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f644dc8494 notes: fix memory leak when pruning notes
In `prune_notes()` we first store the notes that are to be deleted in a
local list, and then iterate through that list to delete those notes one
by one. We never free the list though and thus leak its memory. Fix
this.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:05 -07:00
9748537437 revision: fix leaking display notes
We never free the display notes options embedded into `struct revision`.
Implement a new function `release_display_notes()` that we can call in
`release_revisions()` to fix this.

There is another gotcha here though: we play some games with the string
list used to track extra notes refs, where we sometimes set the bit that
indicates that strings should be strdup'd and sometimes unset it. This
dance is done to avoid a copy of an already-allocated string when we
call `enable_ref_display_notes()`. But this dance is rather pointless as
we can instead call `string_list_append_nodup()` to transfer ownership
of the allocated string to the list.

Refactor the code to do so and drop the `strdup_strings` dance.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:05 -07:00
3d31d38255 merge-recursive: fix leaking rename conflict info
When computing rename conflicts in our recursive merge algorithm we set
up `struct rename_conflict_info`s to track that information. We never
free those data structures though and thus leak memory.

We need to be a bit more careful here though because the same rename
conflict info can be assigned to multiple structures. Accommodate for
this by introducing a `rename_conflict_info_owned` bit that we can use
to steer whether or not the rename conflict info shall be free'd.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:05 -07:00
afb0653d23 biultin/rev-parse: fix memory leaks in --parseopt mode
We have a bunch of memory leaks in git-rev-parse(1)'s `--parseopt` mode.
Refactor the code to use `struct strvec`s to make it easier for us to
track the lifecycle of those leaking variables and then free them.

While at it, remove the unneeded static lifetime for some of the
variables.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:05 -07:00
11ee9a75e7 bundle: plug leaks in create_bundle()
When creating a bundle, we set up a revision walk, but never release
data associated with it. Furthermore, we create a mostly-shallow copy of
that revision walk where we only adapt its pending objects such that we
can reuse the walk. While that copy must not be released, the pending
objects array need to be.

Plug those memory leaks by releasing the revision walk and the pending
objects of the copied revision walk.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:05 -07:00
bb8c43d5cd notes-utils: free note trees when releasing copied notes
While we clear most of the members of `struct notes_rewrite_cfg` in
`finish_copy_notes_for_rewrite()`, we do not clear the notes tree. Fix
this to plug this memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:05 -07:00
14da26230a parse-options: fix leaks for users of OPT_FILENAME
The `OPT_FILENAME()` option will, if set, put an allocated string into
the user-provided variable. Consequently, that variable thus needs to be
free'd by the caller of `parse_options()`. Some callsites don't though
and thus leak memory. Fix those.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:04 -07:00
56931c4d89 revision: fix memory leak when reversing revisions
When reversing revisions in a rev walk, `get_revision()` will allocate a
new commit list and assign it to `revs->commits`. It does not free the
old list though, which makes it leak. Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-11 13:15:04 -07:00
8d94cfb545 The twelfth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 10:30:39 -07:00
5235e56ea5 Merge branch 'jk/leakfixes'
Memory leaks in "git mv" has been plugged.

* jk/leakfixes:
  mv: replace src_dir with a strvec
  mv: factor out empty src_dir removal
  mv: move src_dir cleanup to end of cmd_mv()
  t-strvec: mark variable-arg helper with LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
  t-strvec: use va_end() to match va_start()
2024-06-10 10:30:39 -07:00
718b50e3bf Merge branch 'iw/trace-argv-on-alias'
The alias-expanded command lines are logged to the trace output.

* iw/trace-argv-on-alias:
  run-command: show prepared command
  Documentation: alias: add notes on shell expansion
  Documentation: alias: rework notes into points
2024-06-10 10:30:38 -07:00
d7b97b7185 diff: let external diffs report that changes are uninteresting
The options --exit-code and --quiet instruct git diff to indicate
whether it found any significant changes by exiting with code 1 if it
did and 0 if there were none.  Currently this doesn't work if external
diff programs are involved, as we have no way to learn what they found.

