If the number gets too high for an int, weird things may happen, as signed overflows are undefined. Add a test to show this; rev-parse "sucessfully" interprets 100000000000000000000000000000000 to be the same as 0, at least on x64 with GCC 9.2.1 and Clang 8.0.1, which is obviously bogus. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh index 4ee009da66..5c4df47401 100755 --- a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh +++ b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh @@ -215,4 +215,12 @@ test_expect_success 'arg before dashdash must be a revision (ambiguous)' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_failure 'reject Nth parent if N is too high' ' + test_must_fail git rev-parse HEAD^100000000000000000000000000000000 +' + +test_expect_failure 'reject Nth ancestor if N is too high' ' + test_must_fail git rev-parse HEAD~100000000000000000000000000000000 +' + test_done -- 2.23.0
