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-rw-r--r--sha1_file.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 04f7f94d2..5f34c69d3 100644
--- 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.
*/