Add that ability in the form of the new configuration options
diff.trustExitCode and diff.<driver>.trustExitCode and the environment
variable GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF_TRUST_EXIT_CODE.  They pair with the config
options diff.external and diff.<driver>.command and the environment
variable GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF, respectively.

The new options are off by default, keeping the old behavior.  Enabling
them indicates that the external diff returns exit code 1 if it finds
significant changes and 0 if it doesn't, like diff(1).

The name of the new options is taken from the git difftool and mergetool
options of similar purpose.  (There they enable passing on the exit code
of a diff tool and to infer whether a merge done by a merge tool is
successful.)

The new feature sets the diff flag diff_from_contents in
diff_setup_done() if we need the exit code and are allowed to call
external diffs.  This disables the optimization that avoids calling the
program with --quiet.  Add it back by skipping the call if the external
diff is not able to report empty diffs.  We can only do that check after
evaluating the file-specific attributes in run_external_diff().

If we do run the external diff with --quiet, send its output to
/dev/null.

I considered checking the output of the external diff to check whether
its empty.  It was added as 11be65cfa4 (diff: fix --exit-code with
external diff, 2024-05-05) and quickly reverted, as it does not work
with external diffs that do not write to stdout.  There's no reason why
a graphical diff tool would even need to write anything there at all.

I also considered using a non-zero exit code for empty diffs, which
could be done without adding new configuration options.  We'd need to
disable the optimization that allows git diff --quiet to skip calling
external diffs, though -- that might be quite surprising if graphical
diff programs are involved.  And assigning the opposite meaning of the
exit codes compared to diff(1) and git diff --exit-code to the external
diff can cause unnecessary confusion.

Suggested-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:20:46 -07:00
54443bbfc3 userdiff: add and use struct external_diff
Wrap the string specifying the external diff command in a new struct to
simplify adding attributes, which the next patch will do.

Make sure external_diff() still returns NULL if neither the environment
variable GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF nor the configuration option diff.external is
set, to continue allowing its use in a boolean context.

Use a designated initializer for the default builtin userdiff driver to
adjust to the type change of the second struct member.  Spelling out
only the non-zero members improves readability as a nice side-effect.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:19:20 -07:00
33be6cf51a t4020: test exit code with external diffs
Add tests to check the exit code of git diff with its options --quiet
and --exit-code when using an external diff program.  Currently we
cannot tell whether it found significant changes or not.

While at it, document briefly that --quiet turns off execution of
external diff programs because that behavior surprised me for a moment
while writing the tests.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:19:20 -07:00
99c7de732e __attribute__: add a few missing format attributes
A public function mem_pool_strfmt() takes printf like parameters,
but is not given an attribute as such.  Also a few file-scope static
functions were missing their format attribute.

Add them.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:16:30 -07:00
ba744647ea __attribute__: mark some functions with LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
Some varargs functions that use NULL-terminated parameter list were
missing __attributes__ ((sentinel)) aka LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL.

Add them.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:16:30 -07:00
f52c9a2a28 __attribute__: remove redundant attribute declaration for git_die_config()
The convention is to declare the function attribute to an extern
function together with its declaration in the header file, without
repeating the attribute declaration with its definition in the .c
source file (a file-scope static function declares its attribute
together with its definition in the .c file it is defined, as there
is no other place to do so).

The definition of git_die_config() in config.c did not follow the
convention and had its attribute declared with both its declaration
in the header and its definition in the .c source file.

Remove the one in the config.c to match everybody else.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:16:30 -07:00
89e78c7cda __attribute__: trace2_region_enter_printf() is like "printf"
The last part of the parameter list the function takes is like
parameters to printf.  Mark it as such.

An existing call that formats a value of type size_t using "%d" was
found by the compiler with the help with this annotation; fix it.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-10 09:16:19 -07:00
bf6a86236e worktree_git_path(): move the declaration to path.h
The definition of this function is in path.c but its declaration is
in worktree.h, which is something unexpected.  The function is
explained as "Similar to git_path()"; declaring it next to where
git_path() is declared would make more sense.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-08 11:42:37 -07:00
e83055ecb0 doc: interactive.singleKey is disabled by default
Make it clear that the interactive.singleKey configuration option is
disabled by default, using rather subtle wording that avoids an
emphasis on the actual default value.  This should eliminate any
associated doubts.

