If a repository gets in a broken state with too much symref nesting,
it cannot be repaired with "git branch -d":
$ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/nonsense refs/heads/nonsense
$ git branch -d nonsense
error: branch 'nonsense' not found.
Worse, "git update-ref --no-deref -d" doesn't work for such repairs
either:
$ git update-ref -d refs/heads/nonsense
error: unable to resolve reference refs/heads/nonsense: Too many levels of symbolic links
Fix both by teaching resolve_ref_unsafe a new RESOLVE_REF_NODEREF flag
and passing it when appropriate.
Callers can still read the value of a symref (for example to print a
message about it) with that flag set --- resolve_ref_unsafe will
resolve one level of symrefs and stop there.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>
---
builtin/branch.c | 3 ++-
cache.h | 1 +
refs.c | 10 ++++++++++
t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
t/t3200-branch.sh | 9 +++++++++
5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index f144808..7925660 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
free(name);
name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf);
- target = resolve_ref_unsafe(name, sha1, &flags, 0);
+ target = resolve_ref_unsafe(name, sha1,
+ &flags, RESOLVE_REF_NODEREF);
if (!target ||
(!(flags & REF_ISSYMREF) && is_null_sha1(sha1))) {
error(remote_branch
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 2d3c5ed..03ade12 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ extern int read_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
* errno is set to something meaningful on error.
*/
#define RESOLVE_REF_READING 0x01
+#define RESOLVE_REF_NODEREF 0x02
extern const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int *flags, int resolve_flags);
extern char *resolve_refdup(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int *flags, int resolve_flags);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index a5f9734..f11df33 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,10 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int *fl
refname = refname_buffer;
if (flags)
*flags |= REF_ISSYMREF;
+ if (resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_NODEREF) {
+ hashclr(sha1);
+ return refname;
+ }
continue;
}
}
@@ -1471,6 +1475,10 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int *fl
return NULL;
}
refname = strcpy(refname_buffer, buf);
+ if (resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_NODEREF) {
+ hashclr(sha1);
+ return refname;
+ }
}
}
@@ -2110,6 +2118,8 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
if (mustexist)
resolve_flags |= RESOLVE_REF_READING;
+ if (flags & REF_NODEREF)
+ resolve_flags |= RESOLVE_REF_NODEREF;
refname = resolve_ref_unsafe(refname, lock->old_sha1, &type,
resolve_flags);
diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index 0218e96..ff4607b 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ test_expect_success "delete symref without dereference when the referred ref is
cp -f .git/HEAD.orig .git/HEAD
git update-ref -d $m
+test_expect_success 'update-ref -d is not confused by self-reference' '
+ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/self refs/heads/self &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/self" &&
+ test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/self &&
+ test_must_fail git update-ref -d refs/heads/self &&
+ test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/self
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update-ref --no-deref -d can delete self-reference' '
+ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/self refs/heads/self &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/self" &&
+ test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/self &&
+ git update-ref --no-deref -d refs/heads/self &&
+ test_path_is_missing .git/refs/heads/self
+'
+
test_expect_success '(not) create HEAD with old sha1' "
test_must_fail git update-ref HEAD $A $B
"
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index ac31b71..432921b 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -285,6 +285,15 @@ test_expect_success 'deleting a dangling symref' '
test_i18ncmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'deleting a self-referential symref' '
+ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/self-reference refs/heads/self-reference &&
+ test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/self-reference &&
+ echo "Deleted branch self-reference (was refs/heads/self-reference)." >expect &&
+ git branch -d self-reference >actual &&
+ test_path_is_missing .git/refs/heads/self-reference &&
+ test_i18ncmp expect actual
+'
+
test_expect_success 'renaming a symref is not allowed' '
git symbolic-ref refs/heads/master2 refs/heads/master &&
test_must_fail git branch -m master2 master3 &&
--
2.1.0.rc2.206.gedb03e5
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