From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 08:25:16 GMT
Subject: Re: don't accept bogus N in `HEAD~N'
Message-ID: <7vmzdaeaab.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vr72meapg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

> Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> writes:
>
>> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>
>>>> It'd be better to produce a diagnostic and fail:
>
> I agree with you that we are loose in integer overlaps.  Some of

Oops; I meant overflow or wraparound.. Late night typo/thinko X-<.