From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: "Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>,
"Phillip Wood" <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] git_parse_unsigned: reject negative values
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 10:54:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqeduzhhgw.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y1L9fF6yd9EIIp9e@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:13:48 -0400")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> It does make me wonder if anybody uses a negative value like this in the
> wild for "no limit", as it does what you might imagine currently (I get
> 2^64-1).
I vaguely recall complaints on the command line argument that used
to take -1 to mean "practically unlimited" when its parsing got
tightened. I wouldn't be surprised if we are making a new issue in
the same category in the configuration file with this change.
But we can switch to the signed variant when it becomes an issue, I
guess.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-22 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-21 13:45 [PATCH 0/3] a few config integer parsing fixes Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 13:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] git_parse_unsigned: reject negative values Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 18:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-21 20:13 ` Jeff King
2022-10-22 17:54 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-10-21 13:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] config: require at least one digit when parsing numbers Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-25 9:54 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-25 16:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-21 20:17 ` Jeff King
2022-10-22 17:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-22 20:25 ` Jeff King
2022-10-22 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-25 9:55 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-21 13:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] git_parse_signed(): avoid integer overflow Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-21 18:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-22 8:09 ` René Scharfe
2022-10-22 16:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-23 5:57 ` René Scharfe
2022-10-25 10:00 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-26 11:01 ` René Scharfe
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] a few config integer parsing fixes Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git_parse_unsigned: reject negative values Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-09 15:57 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] config: require at least one digit when parsing numbers Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-09 14:16 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] git_parse_signed(): avoid integer overflow Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-11-10 2:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] a few config integer parsing fixes Taylor Blau
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