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[PATCH v2 3/7] hex: make hex_to_bytes accept kind of hex to use

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Sep 7, 2026, 19:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20260907195941.1024289-4-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To
<20260907195941.1024289-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>

Similarly to the previous commit, introduce an option for hex_to_bytes to allow us to specify the kind of hex to use: lowercase only or not. For now, everything remains the same as before, but we will change things in a future commit.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
---
 builtin/index-pack.c | 2 +-
 diagnose.c           | 2 +-
 hex-ll.c             | 4 ++--
 hex-ll.h             | 2 +-
 http-push.c          | 5 +++--
 notes.c              | 5 +++--
 object-file.c        | 2 +-
 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 6b2a87e2d3..44ac72ef1e 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static void repack_local_links(void)
 	while (strbuf_getline_lf(&line, out) != EOF) {
 		unsigned char binary[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
 		if (line.len != the_hash_algo->hexsz ||
-		    !hex_to_bytes(binary, line.buf, line.len))
+		    !hex_to_bytes(binary, line.buf, line.len, HEX_KIND_MIXED))
 			die(_("index-pack: Expecting full hex object ID lines only from pack-objects."));
 
 		/*
diff --git a/diagnose.c b/diagnose.c
index 5092bf80d3..fc11cea229 100644
--- a/diagnose.c
+++ b/diagnose.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void loose_objs_stats(struct strbuf *buf, const char *path)
 	while ((e = readdir_skip_dot_and_dotdot(dir)) != NULL)
 		if (get_dtype(e, &count_path, 0) == DT_DIR &&
 		    strlen(e->d_name) == 2 &&
-		    !hex_to_bytes(&c, e->d_name, 1)) {
+		    !hex_to_bytes(&c, e->d_name, 1, HEX_KIND_MIXED)) {
 			strbuf_setlen(&count_path, base_path_len);
 			strbuf_addf(&count_path, "%s/", e->d_name);
 			total += (count = count_files(&count_path));
diff --git a/hex-ll.c b/hex-ll.c
index 8f5a4e4644..3b7d22a824 100644
--- a/hex-ll.c
+++ b/hex-ll.c
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ const signed char hexval_lc_table[256] = {
 	 -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,		/* f8-ff */
 };
 
-int hex_to_bytes(unsigned char *binary, const char *hex, size_t len)
+int hex_to_bytes(unsigned char *binary, const char *hex, size_t len, enum hexkind kind)
 {
 	for (; len; len--, hex += 2) {
-		unsigned int val = (hexval(hex[0], HEX_KIND_MIXED) << 4) | hexval(hex[1], HEX_KIND_MIXED);
+		unsigned int val = (hexval(hex[0], kind) << 4) | hexval(hex[1], kind);
 
 		if (val & ~0xff)
 			return -1;
diff --git a/hex-ll.h b/hex-ll.h
index 26847c7b2f..fe698f0c76 100644
--- a/hex-ll.h
+++ b/hex-ll.h
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ static inline int hex2chr(const char *s, enum hexkind kind)
  * values to `binary` as `len` bytes. Return 0 on success, or -1 if
  * the input does not consist of hex digits).
  */
-int hex_to_bytes(unsigned char *binary, const char *hex, size_t len);
+int hex_to_bytes(unsigned char *binary, const char *hex, size_t len, enum hexkind kind);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index b8f3faaed9..b5c5bad3db 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1031,12 +1031,13 @@ static int get_oid_hex_from_objpath(const char *path, struct object_id *oid)
 	if (strlen(path) != the_hash_algo->hexsz + 1)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (hex_to_bytes(oid->hash, path, 1))
+	if (hex_to_bytes(oid->hash, path, 1, HEX_KIND_MIXED))
 		return -1;
 	path += 2;
 	path++; /* skip '/' */
 
-	return hex_to_bytes(oid->hash + 1, path, the_hash_algo->rawsz - 1);
+	return hex_to_bytes(oid->hash + 1, path, the_hash_algo->rawsz - 1,
+			    HEX_KIND_MIXED);
 }
 
 static void process_ls_object(struct remote_ls_ctx *ls)
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index ec9c2cb150..99b8b15d81 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 				goto handle_non_note;
 
 			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + prefix_len, entry.path,
-					 hashsz - prefix_len))
+					 hashsz - prefix_len, HEX_KIND_MIXED))
 				goto handle_non_note; /* entry.path is not a SHA1 */
 
 			memset(object_oid.hash + hashsz, 0, GIT_MAX_RAWSZ - hashsz);
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 				/* internal nodes must be trees */
 				goto handle_non_note;
 
-			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + len++, entry.path, 1))
+			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + len++, entry.path, 1,
+					 HEX_KIND_MIXED))
 				goto handle_non_note; /* entry.path is not a SHA1 */
 
 			/*
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index a4cbf8b081..892be4bbb2 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ int for_each_file_in_obj_subdir(unsigned int subdir_nr,
 		strbuf_add(path, de->d_name, namelen);
 		if (namelen == algop->hexsz - 2 &&
 		    !hex_to_bytes(oid.hash + 1, de->d_name,
-				  algop->rawsz - 1)) {
+				  algop->rawsz - 1, HEX_KIND_MIXED)) {
 			oid_set_algo(&oid, algop);
 			memset(oid.hash + algop->rawsz, 0,
 			       GIT_MAX_RAWSZ - algop->rawsz);
Previous: brian m. carlsonNext: brian m. carlson
Message 37 of 41 in “Git 3.0: restrict hex object IDs to lowercase only”
  1. 0/6 Git 3.0: restrict hex object IDs to lowercase onlybrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  2. 2/6 hex: allow specifying hex type with hex2chrbrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  3. 4/6 hex: label usages of hex parsing for object IDsbrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2026
  6. 1/6 hex: add functionality for lowercase-only hexbrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2026
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2026
  9. brian m. carlsonAug 25, 2026
  10. 3/6 hex: make hex_to_bytes accept kind of hex to usebrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2026
  12. Jeff KingAug 1, 2026
  13. 5/6 object-name: use hexvalbrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2026
  15. Elijah NewrenAug 25, 2026
  16. brian m. carlsonAug 25, 2026
  17. 6/6 hex: allow only lowercase object IDs in breaking changes modebrian m. carlson, Jul 29, 2026
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2026
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2026
  20. brian m. carlsonAug 2, 2026
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2026
  22. brian m. carlsonAug 4, 2026
  23. Michael MontalboAug 5, 2026
  24. Phillip WoodAug 25, 2026
  25. brian m. carlsonAug 25, 2026
  26. Phillip WoodSep 7, 2026
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2026
  28. Elijah NewrenAug 25, 2026
  29. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2026
  30. brian m. carlsonJul 30, 2026
  31. Jeff KingAug 1, 2026
  32. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2026
  33. brian m. carlsonAug 2, 2026
  34. 0/7 Git 3.0: restrict hex object IDs to lowercase onlybrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  35. 4/7 hex: label usages of hex parsing for object IDsbrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  36. 2/7 hex: allow specifying hex type with hex2chrbrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  37. 3/7 hex: make hex_to_bytes accept kind of hex to usebrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  38. 1/7 hex: add functionality for lowercase-only hexbrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  39. 5/7 object-name: use hexvalbrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  40. 6/7 t5324: adjust tests for corrupt commit-graphbrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026
  41. 7/7 hex: allow only lowercase object IDs in breaking changes modebrian m. carlson, Sep 7, 2026

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