The @-parsing loop unnecessarily checks for the sequence "@{" from len - 2 unnecessarily. We can safely check from len - 4: write out a comment justifying this. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- sha1_name.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c index 3820f28..be1d12c 100644 --- a/sha1_name.c +++ b/sha1_name.c @@ -445,7 +445,23 @@ static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1) /* basic@{time or number or -number} format to query ref-log */ reflog_len = at = 0; if (len && str[len-1] == '}') { - for (at = len-2; at >= 0; at--) { + /* str = @} + * ^ + * len - 2; expression is senseless + * + * str = @{} + * ^ + * len - 3; expression is still senseless + * + * str = @{.} + * ^ + * len - 4 where . is any character; expression + * is worth investigating + * + * Therefore, if str ends with }, search three + * characters earlier for @{ + */ + for (at = len - 4; at >= 0; at--) { if (str[at] == '@' && str[at+1] == '{') { if (!upstream_mark(str + at, len - at)) { reflog_len = (len-1) - (at+2); -- 1.8.3.rc0.24.g6456091 -- 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