Re: [PATCH 1/2] sequencer: fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting author header

Hi Eric, On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, Eric Sunshine wrote: > When "git rebase -i --root" creates a new root commit (say, by swapping > in a different commit for the root), it corrupts the commit's "author" > header with trailing garbage: > > author A U Thor @1112912773 -0700...@example.com > > Thi

[PATCH 1/2] sequencer: fix "rebase -i --root" corrupting author header

When "git rebase -i --root" creates a new root commit (say, by swapping in a different commit for the root), it corrupts the commit's "author" header with trailing garbage: author A U Thor @1112912773 -0700...@example.com This is a result of read_author_ident() neglecting to NUL-terminate th