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Re: [PATCH] Prevent users from adding the file that has all-zero SHA-1

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 20, 2011, 10:13 UTC
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2011/9/20 Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>:
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> Hi Nguyễn,
>
> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy writes:
>> This particular SHA-1 has special meaning to git, very much like NULL
>> in C. If a user adds a file that has this SHA-1, unexpected things can
>> happen.
>> [...]
>
> Interesting patch.  Is it possible to write some sort of testcase?

Naah. I tested it by explicitly clear the result hash, just before it gets to my changes, then do "git add <blah>".

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Duy
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Message 5 of 5 in “Prevent users from adding the file that has all-zero SHA-1”
  1. Prevent users from adding the file that has all-zero SHA-1Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 17, 2011
  2. Mikael MagnussonSep 18, 2011
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 19, 2011
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 20, 2011
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 20, 2011

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