new_tree_entry() doesn't zero or otherwise initialize the returned
entry, neither does release_tree_entry(). So it is quite possible
to get previously released data in a new entry.
parse_ls doesn't set entry->versions[0] fields, but it does call
store_tree(entry) which looks for this base sha1 and tries to do
delta compression with that random object.
Reset entry->versions[0] fields to make things more predictable
and to avoid surprises here.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ivankov <redacted>
---
fast-import.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 05cc55e..da9cb62 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2968,6 +2968,9 @@ static void parse_ls(struct branch *b)
} else {
struct object_entry *e = parse_treeish_dataref(&p);
root = new_tree_entry();
+ hashclr(root->versions[0].sha1);
+ root->versions[0].mode = 0;
+ root->versions[1].mode = S_IFDIR;
hashcpy(root->versions[1].sha1, e->idx.sha1);
load_tree(root);
if (*p++ != ' ')--
1.7.3.4