Hi Stefan, On Mon, 14 May 2018, Stefan Beller wrote: > Any other caller of 'repo_read_index' dies upon a negative return of > it, so grep should, too. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Found while reviewing the series > https://public-inbox.org/git/20180514105823.8378-1-ao2@xxxxxx/ > > builtin/grep.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c > index 6e7bc76785a..69f0743619f 100644 > --- a/builtin/grep.c > +++ b/builtin/grep.c > @@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, struct repository *repo, > strbuf_addstr(&name, repo->submodule_prefix); > } > > - repo_read_index(repo); > + if (repo_read_index(repo) < 0) > + die("index file corrupt"); Looks obviously correct, thanks! Ciao, Dscho