`git config get --type=path` results in segmentation fault on value starting with `:(optional)`
- From
Han Jiang <jhcarl0814@gmail.com>
- Date
- Nov 20, 2025, 06:46 UTC
- Message-ID
- <CANrWfmQUuGKWPc6JCzeCaa9t98ag_Lyk0G_Prtd8YmqP-TiRpg@mail.gmail.com>
What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) git -c 'section.key-path=/nonexistent' config get --show-origin --show-scope --all --type=path 'section.key-path' git -c 'section.key-path=:(optional)/nonexistent' config get --show-origin --show-scope --all --type=path 'section.key-path'
What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
1st command outputs "command command line: C:/Program Files/Git/nonexistent"; 2nd command outputs nothing, $?=1;
What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
1st command outputs "command command line: C:/Program Files/Git/nonexistent"; 2nd command outputs "Segmentation fault", $?=139;
What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
Anything else you want to add:
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[System Info] git version: git version 2.52.0.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 2912d8e9b8253723974b7baf1c890273b1a1c5bd sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh rust: disabled feature: fsmonitor--daemon libcurl: 8.17.0 OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.4 30 Sep 2025 zlib: 1.3.1 SHA-1: SHA1_DC SHA-256: SHA256_BLK default-ref-format: files default-hash: sha1 uname: Windows 10.0 26200 compiler info: gnuc: 15.2 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe
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