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Junio C Hamano f32af12cee Merge branch 'jk/chunk-bounds'
The codepaths that read "chunk" formatted files have been corrected
to pay attention to the chunk size and notice broken files.

* jk/chunk-bounds: (21 commits)
  t5319: make corrupted large-offset test more robust
  chunk-format: drop pair_chunk_unsafe()
  commit-graph: detect out-of-order BIDX offsets
  commit-graph: check bounds when accessing BIDX chunk
  commit-graph: check bounds when accessing BDAT chunk
  commit-graph: bounds-check generation overflow chunk
  commit-graph: check size of generations chunk
  commit-graph: bounds-check base graphs chunk
  commit-graph: detect out-of-bounds extra-edges pointers
  commit-graph: check size of commit data chunk
  midx: check size of revindex chunk
  midx: bounds-check large offset chunk
  midx: check size of object offset chunk
  midx: enforce chunk alignment on reading
  midx: check size of pack names chunk
  commit-graph: check consistency of fanout table
  midx: check size of oid lookup chunk
  commit-graph: check size of oid fanout chunk
  midx: stop ignoring malformed oid fanout chunk
  t: add library for munging chunk-format files
  ...
2023-10-23 13:56:36 -07:00
.github Merge branch 'js/ci-coverity' 2023-10-12 12:18:27 -07:00
Documentation The twentieth batch 2023-10-20 16:23:11 -07:00
block-sha1
builtin Merge branch 'ty/merge-tree-strategy-options' 2023-10-20 16:23:11 -07:00
ci Merge branch 'jk/ci-retire-allow-ref' 2023-09-07 15:06:08 -07:00
compat Merge branch 'jk/fsmonitor-unused-parameter' 2023-09-29 09:04:14 -07:00
contrib completion: loosen and document the requirement around completing alias 2023-09-20 11:41:41 -07:00
ewah
git-gui Merge git-gui into ml/git-gui-exec-path-fix 2023-09-18 10:52:30 -07:00
gitk-git
gitweb
mergetools
negotiator negotiator/noop: mark unused callback parameters 2023-08-29 17:56:25 -07:00
oss-fuzz
perl
po doc: correct the 50 characters soft limit (+) 2023-10-09 12:07:26 -07:00
refs files-backend.c: avoid stat in 'loose_fill_ref_dir' 2023-10-09 15:53:14 -07:00
reftable
sha1 avoid SHA-1 functions deprecated in OpenSSL 3+ 2023-08-01 08:34:56 -07:00
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256 Merge branch 'ew/hash-with-openssl-evp' 2023-08-09 16:18:15 -07:00
t Merge branch 'jk/chunk-bounds' 2023-10-23 13:56:36 -07:00
templates
trace2 trace2: mark unused config callback parameter 2023-08-29 17:56:25 -07:00
xdiff
.cirrus.yml
.clang-format
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore gitignore: ignore clangd .cache directory 2023-08-04 10:56:51 -07:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap mailmap: change primary address for Derrick Stolee 2023-10-12 10:59:36 -07:00
.tsan-suppressions
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
COPYING
GIT-VERSION-GEN Start the 2.43 cycle 2023-08-24 09:32:34 -07:00
INSTALL
LGPL-2.1
Makefile Merge branch 'cc/repack-sift-filtered-objects-to-separate-pack' 2023-10-10 11:39:15 -07:00
README.md
RelNotes Start the 2.43 cycle 2023-08-24 09:32:34 -07:00
SECURITY.md
abspath.c
abspath.h
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c Merge branch 'jk/unused-post-2.42' 2023-09-07 15:06:07 -07:00
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c
advice.c advice: handle "rebase" in error_resolve_conflict() 2023-08-07 13:21:00 -07:00
advice.h
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c
apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
attr.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
base85.h
bisect.c
bisect.h
blame.c blame: allow --contents to work with bare repo 2023-07-21 07:32:58 -07:00
blame.h
blob.c
blob.h
bloom.c commit-graph: detect out-of-order BIDX offsets 2023-10-09 15:55:02 -07:00
bloom.h
branch.c branch: error message checking out a branch in use 2023-08-08 18:27:30 -07:00
branch.h
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c Merge branch 'eb/limit-bulk-checkin-to-blobs' 2023-10-10 11:39:14 -07:00
bulk-checkin.h bulk-checkin: only support blobs in index_bulk_checkin 2023-09-26 10:17:56 -07:00
bundle-uri.c bundle-uri: mark unused parameters in callbacks 2023-08-29 17:56:26 -07:00
bundle-uri.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'dk/bundle-i18n-more' 2023-07-25 12:05:24 -07:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cbtree.c
cbtree.h
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
checkout.c
