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grep_source(), which performs much of the work for Git's grep library, allows passing an arbitrary struct grep_source which represents the text which grep_source() should search to match a pattern in the provided struct grep_opt. In most callers, the grep_source::name field is set to an appropriate prefix to print before a colon when a result matches: README:Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General One caller, grep_buffer(), leaves the grep_source::name field set to NULL because there isn't enough context to determine an appropriate name for this kind of output line. In practice, this has been fine: the only caller of grep_buffer() is "git log --grep", and that caller sets grep_opt::status_only, which disables output and only checks whether a match exists. But this is brittle: a future caller can call grep_buffer() without grep_opt::status_only set, and as soon as it hits a match, grep_source() will try to print the match and segfault: (null):Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General For example, a future caller might want to print all matching lines from commits which match a regex. Futureproof by diagnosing early a use of the API that could trigger that condition, before we know whether the pattern matches: BUG: grep.c:1783: grep call which could print a name requires grep_source.name be non-NULL Aborted This way, the caller's author gets an indication of how to fix the issue - by providing grep_source::name or setting grep_opt::status_only - and they are warned of the potential for a segfault unconditionally, rather than only if there is a match. Noticed while adding such a call to a tutorial on revision walks. Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>maint
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