* [PATCH] diff: fix crash with --find-object outside repository
@ 2026-02-28 20:31 Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-03-02 16:29 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget @ 2026-02-28 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Michael Montalbo, Michael Montalbo
From: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
When "git diff --find-object=<oid>" is run outside a git repository,
the option parsing callback eagerly resolves the OID via
repo_get_oid(), which reaches get_main_ref_store() and hits a BUG()
assertion because no repository has been set up.
Check startup_info->have_repository before attempting to resolve the
OID, and return a user-friendly error instead.
Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
---
diff: fix crash with --find-object outside repository
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2057%2Fmmontalbo%2Ffix-find-object-crash-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2057/mmontalbo/fix-find-object-crash-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2057
diff.c | 2 ++
t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index a68ddd2168..8f0f141be7 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -5215,6 +5215,8 @@ static int diff_opt_find_object(const struct option *option,
struct object_id oid;
BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
+ if (!startup_info->have_repository)
+ return error(_("--find-object requires a git repository"));
if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, arg, &oid))
return error(_("unable to resolve '%s'"), arg);
diff --git a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
index 69599279e9..15076dfe0d 100755
--- a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
+++ b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ test_expect_success 'git diff --no-index executed outside repo gives correct err
)
'
+test_expect_success 'git diff --find-object outside repo fails gracefully' '
+ (
+ GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$TRASH_DIRECTORY/non &&
+ export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES &&
+ cd non/git &&
+ test_must_fail git diff --find-object=abc123 2>err &&
+ test_grep "find-object requires a git repository" err
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'diff D F and diff F D' '
(
cd repo &&
base-commit: 67ad42147a7acc2af6074753ebd03d904476118f
--
gitgitgadget
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2026-02-28 20:31 [PATCH] diff: fix crash with --find-object outside repository Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
@ 2026-03-02 16:29 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2026-03-02 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget; +Cc: git, Michael Montalbo
"Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
>
> When "git diff --find-object=<oid>" is run outside a git repository,
> the option parsing callback eagerly resolves the OID via
> repo_get_oid(), which reaches get_main_ref_store() and hits a BUG()
> assertion because no repository has been set up.
>
> Check startup_info->have_repository before attempting to resolve the
> OID, and return a user-friendly error instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
> ---
> diff: fix crash with --find-object outside repository
>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2057%2Fmmontalbo%2Ffix-find-object-crash-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2057/mmontalbo/fix-find-object-crash-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2057
>
> diff.c | 2 ++
> t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh | 10 ++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> index a68ddd2168..8f0f141be7 100644
> --- a/diff.c
> +++ b/diff.c
> @@ -5215,6 +5215,8 @@ static int diff_opt_find_object(const struct option *option,
> struct object_id oid;
>
> BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
> + if (!startup_info->have_repository)
> + return error(_("--find-object requires a git repository"));
> if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, arg, &oid))
> return error(_("unable to resolve '%s'"), arg);
Makes sense.
> diff --git a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
> index 69599279e9..15076dfe0d 100755
> --- a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
> +++ b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
> @@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ test_expect_success 'git diff --no-index executed outside repo gives correct err
> )
> '
>
> +test_expect_success 'git diff --find-object outside repo fails gracefully' '
> + (
> + GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$TRASH_DIRECTORY/non &&
> + export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES &&
> + cd non/git &&
> + test_must_fail git diff --find-object=abc123 2>err &&
> + test_grep "find-object requires a git repository" err
> + )
> +'
Looks good, too.
Will queue. Thanks.
> test_expect_success 'diff D F and diff F D' '
> (
> cd repo &&
>
> base-commit: 67ad42147a7acc2af6074753ebd03d904476118f
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