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In37fec86a83(packfile: abstract away hash constant values, 2018-05-02), `nth_packed_object_id()` started using the variable `the_hash_algo->rawsz` instead of a fixed constant when trying to compute an offset into the ".idx" file for some object position. This can lead to surprising truncation when looking for an object towards the end of a large enough pack, like the following: (gdb) p hashsz $1 = 20 (gdb) p n $2 = 215043814 (gdb) p hashsz * n $3 = 5908984 , which is a debugger session broken on a known-bad call to the `nth_packed_object_id()` function. This behavior predates37fec86a83, and is original to the v2 index format, via:74e34e1fca(sha1_file.c: learn about index version 2, 2007-04-09). This is due to §6.4.4.1 of the C99 standard, which states that an untyped integer constant will take the first type in which the value can be accurately represented, among `int`, `long int`, and `long long int`. Since 20 can be represented as an `int`, and `n` is a 32-bit unsigned integer, the resulting computation is defined by §6.3.1.8, and the (signed) integer value representing `n` is converted to an unsigned type, meaning that `20 * n` (for `n` having type `uint32_t`) is equivalent to a multiplication between two unsigned 32-bit integers. When multiplying a sufficiently large `n`, the resulting value can exceed 2^32-1, wrapping around and producing an invalid result. Let's follow the example inf86f769550(compute pack .idx byte offsets using size_t, 2020-11-13) and replace this computation with `st_mult()`, which will ensure that the computation is done using 64-bits. While here, guard the corresponding computation for packs with v1 indexes, too. Though the likelihood of seeing a bug there is much smaller, since (a) v1 indexes are generated far less frequently than v2 indexes, and (b) they all correspond to packs no larger than 2 GiB, so having enough objects to trigger this overflow is unlikely if not impossible. Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.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.
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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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- 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