Merge branch 'ap/maint-diff-rename-avoid-overlap' into maint

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 052974eb9729cca92c9e86be6e71f46052bcb788..db952a5bc71ac967cb045bada8c71f5fda218ca2 100644 (file)
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,7 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
        const char *new = b;
        struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
        int pfx_length, sfx_length;
+       int pfx_adjust_for_slash;
        int len_a = strlen(a);
        int len_b = strlen(b);
        int a_midlen, b_midlen;
@@ -1290,7 +1291,18 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
        old = a + len_a;
        new = b + len_b;
        sfx_length = 0;
-       while (a <= old && b <= new && *old == *new) {
+       /*
+        * If there is a common prefix, it must end in a slash.  In
+        * that case we let this loop run 1 into the prefix to see the
+        * same slash.
+        *
+        * If there is no common prefix, we cannot do this as it would
+        * underrun the input strings.
+        */
+       pfx_adjust_for_slash = (pfx_length ? 1 : 0);
+       while (a + pfx_length - pfx_adjust_for_slash <= old &&
+              b + pfx_length - pfx_adjust_for_slash <= new &&
+              *old == *new) {
                if (*old == '/')
                        sfx_length = len_a - (old - a);
                old--;