If the user has asked that a new value be set for a reference, we use check_refname_format() to verify that the reference name satisfies all of the rules. But in other cases, at least check that refname_is_safe(). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 5 +++-- t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 2 +- t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh | 2 +- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 7c4eeb1..842c5c7 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -805,8 +805,9 @@ int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction, { assert(err); - if (new_sha1 && !is_null_sha1(new_sha1) && - check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) { + if ((new_sha1 && !is_null_sha1(new_sha1)) ? + check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL) : + !refname_is_safe(refname)) { strbuf_addf(err, "refusing to update ref with bad name '%s'", refname); return -1; diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh index 40b0cce..08bd8fd 100755 --- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh +++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_expect_success setup ' m=refs/heads/master n_dir=refs/heads/gu n=$n_dir/fixes -outside=foo +outside=refs/foo test_expect_success \ "create $m" \ diff --git a/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh b/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh index 25ddab4..8937e25 100755 --- a/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh +++ b/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ test_expect_success 'update-ref -d cannot delete non-ref in .git dir' ' echo precious >expect && test_must_fail git update-ref -d my-private-file >output 2>error && test_must_be_empty output && - test_i18ngrep -e "cannot lock .*: unable to resolve reference" error && + test_i18ngrep -e "refusing to update ref with bad name" error && test_cmp expect .git/my-private-file ' -- 2.8.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html