While there, touch up the remaining wording of the description a bit.

Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 15:27:41 -07:00
f96c385449 format-patch: assume --cover-letter for diff in multi-patch series
When we deal with a multi-patch series in git-format-patch(1), if we see
`--interdiff` or `--range-diff` but no `--cover-letter`, we return with
an error, saying:

    fatal: --range-diff requires --cover-letter or single patch

or:

    fatal: --interdiff requires --cover-letter or single patch

This makes sense because the cover-letter is where we place the diff
from the previous version.

However, considering that `format-patch` generates a multi-patch as
needed, let's adopt a similar "cover as necessary" approach when using
`--interdiff` or `--range-diff`.

Therefore, relax the requirement for an explicit `--cover-letter` in a
multi-patch series when the user says `--iterdiff` or `--range-diff`.

Still, if only to return the error, respect "format.coverLetter=no" and
`--no-cover-letter`.

Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 14:02:13 -07:00
bc665cdab7 t4014: cleanups in a few tests
Arrange things we are going to create to be removed at end, and then
start creating them.  That way, we will clean them up even if we fail
after creating some but before the end of the command.

Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 14:02:12 -07:00
1b76f06508 Merge branch 'tb/midx-write-cleanup'
Code clean-up around writing the .midx files.

* tb/midx-write-cleanup:
  pack-bitmap.c: reimplement `midx_bitmap_filename()` with helper
  midx: replace `get_midx_rev_filename()` with a generic helper
  midx-write.c: support reading an existing MIDX with `packs_to_include`
  midx-write.c: extract `fill_packs_from_midx()`
  midx-write.c: extract `should_include_pack()`
  midx-write.c: pass `start_pack` to `compute_sorted_entries()`
  midx-write.c: reduce argument count for `get_sorted_entries()`
  midx-write.c: tolerate `--preferred-pack` without bitmaps
2024-06-07 10:57:23 -07:00
e3d2364c45 imap-send: free all_msgs strbuf in "out" label
We read stdin into a strbuf, but most code paths never release it,
causing a leak (albeit a minor one, as we leak only when exiting from
the main function of the program).

Commit 56f4f4a29d (imap-send: minimum leakfix, 2024-06-04) did the
minimum to plug the one instance we see in the test suite, when we read
an empty input. But it was sufficient only because aside from this noop
invocation, we don't test imap-send at all!

The right spot to free is in the "out" label, which is hit by all code
paths before leaving the function. We couldn't do that in 56f4f4a29d
because there was no unified exit path. That came separately in
3aca5f7fb0 (imap-send: fix leaking memory in `imap_server_conf`,
2024-06-04), which cleaned up many other leaks (but not this one).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:32:53 -07:00
f5598fcb7b Merge branch 'jc/t1517-more' into jk/imap-send-plug-all-msgs-leak
* jc/t1517-more:
  imap-send: minimum leakfix
  t1517: more coverage for commands that work without repository
2024-06-07 10:32:20 -07:00
7986451963 Merge branch 'ps/no-writable-strings' into jk/imap-send-plug-all-msgs-leak
* ps/no-writable-strings: (46 commits)
  config.mak.dev: enable `-Wwrite-strings` warning
  builtin/merge: always store allocated strings in `pull_twohead`
  builtin/rebase: always store allocated string in `options.strategy`
  builtin/rebase: do not assign default backend to non-constant field
  imap-send: fix leaking memory in `imap_server_conf`
  imap-send: drop global `imap_server_conf` variable
  mailmap: always store allocated strings in mailmap blob
  revision: always store allocated strings in output encoding
  remote-curl: avoid assigning string constant to non-const variable
  send-pack: always allocate receive status
  parse-options: cast long name for OPTION_ALIAS
  http: do not assign string constant to non-const field
  compat/win32: fix const-correctness with string constants
  pretty: add casts for decoration option pointers
  object-file: make `buf` parameter of `index_mem()` a constant
  object-file: mark cached object buffers as const
  ident: add casts for fallback name and GECOS
  entry: refactor how we remove items for delayed checkouts
  line-log: always allocate the output prefix
  line-log: stop assigning string constant to file parent buffer
  ...
2024-06-07 10:32:02 -07:00
d66fe0726b config.mak.dev: enable -Wwrite-strings warning
Writing to string constants is undefined behaviour and must be avoided
in C. Even so, the compiler does not help us with this by default
because those constants are not in fact marked as `const`. This makes it
rather easy to accidentally assign a constant to a non-const variable or
field and then later on try to either free it or write to it.

