Passing a string list that has .strdup_strings bit unset to string_list_split(), or one that has .strdup_strings bit set to string_list_split_in_place(), is a programmer error. Do not use die() to abort the execution. Use BUG() instead. As a developer-facing message, the message string itself should be a lot more concise, but let's keep the original one for now. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- string-list.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c index 53faaa8420..0cb920e9b0 100644 --- a/string-list.c +++ b/string-list.c @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int string_list_split(struct string_list *list, const char *string, const char *p = string, *end; if (!list->strdup_strings) - die("internal error in string_list_split(): " + BUG("internal error in string_list_split(): " "list->strdup_strings must be set"); for (;;) { count++; @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int string_list_split_in_place(struct string_list *list, char *string, char *p = string, *end; if (list->strdup_strings) - die("internal error in string_list_split_in_place(): " + BUG("internal error in string_list_split_in_place(): " "list->strdup_strings must not be set"); for (;;) { count++; -- 2.50.1-633-g85c5610de3