Hi Junio, On Tue, 6 Feb 2024, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c > > index c8e33f97755..982bcfc4b1d 100644 > > --- a/builtin/grep.c > > +++ b/builtin/grep.c > > @@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, > > > > data = repo_read_object_file(the_repository, &ce->oid, > > &type, &size); > > + if (!data) > > + die(_("unable to read tree %s"), oid_to_hex(&ce->oid)); > > init_tree_desc(&tree, data, size); > > > > hit |= grep_tree(opt, pathspec, &tree, &name, 0, 0); > > This caught my attention during today's integration cycle. Checking > nullness for data certainly is an improvement, but shouldn't we be > checking type as well to make sure it is a tree and not a random > tree-ish or even blob? That sounds right, but I am already stretching this patch beyond what I am funded to work on, and therefore I need to leave it at the current state. Ciao, Johannes