Re: [PATCH] last-modified: fix bug caused by inproper initialized memory

From: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Date: Nov 29, 2025, 09:38 UTC
Message-ID: <87ms4518n1.fsf@iotcl.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwm39h9kb.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> This dates back to v2.52.0~4 and is clearly a maint material.

Makes sense. I appreciate it.

>> Thanks for finding and fixing.

Yes, I'm happy Anders reported this, although I didn't expect it to have impact on all platforms. It would have been a nasty bug to hunt down if users would complain "the results are incorrect".

>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] last-modified: fix bug caused by inproper initialized memory
>
> Let's retitle, as inproper is not a word.  Is

I wasn't sure about that. But my spell checker didn't pick it up, so I rolled with it.

>     Subject: [PATCH] last-modified: fix use of uninitialized memory
>
> good enough?

Absolutely.

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Cheers,
Toon