From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:31:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] t5313: test bounds-checks of corrupted/malicious pack/idx files
Message-ID: <xmqq4mcwo7lb.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <56CF523A.8050208@kdbg.org>

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

> Am 25.02.2016 um 15:21 schrieb Jeff King:
>> +munge () {
>> +	printf "$3" | dd of="$1" bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$2
>> +}
>
> Instead of adding another call of dd, would it be an option to insert
> the following patch at the front of this series and then use
> test_overwrite_bytes?

It would be an option, but I'd want to merge this to 'next' today
without waiting for a reroll.  Change from dd to custom script can
be done as a follow-up topic after the dust settles, if necessary.

Thanks.