This helper function looks for config in two places: transfer.hiderefs, or $section.hiderefs, where $section is passed in by the caller (and is "uploadpack" or "receive", depending on the context). In preparation for callers which do not even have that context (namely the "git-serve" command), let's handle a NULL by looking only at transfer.hiderefs (as opposed to segfaulting). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index f9936355cd..099e91d9cc 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -1267,7 +1267,8 @@ int parse_hide_refs_config(const char *var, const char *value, const char *secti { const char *key; if (!strcmp("transfer.hiderefs", var) || - (!parse_config_key(var, section, NULL, NULL, &key) && + (section && + !parse_config_key(var, section, NULL, NULL, &key) && !strcmp(key, "hiderefs"))) { char *ref; int len; -- 2.20.0.734.gb4f2c0d2be