Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] sparse-checkout: fix segfault on malformed patterns

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 16, 2021, 19:16 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo85gbbsd.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <e0f90c01-f987-1c9c-cd93-393d0dc6e0dc@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

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>> Thanks.  The segfault fix matters even more with Elijah's "we can
>> flip between modes" feature, right?
>
> Generally, I think segfaults are a higher priority, but this one is hard
> to find in the wild, I think. I'll send a v4 today and hopefully it makes
> it an easy decision for you.

I agree about the priority and I was assuming that the topics do not have semantic conflicts we cannot reconcile, but I do not offhand recall what the other topic did when there patterns unsuitable in the cone mode when transitioning to the cone mode (or vice-versa for that matter).

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