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Re: [PATCH 7/5] merge-ll: report an error when reading external merge results fails

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 30, 2026, 18:01 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> Here's a resend of that final patch (not just a squash, because the
> commit message mentioned the chmod).
Makes sense.

These 6/5 and 7/5 are probably better squashed into 5/5 than left as "oops that was bad, so here is a preliminary clean-up to make the fix easier (6/5), and here is the fix of the fifth step (7/5)", no?

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Message 19 of 37 in “use size_t for xdiff mmfile_t”
  1. 0/5 use size_t for xdiff mmfile_tJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  2. 1/5 xdiff: clean up read_mmfile() allocations on errorJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026
  4. 2/5 xdiff: replace mmbuffer_t with mmfile_tJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  5. D. Ben KnobleSep 29, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026
  7. Patrick SteinhardtSep 30, 2026
  8. Jeff KingSep 30, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2026
  10. 3/5 xdiff: use size_t for buffer sizesJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  11. 4/5 merge-ll: use read_mmfile() to read external merge resultsJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026
  13. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  14. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  15. 6/5 merge-ll: handle external driver status before reading resultJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  16. 7/5 merge-ll: report an error when reading external merge results failsJeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026
  18. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2026
  20. Jeff KingSep 30, 2026
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2026
  22. Patrick SteinhardtSep 30, 2026
  23. Jeff KingSep 30, 2026
  24. 5/5 xdiff: NUL-terminate buffers read by read_mmfile()Jeff King, Sep 29, 2026
  25. Patrick SteinhardtSep 30, 2026
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2026
  27. Jeff KingSep 30, 2026
  28. 0/7 use size_t for xdiff mmfile_tJeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  29. 1/7 xdiff: clean up read_mmfile() allocations on errorJeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  30. 2/7 xdiff: replace mmbuffer_t with mmfile_tJeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  31. 3/7 xdiff: use size_t for buffer sizesJeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  32. 4/7 xdiff: NUL-terminate buffers read by read_mmfile()Jeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  33. Patrick SteinhardtOct 1, 2026
  34. 5/7 merge-ll: use read_mmfile() to read external merge resultsJeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  35. Patrick SteinhardtOct 1, 2026
  36. 6/7 merge-ll: handle external driver status before reading resultJeff King, Sep 30, 2026
  37. 7/7 merge-ll: report an error when reading external merge results failsJeff King, Sep 30, 2026

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