Re: [BUG] Git 2.20: `git help -a' hangs if specific git alias occurs

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 11, 2018, 17:46 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8AjWXBycFEY-hmPB270BzcydxG6xQ6ox96VbK3K-sUnZw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAKc7PVAzSOknfmy7p09zF4LOi4t66CBmd27ZuQ39_wKYWSiiUA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 6:42 PM Sebastian Gniazdowski <sgniazdowski@gmail.com> wrote:

Show 19 quoted lines

>
> Hello,
> I've attached a screenshot for running `git help -a' that ends in a
> hang and ~100% cpu usage, for the following ~/.gitconfig (it's also
> attached):
>
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agostonbarna/dotfiles-base/master/.gitconfig
>
> So it's hangs on the alias `remote-origin-https-to-ssh'. One user in
> following thread discovered, that it's about lenght of the alias:
> "abcdefghijklmnopqr = ... is ok, but with abcdefghijklmnopqrs = ..."
> it will crash, "the problem occurs if the name of a git alias consists
> of more than 18 characters" (see the thread:
> https://github.com/zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting/issues/95).
>
> Is there a workaround? Of course a fix is needed, but I'm interested
> specifically in a workaround so my Zsh plugin
> `fast-syntax-highlighting' can work without hang also with Git 2.20,
> without exceptions in code.

I don't think there's a workaround (except shortening the aliases). The fix for this was sent out just a couple hours ago, maybe it'll hit 2.20.1

https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.97.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/#t

Show 5 quoted lines

> --
> Sebastian Gniazdowski
> News: https://twitter.com/ZdharmaI
> IRC: https://kiwiirc.com/client/chat.freenode.net:+6697/#zplugin
> Blog: http://zdharma.org

-- 
Duy