When get_value() parses a key/value pair, it is possible that the line number is decreased (because the \n has been consumed already) before the key/value pair is passed to the callback function, to allow for the correct line to be attributed in case of an error. However, when git_parse_source() asks get_value() to parse the key/value pair, the error reporting is performed *after* get_value() returns. Which means that we have to be careful not to increase the line number in get_value() after the callback function returned an error. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- config.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index 146cb3452ad..9b88531a70d 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ static int get_value(config_fn_t fn, void *data, struct strbuf *name) */ cf->linenr--; ret = fn(name->buf, value, data); - cf->linenr++; + if (!ret) + cf->linenr++; return ret; } -- 2.13.0.windows.1.460.g13f583bedb5