integer parsing fixes Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git_parse_unsigned: reject negative values Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-09 15:57 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] config: require at least one digit when parsing numbers Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] git_parse_signed(): avoid integer overflow Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-10 2:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] a few config integer parsing fixes Taylor Blau
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