Enable `-Wwrite-strings` to catch such mistakes. With this warning
enabled, the type of string constants is changed to `const char[]` and
will thus cause compiler warnings when being assigned to non-const
fields and variables.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:56 -07:00
71e01a0ebd builtin/merge: always store allocated strings in pull_twohead
The `pull_twohead` configuration may sometimes contain an allocated
string, and sometimes it may contain a string constant. Refactor this to
instead always store an allocated string such that we can release its
resources without risk.

While at it, manage the lifetime of other config strings, as well. Note
that we explicitly don't free `cleanup_arg` here. This is because the
variable may be assigned a string constant via command line options.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:56 -07:00
fc06676766 builtin/rebase: always store allocated string in options.strategy
The `struct rebase_options::strategy` field is a `char *`, but we do end
up assigning string constants to it in two cases:

  - When being passed a `--strategy=` option via the command line.

  - When being passed a strategy option via `--strategy-option=`, but
    not a strategy.

This will cause warnings once we enable `-Wwrite-strings`.

Ideally, we'd just convert the field to be a `const char *`. But we also
assign to this field via the GIT_TEST_MERGE_ALGORITHM envvar, which we
have to strdup(3P) into it.

Instead, refactor the code to make sure that we only ever assign
allocated strings to this field.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:55 -07:00
25a47ffac0 builtin/rebase: do not assign default backend to non-constant field
The `struct rebase_options::default_backend` field is a non-constant
string, but is being assigned a constant via `REBASE_OPTIONS_INIT`.
Fix this by using `xstrdup()` to assign the variable and introduce a new
function `rebase_options_release()` that releases memory held by the
structure, including the newly-allocated variable.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:55 -07:00
6d1f198f34 imap-send: fix leaking memory in imap_server_conf
We never free any of the config strings that we populate into the
`struct imap_server_conf`. Fix this by creating a common exit path where
we can free resources.

While at it, drop the unused member `imap_server_conf::name`.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:55 -07:00
cea1ff7f1f imap-send: drop global imap_server_conf variable
In "imap-send.c", we have a global `sturct imap_server_conf` variable
that keeps track of the configuration of the IMAP server. This variable
is being populated mostly via the Git configuration.

Refactor the code to allocate the structure on the stack instead of
having it globally. This change allows us to track its lifetime more
closely.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:54 -07:00
c77756015e mailmap: always store allocated strings in mailmap blob
Same as with the preceding commit, the `git_mailmap_blob` may sometimes
contain an allocated string and sometimes it may contain a string
constant. This is risky and can easily lead to bugs in case the variable
is getting re-assigned, where the code may then try to free the previous
value to avoid memory leaks.

Safeguard the code by always storing allocated strings in the variable.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:54 -07:00
844d190677 revision: always store allocated strings in output encoding
The `git_log_output_encoding` variable can be set via the `--encoding=`
option. When doing so, we conditionally either assign it to the passed
value, or if the value is "none" we assign it the empty string.
Depending on which of the both code paths we pick though, the variable
may end up being assigned either an allocated string or a string
constant.

This is somewhat risky and may easily lead to bugs when a different code
path may want to reassign a new value to it, freeing the previous value.
We already to this when parsing the "i18n.logoutputencoding" config in
`git_default_i18n_config()`. But because the config is typically parsed
before we parse command line options this has been fine so far.

