Stefan Beller <stefanbel...@gmail.com> writes:
> In line 1763 of unpack-tree.c we have a condition on the current tree
> if (current) {
> ...
> Within this block of code we can assume current to be non NULL, hence
> the code after the statement in line 1796:
> if (current)
> return ...
>
> cannot be reached.
>
> current/newtree/oldtree are used in the
> call to reject_merge() *only* for their path aka ce->name, and they
> all point at the same name (there is no rename funkies here); hence
> "all other failures" code path should just rely on current always
> being present.
>
> All referenced lines have been introduced in the same commit
> 076b0adc (2006-07-30, read-tree: move merge functions to the library),
> which was just moving the code around.
> The outer condition on the current tree (now in line 1763) was introduced
> in c859600954df4c292e, June 2005, [PATCH] read-tree: save more user hassles
> during fast-forward.
> The inner condition on the current tree was introduced in
> ee6566e8d70da682ac4926d, Sept. 2005, [PATCH] Rewrite read-tree
>
> This issue was found by coverity, Id:290002
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbel...@gmail.com>
> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com>
> ---
> unpack-trees.c | 12 ++++--------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> Did I understand you right, when changing to this one?
Something like that. I've already pushed out the original with a
tentative "SQUASH???" on top for today's integration; I'll try to
remember replacing them with this version.
Thanks.
>
> diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
> index c6aa8fb..42ee84e 100644
> --- a/unpack-trees.c
> +++ b/unpack-trees.c
> @@ -1789,15 +1789,11 @@ int twoway_merge(const struct cache_entry * const
> *src,
> /* 20 or 21 */
> return merged_entry(newtree, current, o);
> }
> + else if (o->gently) {
> + return -1 ;
> + }
> else {
> - /* all other failures */
> - if (oldtree)
> - return o->gently ? -1 : reject_merge(oldtree,
> o);
> - if (current)
> - return o->gently ? -1 : reject_merge(current,
> o);
> - if (newtree)
> - return o->gently ? -1 : reject_merge(newtree,
> o);
> - return -1;
> + reject_merge(current, o);
> }
> }
> else if (newtree) {
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