hi, although static code analysis have apparently been used/mentioned here, i did not see any mention of cppcheck (http://cppcheck.wiki.sourceforge.net) in the mailist archive. i was playing with cppcheck (1.32) on some OSS, so i decided to try it on git (1.6.3.1) as well. $ cppcheck -a -q -s . &> ccgit.txt possibly the most useful parts of the output are: $ grep -v 'is never used\|The scope of the variable\| Error: In' ccgit.txt i think only the ones about date.c (below note) are real defects (first chars are not checked). and also how about http://scan.coverity.com? i see it was mentined before (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/111562) with apparently no responses or arguments (there has been a suggestion of bad license terms in that message, but if the scan is suitable for so many FOSS (see all rungs) including the kernel, why would it be not good for git?). i think it could be a good free (as in beer) code check for git. regards note: [./builtin-apply.c:482]: (error) Using 'name' after it is deallocated / released [./compat/mingw.c:273]: (style) Found 'mktemp'. You should use 'mkstemp' instead [./compat/mkdtemp.c:5]: (style) Found 'mktemp'. You should use 'mkstemp' instead [./date.c:268]: (style) Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with numeric constant [./date.c:483]: (style) Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with numeric constant [./http-push.c:1419]: (error) Using 'lock' after it is deallocated / released [./read-cache.c:938] -> [./read-cache.c:759] -> [./read-cache.c:729]: (all) Array index out of bounds [./read-cache.c:938] -> [./read-cache.c:759] -> [./read-cache.c:731]: (all) Array index out of bounds [./read-cache.c:938] -> [./read-cache.c:759] -> [./read-cache.c:736]: (all) Array index out of bounds [./test-sha1.c:16]: (error) Memory leak: buffer
[./alloc.c:41]: (style) struct or union member 'any_object::object' is never used
[./alloc.c:42]: (style) struct or union member 'any_object::blob' is never used
[./alloc.c:43]: (style) struct or union member 'any_object::tree' is never used
[./alloc.c:44]: (style) struct or union member 'any_object::commit' is never used
[./alloc.c:45]: (style) struct or union member 'any_object::tag' is never used
[./archive-zip.c:31]: (style) struct or union member 'zip_local_header::_end' is never used
[./archive-zip.c:52]: (style) struct or union member 'zip_dir_header::_end' is never used
[./archive-zip.c:64]: (style) struct or union member 'zip_dir_trailer::_end' is never used
[./archive.c:278]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./builtin-apply.c:1445]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./builtin-apply.c:1912]: (style) The scope of the variable added can be limited
[./builtin-apply.c:2108]: (style) The scope of the variable len can be limited
[./builtin-apply.c:3246]: (style) The scope of the variable binary can be limited
[./builtin-apply.c:157]: (style) struct or union member 'patch::deflate_origlen' is never used
[./builtin-apply.c:482]: (error) Using 'name' after it is deallocated / released
[./builtin-blame.c:1540]: (style) The scope of the variable time_len can be limited
[./builtin-blame.c:1541]: (style) The scope of the variable tz can be limited
[./builtin-checkout.c:599]: (style) The scope of the variable has_dash_dash can be limited
[./builtin-commit.c:419]: (style) The scope of the variable saved_color_setting can be limited
[./builtin-grep.c:399]: (style) The scope of the variable kept can be limited
[./builtin-mailinfo.c:683]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./builtin-merge.c:527]: (style) The scope of the variable ret can be limited
[./builtin-mv.c:99]: (style) The scope of the variable src_is_dir can be limited
[./builtin-pack-objects.c:1023]: (style) The scope of the variable used_0 can be limited
[./builtin-pack-objects.c:1025]: (style) The scope of the variable ofs can be limited
[./builtin-pack-objects.c:1026]: (style) The scope of the variable c can be limited
[./builtin-remote.c:484]: (style) The scope of the variable flag can be limited
[./builtin-remote.c:1002]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./builtin-remote.c:1067]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./builtin-revert.c:52]: (style) The scope of the variable noop can be limited
[./builtin-show-branch.c:356]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./builtin-show-branch.c:834]: (style) The scope of the variable j can be limited
[./combine-diff.c:913]: (style) The scope of the variable offset can be limited
[./compat/mingw.c:273]: (style) Found 'mktemp'. You should use 'mkstemp' instead
[./compat/mkdtemp.c:5]: (style) Found 'mktemp'. You should use 'mkstemp' instead
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[./config.c:747]: (style) The scope of the variable section_len can be limited
[./config.c:816]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./connect.c:376]: (style) The scope of the variable hostlen can be limited