checkout.h
chunk-format.c chunk-format: drop pair_chunk_unsafe() 2023-10-09 15:55:02 -07:00
chunk-format.h chunk-format: drop pair_chunk_unsafe() 2023-10-09 15:55:02 -07:00
color.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'jk/chunk-bounds' 2023-10-23 13:56:36 -07:00
commit-graph.h commit-graph: check bounds when accessing BDAT chunk 2023-10-09 15:55:01 -07:00
commit-reach.c commit-reach: free temporary list in get_octopus_merge_bases() 2023-10-03 14:28:23 -07:00
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'rs/pack-objects-parseopt-fix' 2023-07-28 09:45:22 -07:00
commit.h
common-main.c
config.c Merge branch 'cw/prelim-cleanup' 2023-10-10 11:39:14 -07:00
config.h parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
config.mak.dev
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname win32: add a helper to run `git.exe` without a foreground window 2023-08-09 13:58:13 -07:00
configure.ac configure.ac: always save NO_ICONV to config.status 2023-07-19 10:07:55 -07:00
connect.c
connect.h
connected.c
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
copy.h
credential.c credential: mark unused parameter in urlmatch callback 2023-08-29 17:56:26 -07:00
credential.h
csum-file.c Merge branch 'ew/hash-with-openssl-evp' 2023-09-13 10:07:57 -07:00
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c daemon: free listen_addr before returning 2023-10-05 14:54:58 -07:00
date.c
date.h
decorate.c decorate: add clear_decoration() function 2023-10-05 14:54:55 -07:00
decorate.h decorate: add clear_decoration() function 2023-10-05 14:54:55 -07:00
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diagnose.c dir.[ch]: add 'follow_symlink' arg to 'get_dtype' 2023-10-09 15:53:13 -07:00
diagnose.h
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c Merge branch 'ar/diff-index-merge-base-fix' 2023-10-13 14:18:28 -07:00
diff-merges.c
diff-merges.h
diff-no-index.c Merge branch 'pw/diff-no-index-from-named-pipes' 2023-09-20 10:44:57 -07:00
diff.c diff --stat: set the width defaults in a helper function 2023-09-29 15:46:06 -07:00
diff.h diff --stat: set the width defaults in a helper function 2023-09-29 15:46:06 -07:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore-rotate.c
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c dir.[ch]: add 'follow_symlink' arg to 'get_dtype' 2023-10-09 15:53:13 -07:00
dir.h dir.[ch]: add 'follow_symlink' arg to 'get_dtype' 2023-10-09 15:53:13 -07:00
editor.c
editor.h
entry.c wrapper: reduce scope of remove_or_warn() 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
entry.h wrapper: reduce scope of remove_or_warn() 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
environment.c lower core.maxTreeDepth default to 2048 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
environment.h add core.maxTreeDepth config 2023-08-31 15:51:07 -07:00
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'ts/unpacklimit-config-fix' 2023-08-30 13:50:41 -07:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.c
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c fsck: detect very large tree pathnames 2023-08-31 15:51:07 -07:00
fsck.h fsck: detect very large tree pathnames 2023-08-31 15:51:07 -07:00
fsmonitor--daemon.h
fsmonitor-ipc.c fsmonitor: mark unused parameters in stub functions 2023-09-18 15:56:15 -07:00
fsmonitor-ipc.h
fsmonitor-ll.h
fsmonitor-path-utils.h
fsmonitor-settings.c fsmonitor: mark some maybe-unused parameters 2023-09-18 15:56:14 -07:00
fsmonitor-settings.h
fsmonitor.c
fsmonitor.h
generate-cmdlist.sh
generate-configlist.sh
generate-hooklist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-archimport.perl
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'mp/rebase-label-length-limit' 2023-08-24 09:32:33 -07:00
git-curl-compat.h
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py
git-quiltimport.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl git-send-email.perl: avoid printing undef when validating addresses 2023-09-18 12:04:30 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl git-svn: drop FakeTerm hack 2023-08-30 17:20:31 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh
git-zlib.c
git-zlib.h
git.c
git.rc
gpg-interface.c
gpg-interface.h
graph.c diff --stat: add config option to limit filename width 2023-09-18 09:39:07 -07:00
graph.h
grep.c grep: mark unused parmaeters in pcre fallbacks 2023-08-29 17:56:26 -07:00
grep.h
