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[PATCH 3/4] ref-filter: die on parse_commit errors

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 9, 2017, 13:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20170309132903.om7b2uvn6vsvjiwt@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170309132728.c57ltzel746l366a@sigill.intra.peff.net>

The tag-contains algorithm quietly returns "does not contain" when parse_commit() fails. But a parse failure is an indication that the repository is corrupt. We should die loudly rather than producing a bogus result.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 ref-filter.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 631978a4f..5cb49b7c2 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1523,9 +1523,7 @@ static enum contains_result contains_test(struct commit *candidate,
 		return CONTAINS_YES;
 	}
 
-	if (parse_commit(candidate) < 0)
-		return CONTAINS_NO;
-
+	parse_commit_or_die(candidate);
 	return CONTAINS_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
-- 
2.12.0.445.g818af77e0
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  1. branch & tag: Add a --no-contains optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 8, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  3. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 9, 2017
  5. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 9, 2017
  7. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  8. 0/4 fix object flag pollution in "tag --contains"Jeff King, Mar 9, 2017
  9. 1/4 ref-filter: move ref_cbdata definition into ref-filter.cJeff King, Mar 9, 2017
  10. 2/4 ref-filter: use contains_result enum consistentlyJeff King, Mar 9, 2017
  11. 3/4 ref-filter: die on parse_commit errorsJeff King, Mar 9, 2017
  12. 4/4 ref-filter: use separate cache for contains_tag_algoJeff King, Mar 9, 2017
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 11, 2017
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 11, 2017
  15. Jeff KingMar 12, 2017
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 11, 2017
  17. ref-filter: Add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-refÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 11, 2017
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2017
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 12, 2017
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2017
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 9, 2017
  22. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 10, 2017
  24. ref-filter: Add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-refÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2017
  25. Christian CouderMar 9, 2017
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 10, 2017
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 10, 2017
  28. ref-filter: Add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-refÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 10, 2017

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