From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 07:28:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] validate_headref: NUL-terminate HEAD buffer
Message-ID: <xmqq60c44n3r.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170927071625.3dtljf5oaiaa5pjq@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I had the same concern, but actually truncation is not a problem here
> (for a symlink or a symref). We are only seeing if the contents look
> vaguely correct, so really we never parse past "refs/" in either case.

Ahh, OK.

It seems that at least for this week, my reviews always show you
thought things more thoroughly than I did, which is good in a weird
sort of sense ;-)