From: Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] xdiff/xdl_cleanup_records: make limits more clear
Message-ID: <CAH=ZcbAKwtq9jiv=XWi_P0ZD1hz7XEpEtMPONB9n=_EcOPPSRg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcy0oj2s1.fsf@gitster.g>

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Updated code, when nm is not zero, does something different.  if
> need_min is true, mlim1 is set to -1 and presumably nm is a count or
> length that is bounded on its lower end with 0, so it is larger than
> mlim1 (== -1), and we always take INVESTIGATE and never KEEP.
>
> So the rewritten code is broken when need_min is true?
>
> I suspect the remainder of the patch is broken exactly the same way,
> so the remedy would be similar?

Your assessment is correct, PTRDIFF_MAX should be used instead of
SIZE_MAX. I realized my mistake a few hours after I pushed. This will
be fixed in the next version.