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Re: Segfault in git when using git logs

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 4, 2020, 13:31 UTC
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<20201104133129.GA3030480@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 12:21:42PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> >> So something like this won't harm VS Code more than we currently do,
> >> while telling users what is wrong with their command line?
> >
> > Yeah, I was wondering if we'd want the patch you sent, or if we should
> > turn those die() calls into warning() and disable the flags up front.
> [...]
> >> diff --git c/builtin/log.c w/builtin/log.c

Since we now have identified the caller that was passing in the bogus options, and it has already been fixed, I'm inclined to say we should go with your die() patch from earlier (modulo the pathspec.nr fixup) and call it done.

Do you want to roll that up with a commit message?
-Peff
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  1. Sathyajith BhatNov 2, 2020
  2. Jeff KingNov 2, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2020
  4. SZEDER GáborNov 3, 2020
  5. Christian CouderNov 3, 2020
  6. Elijah NewrenNov 3, 2020
  7. Jeff KingNov 3, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2020
  9. Jeff KingNov 3, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2020
  11. Jeff KingNov 4, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2020
  13. Re*: Segfault in git when using git logsJunio C Hamano, Nov 4, 2020
  14. Jeff KingNov 4, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2020
  16. log: diagnose -L used with pathspec as an errorJunio C Hamano, Nov 4, 2020
  17. Jeff KingNov 4, 2020
  18. Derrick StoleeNov 3, 2020
  19. Sathyajith BhatNov 3, 2020
  20. Jeff KingNov 3, 2020
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  22. Derrick StoleeNov 3, 2020
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