Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> When running on an x86_64 system (either debian unstable or rawhide) >> I see only this: >> >> 0 blocks >> error: Object 0d57588da39d10795486bd5451bc2660832228e6 is a commit, not a tree >> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly >>... >> diff --git a/object.c b/object.c >> index 16793d9..eb59550 100644 >> --- a/object.c >> +++ b/object.c >> @@ -142,10 +142,14 @@ struct object *parse_object_buffer(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type t >> obj = &blob->object; >> } else if (type == OBJ_TREE) { >> struct tree *tree = lookup_tree(sha1); >> - obj = &tree->object; >> - if (!tree->object.parsed) { >> - parse_tree_buffer(tree, buffer, size); >> - eaten = 1; >> + if (!tree) >> + obj = NULL; >> + else { >> + obj = &tree->object; >> + if (!tree->object.parsed) { >> + parse_tree_buffer(tree, buffer, size); >> + eaten = 1; >> + } >> } >> } else if (type == OBJ_COMMIT) { >> struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1); > > While this change may be a prudent safeguard, there is something > else going on. Can you provide the callchain that led to the > parse_object_buffer() that gave SHA1 of a commit object with > type set to OBJ_TREE? Which caller does that bogus combination? Sure. Here's valgrind output from running this (from my reproducer): valgrind --trace-children=yes git clone . k --------------- error: Object 0d57588da39d10795486bd5451bc2660832228e6 is a commit, not a tree ==9483== Invalid read of size 1 ==9483== at 0x405C27: parse_object_buffer (object.c:146) ==9483== by 0x405CE4: parse_object (object.c:187) ==9483== by 0x403185: send_ref (upload-pack.c:561) ==9483== by 0x408EEF: do_for_each_ref (refs.c:546) ==9483== by 0x4036EC: main (upload-pack.c:587) ==9483== Address 0x0 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd ==9483== ==9483== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV) ==9483== Access not within mapped region at address 0x0 ==9483== at 0x405C27: parse_object_buffer (object.c:146) ==9483== by 0x405CE4: parse_object (object.c:187) ==9483== by 0x403185: send_ref (upload-pack.c:561) ==9483== by 0x408EEF: do_for_each_ref (refs.c:546) ==9483== by 0x4036EC: main (upload-pack.c:587) ... fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html