When the -L argument to "git log" is passed the degenerate regular
expression "$" (as in "-L :$:line-range.c"), this results in an
infinite loop in find_funcname_matching_regexp() (the function
iterates through the file correctly, but when it reaches the end of
the file it matches $ against the empty string, "", and at that points
loops forever).
Modify the loop condition from while (1) to while (*start) so that the
loop exits when start is the empty string. In this case, "git log" exits
with the error:
fatal: -L parameter '$' starting at line 1: no match
Originally reported in <https://stackoverflow.com/q/74690545/147356>.
Signed-off-by: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
line-range.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/line-range.c b/line-range.c
index 955a8a9535..9482d93d62 100644
--- a/line-range.c
+++ b/line-range.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static const char *find_funcname_matching_regexp(xdemitconf_t *xecfg, const char
{
int reg_error;
regmatch_t match[1];
- while (1) {
+ while (*start) {
const char *bol, *eol;
reg_error = regexec(regexp, start, 1, match, 0);
if (reg_error == REG_NOMATCH)
--
2.38.1
