Re: Subject: [PATCH] object-file: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer' error

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 20, 2026, 06:05 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy0jnf323.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <b2656d8c-7878-489e-a78b-ecb441570bf6@ramsayjones.plus.com>

Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com> writes:

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> On 20/03/2026 1:35 am, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Hi Patrick,
>>>
>>> When you next re-roll your 'ps/object-counting' branch, could you please squash this
>>> into the patch equivalent to the commit 2b24db1110 ("object-file: generalize counting
>>> objects",2026-03-12) in tonight's 'seen' branch.
>> 
>> The topic being in 'next' since March 17th, that is a bit awkward to
>> arrange.  I can queue the fix on top instead.
>
> Hmm, odd. I didn't do a 'branch --contains', obviously, but this only started tonight
> (and I built git yesterday - master, next and seen), so I just assumed ... ;)
>
> Sorry about that.

FWIW, my local build & test did not catch this until today, only because the version of sparse I was running was a tad old. After updating it today, I started seeing the breakage there.