unpack_sha1_file: zero-pad the unpacked object.

This makes them easier to parse without having to worry about
running off the end, and allows us to treat commits as normal
strings.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index e6fdaa217..ac7bf9fd2 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void * unpack_sha1_file(void *map, unsigned long mapsize, char *type, unsigned l
 		return NULL;
 
 	bytes = strlen(buffer) + 1;
-	buf = xmalloc(*size);
+	buf = xmalloc(1+*size);
 
 	memcpy(buf, buffer + bytes, stream.total_out - bytes);
 	bytes = stream.total_out - bytes;
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ void * unpack_sha1_file(void *map, unsigned long mapsize, char *type, unsigned l
 		while (inflate(&stream, Z_FINISH) == Z_OK)
 			/* nothing */;
 	}
+	buf[*size] = 0;
 	inflateEnd(&stream);
 	return buf;
 }