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[PATCH 0/5] fix segfault and other oddities describing blobs

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 18, 2025, 20:58 UTC
Message-ID
<20250818205812.GA1018043@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20250818202140.GA1014353@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 04:21:40PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> I'll send out a few patches in a moment (I guess I summoned some
> willpower in the interim).
Here's what I came up with.
  [1/5]: describe: pass oid struct by const pointer
  [2/5]: describe: error if blob not found
  [3/5]: describe: catch unborn branch in describe_blob()
  [4/5]: describe: handle blob traversal with no commits
  [5/5]: describe: pass commit to describe_commit()
 builtin/describe.c  | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 t/t6120-describe.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
-Peff
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  1. ChengAug 13, 2025
  2. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2025
  3. Jeff KingAug 14, 2025
  4. Phillip WoodAug 15, 2025
  5. René ScharfeAug 17, 2025
  6. Jeff KingAug 18, 2025
  7. Jeff KingAug 18, 2025
  8. René ScharfeAug 18, 2025
  9. Jeff KingAug 18, 2025
  10. Jeff KingAug 18, 2025
  11. 0/5 fix segfault and other oddities describing blobsJeff King, Aug 18, 2025
  12. 1/5 describe: pass oid struct by const pointerJeff King, Aug 18, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2025
  14. 2/5 describe: error if blob not foundJeff King, Aug 18, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2025
  16. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2025
  17. René ScharfeAug 19, 2025
  18. 3/5 describe: catch unborn branch in describe_blob()Jeff King, Aug 18, 2025
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2025
  20. Jeff KingAug 18, 2025
  21. 4/5 describe: handle blob traversal with no commitsJeff King, Aug 18, 2025
  22. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2025
  23. Jeff KingAug 19, 2025
  24. Patrick SteinhardtAug 20, 2025
  25. 4/5 describe: handle blob traversal with no commitsJeff King, Aug 20, 2025
  26. 5/5 describe: pass commit to describe_commit()Jeff King, Aug 18, 2025
  27. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2025
  28. Jeff KingAug 19, 2025

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