# Do not barf on too long action description 1 messages from 2007-04-28 to 2007-04-28. Participants: Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7881 ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-04-28 07:15 Subject: Do not barf on too long action description Message-ID: <7v3b2lklzv.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v3b2lklzv.fsf_-_%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20070428002638.GF18276@pasky.or.cz> ``` Reflog message is primarily about easier identification, and leaving truncated entry is much better than dying. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- builtin-fetch--tool.c | 4 +--- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-fetch--tool.c b/builtin-fetch--tool.c index 3145c01..1b04881 100644 --- a/builtin-fetch--tool.c +++ b/builtin-fetch--tool.c @@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ static int update_ref(const char *action, if (!rla) rla = "(reflog update)"; - len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%s: %s", rla, action); - if (sizeof(msg) <= len) - die("insanely long action"); + snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%s: %s", rla, action); lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(refname, oldval); if (!lock) return 1; ```