Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 04:25:40AM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > >> However, before we do that auto-namelen magic, we call >> interpret_nth_prior_checkout(), which gets fed the bogus >> "0". This was broken by 8cd4249c4 (interpret_branch_name: >> always respect "namelen" parameter, 2014-01-15). Though to >> be fair to that commit, it was broken in the _opposite_ >> direction before, where we would always treat "name" as a >> string even if a length was passed. > > That commit is mine, by the way. More embarrassing than introducing the > bug is that I _noticed_ the problem at the time and wrote a paragraph in > the commit message rationalizing why it was OK, rather than just doing > this trivial fix. Thanks, I should also be embarrased since I didn't even notice the issue when we queued it ;-)