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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Cc: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] var: avoid a segmentation fault when `HOME` is unset
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 12:58:05 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d43d0b9d-6e97-94e6-2843-e6025142f963@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZPY9j0XDt/VVMnhG@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>

Hi brian,

On Mon, 4 Sep 2023, brian m. carlson wrote:

> On 2023-09-04 at 06:21:26, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> >
> > The code introduced in 576a37fccbf (var: add attributes files locations,
> > 2023-06-27) paid careful attention to use `xstrdup()` for pointers known
> > never to be `NULL`, and `xstrdup_or_null()` otherwise.
> >
> > One spot was missed, though: `git_attr_global_file()` can return `NULL`,
> > when the `HOME` variable is not set (and neither `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`), a
> > scenario not too uncommon in certain server scenarios.
> >
> > Fix this, and add a test case to avoid future regressions.
>
> Looks good to me.

Thank you for the review.

Ciao,
Johannes

      reply	other threads:[~2023-09-05 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-04  6:21 [PATCH] var: avoid a segmentation fault when `HOME` is unset Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2023-09-04 20:26 ` brian m. carlson
2023-09-05 10:58   ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]

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