append_signoff: use size_t for string offsets

The append_signoff() function takes an "int" to specify the
number of bytes to ignore. Most callers just pass 0, and the
remainder use ignore_non_trailer() to skip over cruft.
That function also returns an int, and uses them internally.

On systems where size_t is larger than an int (i.e., most
64-bit systems), dealing with a ridiculously large commit
message could end up overflowing an int, producing
surprising results (e.g., returning a negative offset, which
would cause us to look outside the original string).

Let's consistently use size_t for these offsets through this
whole stack. As a bonus, this makes the meaning of
"ignore_footer" as an offset (and not a boolean) more clear.
But while we're here, let's also document the interface.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 0030e79940..873ef0d5b1 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1687,10 +1687,10 @@ const char *find_commit_header(const char *msg, const char *key, size_t *out_len
  * Returns the number of bytes from the tail to ignore, to be fed as
  * the second parameter to append_signoff().
  */
-int ignore_non_trailer(const char *buf, size_t len)
+size_t ignore_non_trailer(const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	int boc = 0;
-	int bol = 0;
+	size_t boc = 0;
+	size_t bol = 0;
 	int in_old_conflicts_block = 0;
 	size_t cutoff = wt_status_locate_end(buf, len);