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[PATCH] Avoid segfault with 'git branch' when the HEAD is detached

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 18, 2009, 18:14 UTC
Message-ID
<ad680bce413ddea084d84b3fcd7c4cc356c3cb0e.1234980819u.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1234980819u.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

A recent addition to the ref_item struct was not taken care of, leading to a segmentation fault when accessing the (uninitialized) "dest" member.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
	Unfortunately not found by valgrind.
 builtin-branch.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 8c37c78..ded0a82 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -441,7 +441,9 @@ static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev, str
 	    is_descendant_of(head_commit, with_commit)) {
 		struct ref_item item;
 		item.name = xstrdup("(no branch)");
+		item.len = strlen(item.name);
 		item.kind = REF_LOCAL_BRANCH;
+		item.dest = NULL;
 		item.commit = head_commit;
 		if (strlen(item.name) > ref_list.maxwidth)
 			ref_list.maxwidth = strlen(item.name);
-- 
1.6.2.rc1.349.g70b801
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  5. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
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  7. 1/2 add basic branch display testsJeff King, Feb 19, 2009
  8. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
  9. Jay SoffianFeb 19, 2009
  10. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
  11. 2/2 branch: clean up repeated strlenJeff King, Feb 19, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinFeb 19, 2009

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