buffer = logmsg_reencode(commit, NULL, get_commit_output_encoding());
ident_line = find_commit_header(buffer, "author", &ident_len);
-
+ if (!ident_line)
+ die(_("missing author line in commit %s"),
+ oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
if (split_ident_line(&id, ident_line, ident_len) < 0)
die(_("invalid ident line: %.*s"), (int)ident_len, ident_line);