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When git-daemon gets a pktline request, we strip off any trailing newline, replacing it with a NUL. Clients prior to5ad312bede(in git v1.4.0) would send: git-upload-pack repo.git\n and we need to strip it off to understand their request. After5ad312bede, we send the host attribute but no newline, like: git-upload-pack repo.git\0host=example.com\0 Both of these are parsed correctly by git-daemon. But if some client were to combine the two: git-upload-pack repo.git\n\0host=example.com\0 we don't parse it correctly. The problem is that we use the "len" variable to record the position of the NUL separator, but then decrement it when we strip the newline. So we start with: git-upload-pack repo.git\n\0host=example.com\0 ^-- len and end up with: git-upload-pack repo.git\0\0host=example.com\0 ^-- len This is arguably correct, since "len" tells us the length of the initial string, but we don't actually use it for that. What we do use it for is finding the offset of the extended attributes; they used to be at len+1, but are now at len+2. We can solve that by just leaving "len" where it is. We don't have to care about the length of the shortened string, since we just treat it like a C string. No version of Git ever produced such a string, but it seems like the daemon code meant to handle this case (and it seems like a reasonable thing for somebody to do in a 3rd-party implementation). Reported-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> 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-.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://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
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