Regardless of that, safeguard the code such that the variable always
contains an allocated string. While at it, also free the old value in
case there was any to plug a potential memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:54 -07:00
a3da6948c3 remote-curl: avoid assigning string constant to non-const variable
When processing remote options, we split the option line into two by
searching for a space. If there is one, we replace the space with '\0',
otherwise we implicitly assume that the value is "true" and thus assign
a string constant.

As the return value of strchr(3P) weirdly enough is a `char *` even
though it gets a `const char *` as input, the assigned-to variable also
is a non-constant. This is fine though because the argument is in fact
an allocated string, and thus we are allowed to modify it. But this will
break once we enable `-Wwrite-strings`.

Refactor the code stop splitting the fields with '\0' altogether.
Instead, we can pass the length of the option name to `set_option()` and
then use strncmp(3P) instead of strcmp(3P).

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:53 -07:00
5bd0851d97 send-pack: always allocate receive status
In `receive_status()`, we record the reason why ref updates have been
rejected by the remote via the `remote_status`. But while we allocate
the assigned string when a reason was given, we assign a string constant
when no reason was given.

This has been working fine so far due to two reasons:

  - We don't ever free the refs in git-send-pack(1)'

  - Remotes always give a reason, at least as implemented by Git proper.

Adapt the code to always allocate the receive status string and free the
refs.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:53 -07:00
e463c5e8a0 parse-options: cast long name for OPTION_ALIAS
We assign the long name for OPTION_ALIAS options to a non-constant value
field. We know that the variable will never be written to, but this will
cause warnings once we enable `-Wwrite-strings`.

Cast away the constness to be prepared for this change.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:53 -07:00
8d3a7ce441 http: do not assign string constant to non-const field
In `write_accept_language()`, we put all acceptable languages into an
array. While all entries in that array are allocated strings, the final
entry in that array is a string constant. This is fine because we
explicitly skip over the last entry when freeing the array, but will
cause warnings once we enable `-Wwrite-strings`.

Adapt the code to also allocate the final entry.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:53 -07:00
e7b40195ae compat/win32: fix const-correctness with string constants
Adjust various places in our Win32 compatibility layer where we are not
assigning string constants to `const char *` variables.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:52 -07:00
9c076c32fb pretty: add casts for decoration option pointers
The `struct decoration_options` have a prefix and suffix field which are
both non-constant, but we assign a constant pointer to them. This is
safe to do because we pass them to `format_decorations()`, which never
modifies these pointers, and then immediately discard the structure. Add
explicit casts to avoid compilation warnings with `-Wwrite-strings`.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:52 -07:00
9f03e4813a object-file: make buf parameter of index_mem() a constant
The `buf` parameter of `index_mem()` is a non-constant string. This will
break once we enable `-Wwrite-strings` because we also pass constants
from at least one callsite.

Adapt the parameter to be a constant. As we cannot free the buffer
without casting now, this also requires us to move the lifetime of the
nested buffer around.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:52 -07:00
724b6d1e18 object-file: mark cached object buffers as const
The buffers of cached objects are never modified, but are still stored
as a non-constant pointer. This will cause a compiler warning once we
enable the `-Wwrite-strings` compiler warning as we assign an empty
constant string when initializing the static `empty_tree` cached object.

Convert the field to be constant. This requires us to shuffle around
the code a bit because we memcpy(3P) into the allocated buffer in
`pretend_object_file()`. This is easily fixed though by allocating the
buffer into a temporary variable first.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:51 -07:00
32f9929109 ident: add casts for fallback name and GECOS
In `xgetpwuid_self()`, we return a fallback identity when it was not
possible to look up the current identity. This fallback identity needs
to be internal and must never be written to by the calles as specified
by getpwuid(3P). As both the `pw_name` and `pw_gecos` fields are marked
as non-constant though, it will cause a warning to assign constant
strings to them once compiling with `-Wwrite-strings`.

