{"record":{"id":"3616720cea7d4ea2","repo":"GitoxideLabs/gitoxide","slug":"integer-overflow-361672","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Integer overflow","messagePattern":"Integer overflow","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"gix_config::value::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"gix/src/config/tree/sections/checkout.rs","lineNumber":56,"sourceCode":"                Ok(None) => Ok(None),\n                Err(err) => Err(crate::config::key::Error::from(&super::Checkout::WORKERS).with_source(err)),\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}\n\n///\npub mod validate {\n    use crate::{bstr::BStr, config::tree::keys};\n\n    pub struct Workers;\n    impl keys::Validate for Workers {\n        fn validate(&self, value: &BStr) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {\n            super::Checkout::WORKERS.try_from_workers(\n                gix_config::Integer::try_from(value)\n                    .and_then(|i| {\n                        i.to_decimal()\n                            .ok_or_else(|| gix_config::value::Error::new(\"Integer overflow\", value.to_owned()))\n                    })\n                    .map(Some),\n            )?;\n            Ok(())\n        }\n    }\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":38,"sourceCodeEnd":64,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/blob/e73179060badf27222d790981fac3f84c1830a7e/gix/src/config/tree/sections/checkout.rs#L38-L64","documentation":"When validating the `checkout.workers` config value, the config integer parsed successfully but could not be converted to a decimal machine value without overflow (`Integer::to_decimal()` returned `None`), so a `gix_config::value::Error` with message 'Integer overflow' is produced.","triggerScenarios":"Setting `checkout.workers` in `.git/config` or an included config to an integer too large for the target type (e.g. `99999999999999999999`).","commonSituations":"Typos adding extra digits; copy-pasted huge sentinel values; values intended as 'unlimited' written as an enormous number instead of an accepted keyword.","solutions":["Set `checkout.workers` to a value within the machine integer range (e.g. 1–128)","Remove or comment out the invalid value to fall back to the default","Use `git config checkout.workers <n>` to write a validated value"],"exampleFix":"// before (.git/config)\n[checkout]\n\tworkers = 99999999999999999999\n// after\n[checkout]\n\tworkers = 4","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"fn valid_workers(s: &str) -> bool {\n    s.parse::<i64>().map(|v| v > 0 && v <= 1024).unwrap_or(false)\n}\n// check before writing checkout.workers to config","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match gix::open(path) {\n    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains(\"Integer overflow\") => {\n        eprintln!(\"fix checkout.workers in config: {e}\");\n    }\n    other => other?,\n}","preventionTips":["Keep numeric config values small and human-sensible","Write config values programmatically via gix/git config APIs that validate them","Run a config validation pass (`gix config` parsing) after hand-editing configs"],"tags":["config","integer-overflow","validation","git"],"backgroundTag":"value-out-of-range","analyzedSha":"e73179060badf27222d790981fac3f84c1830a7e","analyzedAt":"2026-09-08T11:26:50.865Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-08T11:26:50.865Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-16T04:17:20.429Z"}