Verify we know how to read a pack before trying to using it.

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 04f7f94d21eb61f5fefa7de45996e131ac20c016..5f34c69d3a80167a8337b9c6a5382e78f857428f 100644 (file)
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ int use_packed_git(struct packed_git *p)
                int fd;
                struct stat st;
                void *map;
+               struct pack_header *hdr;
 
                pack_mapped += p->pack_size;
                while (PACK_MAX_SZ < pack_mapped && unuse_one_packed_git())
@@ -482,6 +483,17 @@ int use_packed_git(struct packed_git *p)
                        die("packfile %s cannot be mapped.", p->pack_name);
                p->pack_base = map;
 
+               /* Check if we understand this pack file.  If we don't we're
+                * likely too old to handle it.
+                */
+               hdr = map;
+               if (hdr->hdr_signature != htonl(PACK_SIGNATURE))
+                       die("packfile %s isn't actually a pack.", p->pack_name);
+               if (!pack_version_ok(hdr->hdr_version))
+                       die("packfile %s is version %i and not supported"
+                               " (try upgrading GIT to a newer version)",
+                               p->pack_name, ntohl(hdr->hdr_version));
+
                /* Check if the pack file matches with the index file.
                 * this is cheap.
                 */