Re: [RFC PATCH] git-compat-util: avoid failing dir ownership checks if running priviledged

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 26, 2022, 21:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqilqvpn3u.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPUEspi_mX1xj1Nu2DuE83U9jB6oeRd=8FDPgGXbSC76mGHroQ@mail.gmail.com>

Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> writes:

> Agree with you that using strtol is better, but the added checks
> and logic make it more complicated and go against the assumption
> made in the commit message that the environment CAN'T be tampered
> with.

I think we require strto*l() here, to relieve us from worrying about "is int large enough?" question.

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