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[PATCH 10/18] create_branch: use xstrfmt for reflog message

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 28, 2017, 19:46 UTC
Message-ID
<20170328194640.i5tp5sa374i56cuv@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170328194255.vf7nfzzmmzxsbn36@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We generate a reflog message that contains some fixed text plus a branch name, and use a buffer of size PATH_MAX + 20. This mostly works if you assume that refnames are shorter than PATH_MAX, but:

  1. That's not necessarily true. PATH_MAX is not always the
     filesystem's limit.
  2. The "20" is not sufficiently large for the fixed text
     anyway.

Let's just switch to a heap buffer so we don't have to even care.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 branch.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 6d0ca94cc..ad5a2299b 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -296,14 +296,12 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
 	if (!dont_change_ref) {
 		struct ref_transaction *transaction;
 		struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
-		char msg[PATH_MAX + 20];
+		char *msg;
 
 		if (forcing)
-			snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Reset to %s",
-				 start_name);
+			msg = xstrfmt("branch: Reset to %s", start_name);
 		else
-			snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s",
-				 start_name);
+			msg = xstrfmt("branch: Created from %s", start_name);
 
 		transaction = ref_transaction_begin(&err);
 		if (!transaction ||
@@ -314,6 +312,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
 			die("%s", err.buf);
 		ref_transaction_free(transaction);
 		strbuf_release(&err);
+		free(msg);
 	}
 
 	if (real_ref && track)
-- 
2.12.2.845.g55fcf8b10
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Message 19 of 30 in “snprintf cleanups”
  1. 0/18 snprintf cleanupsJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  2. 01/18 do not check odb_mkstemp return value for errorsJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  3. 02/18 odb_mkstemp: write filename into strbufJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  4. 03/18 odb_mkstemp: use git_path_bufJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  5. 05/18 tag: use strbuf to format tag headerJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  6. 09/18 create_branch: move msg setup closer to point of useJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  7. 08/18 avoid using mksnpath for refsJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  8. 06/18 fetch: use heap buffer to format reflogJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  9. 04/18 diff: avoid fixed-size buffer for patch-idsJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  10. Jeff KingMar 28, 2017
  11. 13/18 replace unchecked snprintf calls with heap buffersJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  12. 12/18 receive-pack: print --pack-header directly into argv arrayJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  13. 07/18 avoid using fixed PATH_MAX buffers for refsJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2017
  15. Jeff KingApr 18, 2017
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2017
  17. 11/18 name-rev: replace static buffer with strbufJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  18. 15/18 convert unchecked snprintf into xsnprintfJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  19. 10/18 create_branch: use xstrfmt for reflog messageJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  20. 14/18 combine-diff: replace malloc/snprintf with xstrfmtJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  21. 17/18 gc: replace local buffer with git_pathJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  22. 16/18 transport-helper: replace checked snprintf with xsnprintfJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  23. 18/18 daemon: use an argv_array to exec childrenJeff King, Mar 28, 2017
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2017
  25. Jeff KingMar 29, 2017
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2017
  27. Jeff KingMar 30, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2017
  29. Jeff KingMar 30, 2017
  30. Makefile: detect errors in running spatchJeff King, Mar 29, 2017

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