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[PATCH 10/14] describe: defensive programming

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Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
May 15, 2025, 12:45 UTC
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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

CodeQL points out that `lookup_commit_reference()` can return NULL values.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin/describe.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index e2e73f3d757c..455ca193ebd3 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ static void describe_commit(struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *dst)
 	unsigned int unannotated_cnt = 0;
 
 	cmit = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, oid);
+	if (!cmit)
+		die(_("could not look up commit '%s'"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 
 	n = find_commit_name(&cmit->object.oid);
 	if (n && (tags || all || n->prio == 2)) {
-- 
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  2. 01/14 revision: defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
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  4. 02/14 get_parent(): defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
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  7. 03/14 fetch-pack: defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
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  9. 04/14 unparse_commit(): defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  10. 05/14 verify_commit_graph(): defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  11. 06/14 stash: defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
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  13. 08/14 push: defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  14. 09/14 fetch: defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  15. 10/14 describe: defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  16. 11/14 inherit_tracking(): defensive programmingJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  17. 12/14 submodule: check return value of `submodule_from_path()`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  18. 13/14 test-tool repository: check return value of `lookup_commit()`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025
  19. 14/14 shallow: handle missing shallow commits gracefullyJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 15, 2025

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