"Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -105,8 +106,14 @@ int block_writer_add(struct block_writer *w, struct reftable_record *rec) > int is_restart = 0; > struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT; > int n = 0; > + int err = -1; > > reftable_record_key(rec, &key); > + if (!key.len) { > + err = REFTABLE_API_ERROR; > + goto done; > + } OK; we get an API_ERROR when trying to write a bad one. And ... > @@ -332,6 +334,9 @@ int block_iter_next(struct block_iter *it, struct reftable_record *rec) > if (n < 0) > return -1; > > + if (!key.len) > + return REFTABLE_FORMAT_ERROR; ... we get a FORMAT_ERROR when the data we try to read is bad (i.e. not our fault). OK. > @@ -358,6 +363,8 @@ int block_reader_first_key(struct block_reader *br, struct strbuf *key) > int n = reftable_decode_key(key, &extra, empty, in); > if (n < 0) > return n; > + if (!key->len) > + return -1; It is curious that this gets a different error out of the same sequence, i.e. decode-key did not return an error but the length of the key happens to be 0, not FORMAT_ERROR. > diff --git a/reftable/writer.c b/reftable/writer.c > index 944c2329ab5..d54215a50dc 100644 > --- a/reftable/writer.c > +++ b/reftable/writer.c > @@ -240,14 +240,13 @@ static int writer_add_record(struct reftable_writer *w, > > writer_reinit_block_writer(w, reftable_record_type(rec)); > err = block_writer_add(w->block_writer, rec); > - if (err < 0) { > + if (err == -1) { > /* we are writing into memory, so an error can only mean it > * doesn't fit. */ > err = REFTABLE_ENTRY_TOO_BIG_ERROR; > goto done; > } > > - err = 0; Is this "doesn't fit" related to "we catch 0-length keys", or an unrelated fix was included in this step by "rebase -i" mistake?