Merge branch 'jk/type-from-string-gently' into maint

"git cat-file bl $blob" failed to barf even though there is no
object type that is "bl".

* jk/type-from-string-gently:
  type_from_string_gently: make sure length matches

object.c

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t len, int gentle)
 		len = strlen(str);
 
 	for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(object_type_strings); i++)
-		if (!strncmp(str, object_type_strings[i], len))
+		if (!strncmp(str, object_type_strings[i], len) &&
+		    object_type_strings[i][len] == '\0')
 			return i;
 
 	if (gentle)

t/t1007-hash-object.sh

@@ -201,4 +201,12 @@ test_expect_success 'corrupt tag' '
 	test_must_fail git hash-object -t tag --stdin </dev/null
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'hash-object complains about bogus type name' '
+	test_must_fail git hash-object -t bogus --stdin </dev/null
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'hash-object complains about truncated type name' '
+	test_must_fail git hash-object -t bl --stdin </dev/null
+'
+
 test_done