gitweb: esc_html_hl_regions(): Don't create empty <span> elements

[Gitweb] / gitweb.perl

diff --git a/gitweb.perl b/gitweb.perl
index e8f277c35014e650251461b9e1706750a37afdc0bb6a33f370c09531d1387518..91663a4d044681f218a5bbbbff8eba71f6ce3abbc408a4cfef6f7291d72c55da 100755 (executable)
--- a/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb.perl
@@ -1741,6 +1741,9 @@ sub esc_html_hl_regions {
        for my $s (@sel) {
                my ($begin, $end) = @$s;
 
+               # Don't create empty <span> elements.
+               next if $end <= $begin;
+
                my $escaped = esc_html(substr($str, $begin, $end - $begin));
 
                $out .= esc_html(substr($str, $pos, $begin - $pos))