Earlier cache_tree_find() needs to be called with a valid cache_tree, but repeated look-up may find an invalid or missing cache_tree in between. Help simplify the callers by returning NULL to mean "nothing appropriate found" when the input is NULL. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- cache-tree.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c index 6dd8411..5481e43 100644 --- a/cache-tree.c +++ b/cache-tree.c @@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ struct cache_tree *cache_tree_read(const char *buffer, unsigned long size) static struct cache_tree *cache_tree_find(struct cache_tree *it, const char *path) { + if (!it) + return NULL; while (*path) { const char *slash; struct cache_tree_sub *sub; -- 1.6.3.1.145.gb74d77 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html