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To remove bracketed strings containing "PATCH" from the subject line cleanup_subject() scans the subject for the opening bracket using an offset from the beginning of the line. It then searches for the closing bracket with strchr(). To calculate the length of the bracketed string it unfortunately adds rather than subtracts the offset from the result of strchr(). This leads to an out of bounds access in memmem() when looking to see if the brackets contain "PATCH". We have tests that trigger this bug that were added inae52d57f0b(t5100: add some more mailinfo tests, 2017-05-31). The commit message mentions that they are marked test_expect_failure as they trigger an assertion in strbuf_splice(). While it is reassuring that strbuf_splice() detects the problem and dies in retrospect that should perhaps have warranted a little more investigation. The bug was introduced by17635fc900(mailinfo: -b option keeps [bracketed] strings that is not a [PATCH] marker, 2009-07-15). I think the reason it has survived so long is that '-b' is not a popular option and without it the offset is always zero. This was found by the address sanitizer while I was cleaning up the test_todo idea in [1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/db558292-2783-3270-4824-43757822a389@gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
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See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
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If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
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(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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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