hash-ll.h Merge branch 'ew/hash-with-openssl-evp' 2023-08-09 16:18:15 -07:00
hash-lookup.c
hash-lookup.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c
help.h
hex-ll.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
hex-ll.h hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
hex.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
hex.h hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
hook.c
hook.h
http-backend.c Merge branch 'tb/refs-exclusion-and-packed-refs' 2023-07-21 13:47:26 -07:00
http-fetch.c
http-push.c
http-walker.c
http.c Merge branch 'jk/redact-h2h3-headers-fix' 2023-09-22 17:01:36 -07:00
http.h
ident.c Merge branch 'bc/ident-dot-is-no-longer-crud-letter' 2023-08-09 16:18:15 -07:00
ident.h
imap-send.c imap-send: mark unused parameters with NO_OPENSSL 2023-08-29 17:56:26 -07:00
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c revision: clear decoration structs during release_revisions() 2023-10-05 14:54:57 -07:00
line-log.h revision: clear decoration structs during release_revisions() 2023-10-05 14:54:57 -07:00
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c list-objects: respect max_allowed_tree_depth 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
list-objects.h
list.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c decorate: use commit color for HEAD arrow 2023-08-21 11:40:10 -07:00
log-tree.h pretty: add pointer and tag options to %(decorate) 2023-08-21 11:40:10 -07:00
ls-refs.c Merge branch 'tb/refs-exclusion-and-packed-refs' 2023-07-21 13:47:26 -07:00
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
match-trees.c
match-trees.h
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-ll.c
merge-ll.h
merge-ort-wrappers.c
merge-ort-wrappers.h
merge-ort.c Merge branch 'jc/merge-ort-attr-index-fix' 2023-10-18 13:25:42 -07:00
merge-ort.h
merge-recursive.c merge: introduce {copy|clear}_merge_options() 2023-10-11 13:37:47 -07:00
merge-recursive.h merge: introduce {copy|clear}_merge_options() 2023-10-11 13:37:47 -07:00
merge.c
merge.h
mergesort.h
midx.c midx: check size of revindex chunk 2023-10-09 15:55:01 -07:00
midx.h midx: check size of revindex chunk 2023-10-09 15:55:01 -07:00
name-hash.c
name-hash.h
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c
notes.h
object-file.c bulk-checkin: only support blobs in index_bulk_checkin 2023-09-26 10:17:56 -07:00
object-file.h
object-name.c
object-name.h
object-store-ll.h Merge branch 'tb/object-access-overflow-protection' 2023-07-25 12:05:23 -07:00
object-store.h
object.c
object.h
oid-array.c
oid-array.h
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
oidtree.c
oidtree.h
pack-bitmap-write.c pack-bitmap-write: rebuild using new bitmap when remapping 2023-10-02 14:54:30 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c pack-bitmap: mark unused parameters in show_object callback 2023-08-29 17:56:24 -07:00
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-mtimes.c
pack-mtimes.h
pack-objects.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c Merge branch 'jk/chunk-bounds' 2023-10-23 13:56:36 -07:00
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c
pack.h
packfile.c Merge branch 'jc/retire-get-sha1-hex' 2023-08-04 10:52:30 -07:00
packfile.h
pager.c
pager.h
parallel-checkout.c
parallel-checkout.h
parse-options-cb.c parse-options: mark unused parameters in noop callback 2023-09-05 14:48:17 -07:00
parse-options.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
parse-options.h parse-options: drop unused parse_opt_ctx_t member 2023-10-03 13:15:03 -07:00
parse.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
parse.h parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
preload-index.h
pretty.c pretty: fix ref filtering for %(decorate) formats 2023-10-09 11:25:13 -07:00
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
progress.h
promisor-remote.c
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
prompt.h
protocol-caps.c
protocol-caps.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
prune-packed.h
quote.c
quote.h
range-diff.c Merge branch 'kh/range-diff-notes' 2023-09-29 09:04:15 -07:00
range-diff.h
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache-ll.h
read-cache.c
read-cache.h
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
rebase.h
ref-filter.c ref-filter: add mailmap support 2023-09-25 14:52:34 -07:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
reflog.c
reflog.h
refs.c Merge branch 'jk/unused-parameter' 2023-07-25 12:05:24 -07:00
