The following command causes "fatal: Out of memory, realloc failed" error.
$ ./git --version
git version 1.7.5.GIT
$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[alias]
a = -c n=v status
$ MALLOC_CHECK_=0 ./git a
fatal: Out of memory, realloc failed
$ gdb --args ./git a
(gdb) run
*** glibc detected *** /tmp/git/git: realloc(): invalid pointer: 0x00000000007cd328 ***
...snip...
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff72c8a75 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007ffff72cc5c0 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007ffff73024fb in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3 0x00007ffff730c5b6 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#4 0x00007ffff73132e2 in realloc () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5 0x0000000000510bfb in xrealloc (ptr=0x7cd328, size=16) at wrapper.c:82
#6 0x0000000000405013 in handle_alias (argcp=0x7fffffffdfdc, argv=0x7fffffffdfd0) at git.c:236
#7 0x000000000040550a in run_argv (argcp=0x7fffffffdfdc, argv=0x7fffffffdfd0) at git.c:515
#8 0x000000000040566a in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe0f0) at git.c:579
When the "-c" option is specified, setenv will be called in git_config_push_parameter.
So it seems "envchanged" flag must be set to true in this case.
git.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index a5ef3c6..e04e4d4 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
usage(git_usage_string);
}
git_config_push_parameter((*argv)[1]);
+ if (envchanged)
+ *envchanged = 1;
(*argv)++;
(*argc)--;
} else {
After applying this patch, it works.
$ ./git a
fatal: alias 'a' changes environment variables
You can use '!git' in the alias to do this.
$ vi ~/.gitconfig
[alias]
a = !git -c n=v status
~~~~
$ ./git a
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
--
Kazuki Tsujimoto
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