# Re: \[PATCH 0/3\] sparse-checkout: fix segfault on malformed patterns

- From: Derrick Stolee \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-12-08 14:23:28 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/12/7914299
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/12/7914197/t.md

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On 12/7/2021 4:51 PM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 12:02 PM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
> [ref] wrote:
>>
>> This series fixes some issues with parsing sparse-checkout patterns when
>> core.sparseCheckoutCone is enabled but the sparse-checkout file itself
>> contains patterns that don't match the cone mode format.
> 
> I was only able to find what I think is a small typo in one of the
> commits.  Everything else looks good to me.

Thanks. I'll give this a few more days for more feedback before sending
a v2 with that fix.
 
>> The first patch fixes a segfault first reported in [1]. The other two
>> patches are from an earlier submission [2] that never got picked up and I
>> lost track of. There was another patch involving 'git sparse-checkout init
> 
> Sorry for missing that series earlier.  Glad we've got some of them now.

The fault was my own for dropping this during a particularly busy time.

Thanks,
-Stolee
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