refs.h Merge branch 'tb/refs-exclusion-and-packed-refs' 2023-07-21 13:47:26 -07:00
refspec.c
refspec.h
remote-curl.c
remote.c Merge branch 'ah/advise-force-pushing' 2023-07-25 12:05:23 -07:00
remote.h
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c
repository.c
repository.h
rerere.c Merge branch 'jc/unresolve-removal' 2023-10-02 11:20:00 -07:00
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c Merge branch 'jc/unresolve-removal' 2023-10-02 11:20:00 -07:00
resolve-undo.h checkout: allow "checkout -m path" to unmerge removed paths 2023-07-31 16:16:44 -07:00
revision.c Merge branch 'jk/decoration-and-other-leak-fixes' 2023-10-13 14:18:28 -07:00
revision.h range-diff: treat notes like `log` 2023-09-19 14:40:19 -07:00
run-command.c Merge branch 'ma/locate-in-path-for-windows' 2023-08-09 16:18:16 -07:00
run-command.h
sane-ctype.h
scalar.c Merge branch 'ds/scalar-updates' 2023-08-29 13:51:44 -07:00
send-pack.c
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'ob/sequencer-remove-dead-code' 2023-09-20 10:44:58 -07:00
sequencer.h
serve.c
serve.h
server-info.c
server-info.h
setup.c Merge branch 'ds/scalar-updates' 2023-08-29 13:51:44 -07:00
setup.h Merge branch 'ds/scalar-updates' 2023-08-29 13:51:44 -07:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c
shallow.h
shared.mak
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
simple-ipc.h
sparse-index.c read_tree(): respect max_allowed_tree_depth 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
sparse-index.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
statinfo.c
statinfo.h
strbuf.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
strbuf.h
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strmap.c
strmap.h
strvec.c
strvec.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c
submodule.h
symlinks.c
symlinks.h
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c
trace.h
trace2.c wrapper: use trace2 counters to collect fsync stats 2023-07-20 11:52:53 -07:00
trace2.h Merge branch 'bb/use-trace2-counters-for-fsync-stats' 2023-08-02 09:37:23 -07:00
trailer.c trailer: split process_command_line_args into separate functions 2023-09-11 10:01:19 -07:00
trailer.h trailer: separate public from internal portion of trailer_iterator 2023-09-11 10:01:18 -07:00
transport-helper.c
transport-internal.h
transport.c
transport.h
tree-diff.c tree-diff: respect max_allowed_tree_depth 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
tree-walk.c traverse_trees(): respect max_allowed_tree_depth 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
tree-walk.h tree-walk: drop MAX_TRAVERSE_TREES macro 2023-08-31 15:51:07 -07:00
tree.c read_tree(): respect max_allowed_tree_depth 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
tree.h read_tree(): respect max_allowed_tree_depth 2023-08-31 15:51:08 -07:00
unicode-width.h unicode: update the width tables to Unicode 15.1 2023-09-25 16:17:28 -07:00
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unix-stream-server.c
unix-stream-server.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'cw/prelim-cleanup' 2023-10-10 11:39:14 -07:00
unpack-trees.h tree-walk: drop MAX_TRAVERSE_TREES macro 2023-08-31 15:51:07 -07:00
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'ds/upload-pack-error-sequence-fix' 2023-08-24 09:32:33 -07:00
upload-pack.h
url.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
url.h
urlmatch.c hex-ll: separate out non-hash-algo functions 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
versioncmp.h
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c worktree: mark unused parameters in noop repair callback 2023-08-29 17:56:25 -07:00
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
wrapper.h wrapper: reduce scope of remove_or_warn() 2023-09-29 15:14:56 -07:00
write-or-die.c parse: separate out parsing functions from config.h 2023-09-29 15:14:57 -07:00
write-or-die.h
ws.c
ws.h
wt-status.c Merge branch 'jk/tree-name-and-depth-limit' 2023-09-14 11:16:59 -07:00
wt-status.h
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h

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The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).

Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md (a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).

To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.

The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks