Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Here's a proposed v2. We test the same case, but I thought it made >>> sense to test this more exhaustively. >> >> Let's first make a targetted fix that can be applied to maint and >> below. After that is merged to 'master', you are free to add more >> tests on top, > > Makes sense. I based Jeff's patch on top of mine to demonstrate that > those tests also catch the segfault. > >> but let's avoid to have more and more topics that go overboard. > > So "submit a new version on-top" or "maybe deal with your existing > topics first as you're overflowing my inbox" ? :) I suspect the latter.. What I meant is... Comparing the five-patch series with Peff's small fix that is more to the point, I have a feeling that the five-patch series, like many other series from you, may be made unnecessarily large by not resisting the temptation to including unessential "while at it" changes.