On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Carlos Rica wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Johannes Schindelin
>> <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Carlos Rica wrote:
>> >> @@ -164,11 +162,10 @@ static int do_sign(struct strbuf *buffer)
>> >> int len;
>> >> int i, j;
>> >>
>> >> - if (!*signingkey) {
>> >> - if (strlcpy(signingkey, git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME),
>> >> - sizeof(signingkey)) > sizeof(signingkey) - 1)
>> >> - return error("committer info too long.");
>> >> - bracket = strchr(signingkey, '>');
>> >> + if (!signingkey->buf[0]) {
>> >
>> > It is probably better to ask for !signingkey->len (think of trying to
>> > understand the code in 6 months from now).
>>
>> I was in doubt here. By avoiding the use of signingkey->len I was
>> trying to say that you cannot rely in such field if we touch the
>> buffer directly, as it happens below:
>>
>> bracket = strchr(signingkey->buf, '>');
>> if (bracket)
>> bracket[1] = '\0';
>
> Oh, I missed that. It should read
>
> if (bracket)
> strbuf_setlen(signingkey, bracket + 1 - signingkey->buf);
>
> instead.
I agree! That's much better. Thanks Dscho and Junio.
Tell me if you need me to resend the patch with both changes.
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