On 5/9/2019 5:32 PM, Jeff King wrote: > Instead, let's do our type check by loading the object via > parse_object(). That will attach the buffer to the struct so it can be > used later by check_commit_signature(). And it ensures that > lookup_commit() will return something sane. This is a good idea. > -static int run_gpg_verify(const struct object_id *oid, const char *buf, unsigned long size, unsigned flags) > +static int run_gpg_verify(struct commit *commit, unsigned flags) > { > struct signature_check signature_check; > int ret; > > memset(&signature_check, 0, sizeof(signature_check)); > > - ret = check_commit_signature(lookup_commit(the_repository, oid), > - &signature_check); > + ret = check_commit_signature(commit, &signature_check); > print_signature_buffer(&signature_check, flags); Bonus drop of the_repository. > > signature_check_clear(&signature_check); > @@ -38,26 +37,20 @@ static int run_gpg_verify(const struct object_id *oid, const char *buf, unsigned > > static int verify_commit(const char *name, unsigned flags) > { > - enum object_type type; > struct object_id oid; > - char *buf; > - unsigned long size; > - int ret; > + struct object *obj; > > if (get_oid(name, &oid)) > return error("commit '%s' not found.", name); > > - buf = read_object_file(&oid, &type, &size); > - if (!buf) > + obj = parse_object(the_repository, &oid); ...and it is back, but "higher" up. That's fine. > + if (!obj) > return error("%s: unable to read file.", name); > - if (type != OBJ_COMMIT) > + if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT) > return error("%s: cannot verify a non-commit object of type %s.", > - name, type_name(type)); > - > - ret = run_gpg_verify(&oid, buf, size, flags); > + name, type_name(obj->type)); > > - free(buf); > - return ret; > + return run_gpg_verify((struct commit *)obj, flags); > } You pointed out that you thought this patch was subtle. I agree that there is a slightly changed functionality, but it seems to be improving a possibly wrong behavior. Thanks, -Stolee