Jonathan Nieder wrote: > - lb = strstr(a + 8, " <"); > - rb = strstr(a + 8, "> "); > - eol = strchr(a + 8, '\n'); > + n = a + strlen("\nauthor"); > + lb = strstr(n, " <"); > + rb = strstr(lb + 2, "> "); > + eol = strchr(rb + 2, '\n'); > if (!lb || !rb || !eol) > die("invalid commit: %s", use_message); Err, this will segv when it fails; better to use lb = a + strlen("\nauthor "); lb = strchrnul(lb, '<'); rb = strchrnul(lb, '>'); eol = strchrnul(rb, '\n'); if (!*lb || !*rb || !*eol) die("invalid commit: %s", use_message); This is even more permissive, but I think that’s okay. Sorry for the noise. Jonathan -- 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