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Re: Segmentation fault in git read-tree

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 14, 2008, 04:48 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, I can reproduce this, I'm on it like a maggot on a two-week-dead baby 
>> donkey.
>
> Ok, that was embarrassing.
>
> This should fix it. Spot the stupid stack corruption..
>
> 		Linus
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> diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
> index be89d52..b62b054 100644
> --- a/unpack-trees.c
> +++ b/unpack-trees.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
>  #include "progress.h"
>  #include "refs.h"
>  
> +#define MAX_UNPACK_TREES 4

Somehow this reminds me of a9ab200 (Clean-up read-tree error condition., Aug 16, 2007) and f34f2b0 (Fix read-tree merging more than 3 trees using 3-way merge, Aug 15, 2007).

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  5. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2008
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  8. Len BrownMar 14, 2008
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