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Re: [PATCH] name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' error

From
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date
May 3, 2026, 18:52 UTC
Message-ID
<66710fd7-23bb-4b1f-852a-f61ea1f188e0@app.fastmail.com>
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On Sun, May 3, 2026, at 17:16, Ramsay Jones wrote:
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> Today's seen branch fails to build (with DEVELOPER=1), like so:
>
>       CC builtin/name-rev.o
>   builtin/name-rev.c: In function ‘cmd_format_rev’:
>   builtin/name-rev.c:885:28: error: ‘commit’ may be used uninitialized
> [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>     885 |                         if (!commit) {
>         |                            ^
>   builtin/name-rev.c:867:40: note: ‘commit’ was declared here
>     867 |                         struct commit *commit;
>         |                                        ^~~~~~
>   cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
>   make: *** [Makefile:2932: builtin/name-rev.o] Error 1
>
> This can be fixed in several ways; initialise the 'commit' variable to
> NULL (on line 867), initialise 'commit' to NULL on the line before the
> conditional on line 883, or (as I chose here) initialise the 'commit'
> variable in an else arm of the conditional.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
> ---
>
> Hi Kristoffer,
>
> I wrote this patch yesterday, just before I had to go out, and didn't
> get around to sending it to the list. Today, the problem has gone
> away ... (along with the 'kh/name-rev-custom-format' branch)!
>
> Assuming you will be sending a new version soon, ... could you please
> squash this (or similar) into the patch corresponding to commit 5903855b1c
> ("format-rev: introduce builtin for on-demand pretty formatting", 2026-04-29).
>
> Note that I don't think this particular fix is better than any other, it
> was just that my cursor was on that line in vim ... :)
>
> ATB,
> Ramsay Jones
I’ll incorporate it. Thank you!
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>
>  builtin/name-rev.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
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Message 2 of 8 in “name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' error”
  1. name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' errorRamsay Jones, May 3, 2026
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkMay 3, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2026
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkMay 4, 2026
  5. Ramsay JonesMay 4, 2026
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkMay 4, 2026
  7. Ramsay JonesMay 5, 2026
  8. Kristoffer HaugsbakkMay 5, 2026

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