On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 11:46:27AM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: [snip] > @@ -717,14 +715,14 @@ static int show_tag_object(const struct object_id *oid, struct rev_info *rev) > unsigned long size; > enum object_type type; > char *buf = repo_read_object_file(the_repository, oid, &type, &size); > - int offset = 0; > + unsigned long offset = 0; Why here we use `unsigned long`, is this a special situation where we cannot use `size_t`? > > if (!buf) > return error(_("could not read object %s"), oid_to_hex(oid)); > > assert(type == OBJ_TAG); > while (offset < size && buf[offset] != '\n') { > - int new_offset = offset + 1; > + unsigned long new_offset = offset + 1; > const char *ident; > while (new_offset < size && buf[new_offset++] != '\n') > ; /* do nothing */ > @@ -2183,7 +2182,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, > fmt_patch_suffix = cfg.fmt_patch_suffix; > > /* Make sure "0000-$sub.patch" gives non-negative length for $sub */ > - if (cfg.log.fmt_patch_name_max <= strlen("0000-") + strlen(fmt_patch_suffix)) > + if (cfg.log.fmt_patch_name_max <= cast_size_t_to_int(strlen("0000-") + strlen(fmt_patch_suffix))) A design question, why we don't change the type of `cfg.log.fmt_patch_name_max` to be `size_t`? > cfg.log.fmt_patch_name_max = strlen("0000-") + strlen(fmt_patch_suffix); > > if (cover_from_description_arg) > > -- > 2.48.0.rc0.184.g0fc57dec57.dirty > Thanks, Jialuo