die() with an error message if the argument is not a non-negative integer. This change tightens up parsing: '+' and '-', leading whitespace, and trailing junk are all disallowed now. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index be389ae..1cc5428 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -3830,7 +3830,8 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac) else if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev")) options->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV; else if (skip_prefix(arg, "--abbrev=", &arg)) { - options->abbrev = strtoul(arg, NULL, 10); + if (convert_i(arg, 10, &options->abbrev)) + die("--abbrev requires an integer argument"); if (options->abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV) options->abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV; else if (40 < options->abbrev) -- 2.1.4 -- 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