git crashes in `git commit --patch` with diff.suppressBlankEmpty = true

From

ITIlya Tumaykin <itumaykin@gmail.com>

Date

Jul 3, 2024, 14:41 UTC

Message-ID

<9b31e86f-c408-4625-8d13-f48a209b541b@gmail.com>

Hello.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Prepare .gitconfig:
[user]
	name = User
	email = user@example.com
[diff]
	suppressBlankEmpty = true

2. Initialize repo:
$ mkdir git_bug && cd git_bug
$ git init
$ echo -e 'test\n\n test \n\ntest' > test.txt
$ git add test.txt
$ git commit test.txt -m 'initial'

3. Make changes:
$ echo -e 'test\n\n test\ntest\n \n' > test.txt

4. Try to commit new changes
$ git commit --patch test.txt

5. Try to split the first hunk, press 's' in the git-commit interactive 
interface.

Actual results:

diff --git a/test.txt b/test.txt
index 366cd4b..611ca9d 100644
--- a/test.txt
+++ b/test.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
  test

- test
-
+ test
  test
+
+
(1/1) Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,s,e,p,?]? s
BUG: add-patch.c:994: unhandled diff marker: '
'
Aborted (core dumped)


Expected results:
git-commit splits the hunk and continues.


Comment:
If I set diff.suppressBlankEmpty = false, then I get the expected behavior.

git --version: 2.45.2
OS: up-to-date Fedora 40

-- 
Best regards.
Ilya Tumaykin.