When locking a symbolic ref to expire a reflog, lock the symbolic
ref (using REF_NODEREF) instead of its referent.
Add a test for this.
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
refs/files-backend.c | 3 ++-
t/t1410-reflog.sh | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 71848ab..5e67bfa 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -3314,7 +3314,8 @@ int reflog_expire(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
* reference itself, plus we might need to update the
* reference if --updateref was specified:
*/
- lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, sha1, NULL, NULL, 0, &type, &err);
+ lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, sha1, NULL, NULL, REF_NODEREF,
+ &type, &err);
if (!lock) {
error("cannot lock ref '%s': %s", refname, err.buf);
strbuf_release(&err);
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index c623824..9cf91dc 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -338,4 +338,14 @@ test_expect_failure 'reflog with non-commit entries displays all entries' '
test_line_count = 3 actual
'
+test_expect_success 'reflog expire operates on symref not referrent' '
+ git branch -l the_symref &&
+ git branch -l referrent &&
+ git update-ref referrent HEAD &&
+ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/the_symref refs/heads/referrent &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock" &&
+ touch .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock &&
+ git reflog expire --expire=all the_symref
+'
+
test_done
--
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc
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