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When the loose_object_info() function returns an error stop faking up the "oi->typep" to OBJ_BAD. Let the return value of the function itself suffice. This code cleanup simplifies subsequent changes. That we set this at all is a relic from the past. Before052fe5eaca(sha1_loose_object_info: make type lookup optional, 2013-07-12) we would always return the type_from_string(type) via the parse_sha1_header() function, or -1 (i.e. OBJ_BAD) if we couldn't parse it. Then in a combination of46f034483e(sha1_file: support reading from a loose object of unknown type, 2015-05-03) andb3ea7dd32d(sha1_loose_object_info: handle errors from unpack_sha1_rest, 2017-10-05) our API drifted even further towards conflating the two again. Having read the code paths involved carefully I think this is OK. We are just about to return -1, and we have only one caller: do_oid_object_info_extended(). That function will in turn go on to return -1 when we return -1 here. This might be introducing a subtle bug where a caller of oid_object_info_extended() would inspect its "typep" and expect a meaningful value if the function returned -1. Such a problem would not occur for its simpler oid_object_info() sister function. That one always returns the "enum object_type", which in the case of -1 would be the OBJ_BAD. Having read the code for all the callers of these functions I don't believe any such bug is being introduced here, and in any case we'd likely already have such a bug for the "sizep" member (although blindly checking "typep" first would be a more common case). Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> 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.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. 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