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Re: [PATCH] parse-options: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer'

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 26, 2026, 12:14 UTC
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In-Reply-To
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Hi Junio,
On Sun, 26 Apr 2026, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Another thing from GitHub CI
> 
> https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/24825391649/job/72659919418#step:9:144
> 
>   Error: parse-options.c:680:30: comparison of integer expressions of
> different signedness: 'unsigned int' and 'int' [-Werror=sign-compare]
>     680 |        (n < cmds->nr && best == (intptr_t)cmds->items[n].util);
>         |                              ^~

Indeed. With this patch on top of Ramsay's fixup, it passes the build: https://github.com/dscho/git/actions/runs/24955417618

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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:11:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommands

Fix a build warning in `linux32`: Change `best` from `unsigned int` to `intptr_t` to match the `(intptr_t)` casts it is compared against, fixing a sign-compare warning on 32-bit platforms where `intptr_t` is `int`.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 parse-options.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 14f3f385eb4..0ba6905fed5 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -648,7 +648,8 @@ static const char *autocorrect_subcommand(const char *cmd,
 					  struct string_list *cmds)
 {
 	struct autocorrect autocorrect = { 0 };
-	unsigned int n = 0, best = 0;
+	unsigned int n = 0;
+	intptr_t best = 0;
 	struct string_list_item *cand;
 
 	autocorrect_resolve(&autocorrect);
-- snap --

Ciao,
Johannes

> 
> 2026年4月24日(金) 1:05 Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>:
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Hi Jiamu Sun,
> >
> > If you need to re-roll your 'js/parseopt-subcommand-autocorrection'
> > branch, could you please squash this into the patch corresponding
> > to commit b9e6a2d30a ("parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommands",
> > 2026-04-23).
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ATB,
> > Ramsay Jones
> >
> >  parse-options.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
> > index d60e7bd3c9..14f3f385eb 100644
> > --- a/parse-options.c
> > +++ b/parse-options.c
> > @@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static const char *autocorrect_subcommand(const char *cmd,
> >
> >         for_each_string_list_item(cand, cmds) {
> >                 if (starts_with(cand->string, cmd)) {
> > -                       cand->util = 0;
> > +                       cand->util = NULL;
> >                 } else {
> >                         int edit = levenshtein(cmd, cand->string,
> >                                                0, 2, 1, 3) + 1;
> > --
> > 2.54.0
> 
> 
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  1. parse-options: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer'Ramsay Jones, Apr 23, 2026
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2026
  3. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2026
  4. Jiamu SunApr 29, 2026

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