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Re: [BUG] - git-read-tree segfaults

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 10, 2009, 20:21 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0903102120290.14295@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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Hi,
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> mb=$($GIT merge-base HEAD yyy)
> $GIT read-tree $mb HEAD yyy

While I agree that it is a bad thing for Git to segfault, I think this here is a pilot error. You try to read 3 trees at the same time, but not perform a merge. IMHO you want to add -m at least.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Jiri OlsaMar 10, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  4. Jiri OlsaMar 11, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinMar 11, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2009
  8. read-tree A B C: do not create a bogus index and do not segfaultJunio C Hamano, Mar 12, 2009
  9. Daniel BarkalowMar 12, 2009
  10. Linus TorvaldsMar 12, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2009

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