revparse: handle a non-existent path in the colon syntax oid_for_tree_path may not always find the path in the tree, in which case we need to return an error. The current code doesn't do this and results in undefined behavior.
diff --git a/src/revparse.c b/src/revparse.c
index 0c053b3..1f0e7da 100644
--- a/src/revparse.c
+++ b/src/revparse.c
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ static int handle_colon_syntax(git_object **out,
{
git_tree *tree;
git_oid oid;
+ int error;
/* Dereference until we reach a tree. */
if (dereference_to_type(&obj, obj, GIT_OBJ_TREE) < 0) {
@@ -575,8 +576,12 @@ static int handle_colon_syntax(git_object **out,
tree = (git_tree*)obj;
/* Find the blob at the given path. */
- oid_for_tree_path(&oid, tree, repo, path);
+ error = oid_for_tree_path(&oid, tree, repo, path);
git_tree_free(tree);
+
+ if (error < 0)
+ return error;
+
return git_object_lookup(out, repo, &oid, GIT_OBJ_ANY);
}