Add explicit casts to avoid the warning.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:51 -07:00
b31607a3e0 entry: refactor how we remove items for delayed checkouts
When finalizing a delayed checkout, we sort out several strings from the
passed-in string list by first assigning the empty string to those
filters and then calling `string_list_remove_empty_items()`. Assigning
the empty string will cause compiler warnings though as the string is
a `char *` once we enable `-Wwrite-strings`.

Refactor the code to use a `NULL` pointer with `filter_string_list()`
instead to avoid this warning.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:51 -07:00
394affd46d line-log: always allocate the output prefix
The returned string by `output_prefix()` is sometimes a string constant
and sometimes an allocated string. This has been fine until now because
we always leak the allocated strings, and thus we never tried to free
the string constant.

Fix the code to always return an allocated string and free the returned
value at all callsites.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:51 -07:00
42d2ad5556 line-log: stop assigning string constant to file parent buffer
Stop assigning a string constant to the file parent buffer and instead
assign an allocated string. While the code is fine in practice, it will
break once we compile with `-Wwrite-strings`.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:50 -07:00
86badd4d0a diff: cast string constant in fill_textconv()
The `fill_textconv()` function is responsible for converting an input
file with a textconv driver, which is then passed to the caller. Weirdly
though, the function also handles the case where there is no textconv
driver at all. In that case, it will return either the contents of the
populated filespec, or an empty string if the filespec is invalid.

These two cases have differing memory ownership semantics. When there is
a textconv driver, then the result is an allocated string. Otherwise,
the result is either a string constant or owned by the filespec struct.
All callers are in fact aware of this weirdness and only end up freeing
the output buffer when they had a textconv driver.

Ideally, we'd split up this interface to only perform the conversion via
the textconv driver, and BUG in case the caller didn't provide one. This
would make memory ownership semantics much more straight forward. For
now though, let's simply cast the empty string constant to `char *` to
avoid a warning with `-Wwrite-strings`. This is equivalent to the same
cast that we already have in `fill_mmfile()`.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:50 -07:00
81654d27bf builtin/remote: cast away constness in get_head_names()
In `get_head_names()`, we assign the "refs/heads/*" string constant to
`struct refspec_item::{src,dst}`, which are both non-constant pointers.
Ideally, we'd refactor the code such that both of these fields were
constant. But `struct refspec_item` is used for two different usecases
with conflicting requirements:

  - To query for a source or destination based on the given refspec. The
    caller either sets `src` or `dst` as the branch that we want to
    search for, and the respective other field gets populated. The
    fields should be constant when being used as a query parameter,
    which is owned by the caller, and non-constant when being used as an
    out parameter, which is owned by the refspec item. This is is
    contradictory in itself already.

  - To store refspec items with their respective source and destination
    branches, in which case both fields should be owned by the struct.

Ideally, we'd split up this interface to clearly separate between
querying and storing, which would enable us to clarify lifetimes of the
strings. This would be a much bigger undertaking though.

Instead, accept the status quo for now and cast away the constness of
the source and destination patterns. We know that those are not being
written to or freed, so while this is ugly it certainly is fine for now.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:50 -07:00
235ac3f81a refspec: remove global tag refspec structure
We have a global tag refspec structure that is used by both git-clone(1)
and git-fetch(1). Initialization of the structure will break once we
enable `-Wwrite-strings`, even though the breakage is harmless. While we
could just add casts, the structure isn't really required in the first
place as we can simply initialize the structures at the respective
callsites.

Refactor the code accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:49 -07:00
66f892bb07 reftable: cast away constness when assigning constants to records
The reftable records are used in multiple ways throughout the reftable
library. In many of those cases they merely act as input to a function
without getting modified by it at all. Most importantly, this happens
when writing records and when querying for records.

We rely on this in our tests and thus assign string constants to those
fields, which is about to generate warnings as those fields are of type
`char *`. While we could go through the process and instead allocate
those strings in all of our tests, this feels quite unnecessary.

Instead, add casts to `char *` for all of those strings. As this is part
of our tests, this also nicely serves as a demonstration that nothing
writes or frees those string constants, which would otherwise lead to
segfaults.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-06-07 10:30:49 -07:00