[./date.c:370]: (style) The scope of the variable now can be limited
[./date.c:268]: (style) Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with numeric constant
[./date.c:483]: (style) Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with numeric constant
[./diff-no-index.c:209]: (style) The scope of the variable j can be limited
[./diffcore-break.c:170]: (style) The scope of the variable score can be limited
[./dir.c:300]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./entry.c:97]: (style) The scope of the variable fd can be limited
[./entry.c:97]: (style) The scope of the variable ret can be limited
[./entry.c:100]: (style) The scope of the variable size can be limited
[./entry.c:101]: (style) The scope of the variable wrote can be limited
[./fast-import.c:945]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./git.c:138]: (style) The scope of the variable count can be limited
[./git.c:138]: (style) The scope of the variable option_count can be limited
[./grep.c:375]: (style) The scope of the variable match can be limited
[./help.c:132]: (style) The scope of the variable n can be limited
[./http-push.c:1162]: (style) The scope of the variable sha_ctx can be limited
[./http-push.c:128]: (style) struct or union member 'transfer_request::errorstr' is never used
[./http-push.c:1419]: (error) Using 'lock' after it is deallocated / released
[./imap-send.c:419]: (style) The scope of the variable va can be limited
[./imap-send.c:431]: (style) The scope of the variable va can be limited
[./imap-send.c:544]: (style) The scope of the variable n can be limited
[./imap-send.c:987]: (style) The scope of the variable s can be limited
[./imap-send.c:988]: (style) The scope of the variable pid can be limited
[./imap-send.c:1162]: (style) The scope of the variable j can be limited
[./imap-send.c:1163]: (style) The scope of the variable start can be limited
[./imap-send.c:33]: (style) struct or union member 'store_conf::path' is never used
[./imap-send.c:34]: (style) struct or union member 'store_conf::map_inbox' is never used
[./imap-send.c:42]: (style) struct or union member 'string_list::string' is never used
[./imap-send.c:48]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::master' is never used
[./imap-send.c:48]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::slave' is never used
[./imap-send.c:49]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::master_name' is never used
[./imap-send.c:49]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::slave_name' is never used
[./imap-send.c:50]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::sync_state' is never used
[./imap-send.c:51]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::patterns' is never used
[./imap-send.c:52]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::mops' is never used
[./imap-send.c:52]: (style) struct or union member 'channel_conf::sops' is never used
[./imap-send.c:59]: (style) struct or union member 'group_conf::channels' is never used
[./imap-send.c:71]: (style) struct or union member 'message::uid' is never used
[./imap-send.c:72]: (style) struct or union member 'message::status' is never used
[./imap-send.c:80]: (style) struct or union member 'store::path' is never used
[./imap-send.c:83]: (style) struct or union member 'store::opts' is never used
[./imap-send.c:143]: (style) struct or union member 'imap_store_conf::server' is never used
[./index-pack.c:298]: (style) The scope of the variable base_offset can be limited
[./object.c:189]: (style) The scope of the variable eaten can be limited
[./pretty.c:593]: (style) The scope of the variable h1 can be limited
[./pretty.c:593]: (style) The scope of the variable h2 can be limited
[./read-cache.c:938] -> [./read-cache.c:759] -> [./read-cache.c:729]: (all) Array index out of bounds
[./read-cache.c:938] -> [./read-cache.c:759] -> [./read-cache.c:731]: (all) Array index out of bounds
[./read-cache.c:938] -> [./read-cache.c:759] -> [./read-cache.c:736]: (all) Array index out of bounds
[./refs.c:69]: (style) The scope of the variable psize can be limited
[./refs.c:69]: (style) The scope of the variable qsize can be limited
[./refs.c:69]: (style) The scope of the variable cmp can be limited
[./sha1_file.c:1926]: (style) The scope of the variable offset can be limited
[./sha1_file.c:1989]: (style) The scope of the variable size can be limited
[./sha1_file.c:2519]: (style) The scope of the variable fd can be limited
[./sha1_name.c:684]: (style) The scope of the variable size can be limited
[./symlinks.c:76]: (style) The scope of the variable previous_slash can be limited
[./symlinks.c:77]: (style) The scope of the variable match_flags can be limited
[./test-sha1.c:16]: (error) Memory leak: buffer
[./unpack-trees.c:577]: (style) The scope of the variable ret can be limited
[./upload-pack.c:106]: (style) The scope of the variable i can be limited
[./xdiff/xprepare.c:140]: (style) The scope of the variable hav can be limited