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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Always check the return value of `repo_read_object_file()`
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:02:59 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqplx9fdyk.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1650.git.1707143753726.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget's message of "Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:35:53 +0000")

> diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
> index c8e33f97755..982bcfc4b1d 100644
> --- a/builtin/grep.c
> +++ b/builtin/grep.c
> @@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt,
>  
>  			data = repo_read_object_file(the_repository, &ce->oid,
>  						     &type, &size);
> +			if (!data)
> +				die(_("unable to read tree %s"), oid_to_hex(&ce->oid));
>  			init_tree_desc(&tree, data, size);
>  
>  			hit |= grep_tree(opt, pathspec, &tree, &name, 0, 0);

This caught my attention during today's integration cycle.  Checking
nullness for data certainly is an improvement, but shouldn't we be
checking type as well to make sure it is a tree and not a random
tree-ish or even blob?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-06 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-05 14:35 [PATCH] Always check the return value of `repo_read_object_file()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2024-02-05 16:10 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-02-06 18:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-12 23:16   ` Johannes Schindelin
2024-02-06  1:13 ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-02-09  8:06   ` Johannes Schindelin
2024-02-09 16:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-09 19:56     ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-02-06  6:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-02-06 18:42   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-09  8:15   ` Johannes Schindelin
2024-02-09  8:17     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-02-06 22:02 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-02-12 23:19   ` Johannes Schindelin
2024-02-16  6:43 ` Teng Long
2024-02-18 22:36   ` Johannes Schindelin

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