Subject: [PATCH] grep: handle corrupt index files early

From: Stefan Beller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 13:00:27 -0700

Any other caller of 'repo_read_index' dies upon a negative return of
it, so grep should, too.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <[email-masked]>
---

Found while reviewing the series
https://public-inbox.org/git/[email-masked]/

 builtin/grep.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 6e7bc76785a..69f0743619f 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, struct repository *repo,
 		strbuf_addstr(&name, repo->submodule_prefix);
 	}
 
-	repo_read_index(repo);
+	if (repo_read_index(repo) < 0)
+		die("index file corrupt");
 
 	for (nr = 0; nr < repo->index->cache_nr; nr++) {
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = repo->index->cache[nr];
-- 
2.17.0.582.gccdcbd54c44.dirty