Pushing a short refname used to create a new ref on on the remote side if it did not yet exist. If you specified the wrong branch accidentally it was created. A safety valve that pushes only existing branches may help to avoid errors. This commit changes push to fail if the remote ref does not yet exist and the refspec does not start with refs/. Remote refs must explicitly be created with their full name. If you specify a branch name that does not yet exist on the remote side, git push will print a suggestion to push the full refname instead. The new behaviour is more defensive than the old one. You can now explicitly distinguish between "push existing branch" and "create new branch on the remote side". The old implementation allowed the same command line in both cases. A follow-up patch will add a flag '--create' that provides an alternative to using full refnames if creation of new refs is intended. Another follow-up patch will support "push origin HEAD". In this case, the existence check is important. If you're on the wrong branch and push HEAD you may be surprised if a new branch is created. This can be avoided by requiring either a full ref or the '--create' flag. The implementation in this patch is less "clever" and hopefully better readable than an ealier version of the patch. Thanks for the suggestions to Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> --- remote.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++--------- t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c index 170015a..cf6441a 100644 --- a/remote.c +++ b/remote.c @@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ static int match_explicit(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, { struct ref *matched_src, *matched_dst; - const char *dst_value = rs->dst; + const char *lit_dst_value; + const char *search_dst_value; if (rs->pattern) return errs; @@ -637,27 +638,33 @@ static int match_explicit(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, if (!matched_src) errs = 1; - if (!dst_value) { + if (rs->dst) { + lit_dst_value = search_dst_value = rs->dst; + } else { if (!matched_src) return errs; - dst_value = matched_src->name; + lit_dst_value = rs->src; + search_dst_value = matched_src->name; } - switch (count_refspec_match(dst_value, dst, &matched_dst)) { + switch (count_refspec_match(search_dst_value, dst, &matched_dst)) { case 1: break; case 0: - if (!memcmp(dst_value, "refs/", 5)) - matched_dst = make_linked_ref(dst_value, dst_tail); - else + if (!memcmp(lit_dst_value , "refs/", 5)) + matched_dst = make_linked_ref(lit_dst_value, dst_tail); + else { error("dst refspec %s does not match any " "existing ref on the remote and does " - "not start with refs/.", dst_value); + "not start with refs/.", lit_dst_value); + if (!rs->dst) + error("Did you mean %s?\n", search_dst_value); + } break; default: matched_dst = NULL; error("dst refspec %s matches more than one.", - dst_value); + lit_dst_value); break; } if (errs || !matched_dst) diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh index 4fbd5b1..5ba09e2 100755 --- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh +++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh @@ -126,6 +126,36 @@ test_expect_success 'push with wildcard' ' ) ' +test_expect_success 'push nonexisting (1)' ' + + mk_test && + if git push testrepo master + then + echo "Oops, should have failed" + false + fi + +' + +test_expect_success 'push nonexisting (2)' ' + + mk_test && + if git push testrepo heads/master + then + echo "Oops, should have failed" + false + fi + +' + +test_expect_success 'push nonexisting (3)' ' + + mk_test && + git push testrepo refs/heads/master && + check_push_result $the_commit heads/master + +' + test_expect_success 'push with matching heads' ' mk_test heads/master && @@ -225,7 +255,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push with colon-less refspec (3)' ' git tag -d frotz fi && git branch -f frotz master && - git push testrepo frotz && + git push testrepo refs/heads/frotz && check_push_result $the_commit heads/frotz && test 1 = $( cd testrepo && git show-ref | wc -l ) ' @@ -238,7 +268,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push with colon-less refspec (4)' ' git branch -D frotz fi && git tag -f frotz && - git push testrepo frotz && + git push testrepo refs/tags/frotz && check_push_result $the_commit tags/frotz && test 1 = $( cd testrepo && git show-ref | wc -l ) -- 1.5.3.4.439.ge8b49 - 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