Re: SEGV (detected by Address Sanitizer) when using `core.abbrev` option

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2024, 23:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq1q54z8nv.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAO_smVjL+Ms1e_Rd5e1k-zMJb_NydBtX76Dh=ifK9Ym9ME9roQ@mail.gmail.com>

Kyle Lippincott <spectral@google.com> writes:

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> I just realized I didn't give a reproduction command, sorry about
> that; here's the reproduction command provided by our user:
>
> git config --global core.abbrev 12
> git clone https://github.com/git/git.git

Or "git -c core.abbrev=12 clone https://any/thing".

Nicely spotted. And this is a curious one, as you would generally expect that having a fallback setting in the global space would help you instead of hurting you.