commit_format->name = xstrdup(name);
commit_format->format = CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT;
- git_config_string(&fmt, var, value);
+ if (git_config_string(&fmt, var, value))
+ return -1;
+
if (starts_with(fmt, "format:") || starts_with(fmt, "tformat:")) {
commit_format->is_tformat = fmt[0] == 't';
fmt = strchr(fmt, ':') + 1;