When updating a symref with update_symref it's currently not possible to know for sure what was the previous value that was overwritten. Extend refs_update_symref under a new function name, to record the value after the ref has been locked if the caller of refs_update_symref_extended requests it via a new variable in the function call. Keep the original refs_update_symref function with the same signature, but now as a wrapper around refs_update_symref_extended. Signed-off-by: Bence Ferdinandy <bence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Notes: v4: new patch v5: - added before_target to reftables backend - added an extra safety check for transaction's existence in refs.c v6: - no change v7: - remove the whole before_target concept from the backends and handle checking it in refs.c instead (thanks Karthik) - rename the before_target to referent which is how the same concept is called in the backends - change commit prefix to be more in line with project standards v8: no change v9: - instead of adding parameters to refs_update_symref, rename what was in v8 as refs_update_symref_extended and make refs_update_symref a wrapper for that. This significantly reduces the number of files that need to be touched, and avoids adding a lot of dummy NULL-s in unrelated places. refs.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- refs.h | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 5f729ed412..24a4172cd2 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -2115,6 +2115,13 @@ int peel_iterated_oid(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *base, struct int refs_update_symref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *ref, const char *target, const char *logmsg) +{ + return refs_update_symref_extended(refs, ref, target, logmsg, NULL); +} + +int refs_update_symref_extended(struct ref_store *refs, const char *ref, + const char *target, const char *logmsg, + struct strbuf *referent) { struct ref_transaction *transaction; struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; @@ -2122,13 +2129,20 @@ int refs_update_symref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *ref, transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs, &err); if (!transaction || - ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref, NULL, NULL, + ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref, NULL, NULL, target, NULL, REF_NO_DEREF, logmsg, &err) || - ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) { + ref_transaction_prepare(transaction, &err)) { ret = error("%s", err.buf); + goto cleanup; } + if (referent) + refs_read_symbolic_ref(refs, ref, referent); + if (ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) + ret = error("%s", err.buf); + +cleanup: strbuf_release(&err); if (transaction) ref_transaction_free(transaction); @@ -2948,4 +2962,3 @@ int ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref(struct ref_update *update) return (update->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) && (!is_null_oid(&update->old_oid) || update->old_target); } - diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h index 108dfc93b3..259191a485 100644 --- a/refs.h +++ b/refs.h @@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ int refs_copy_existing_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *oldref, int refs_update_symref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname, const char *target, const char *logmsg); +int refs_update_symref_extended(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname, + const char *target, const char *logmsg, + struct strbuf *referent); + enum action_on_err { UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR, -- 2.47.0.92.g83fdbe24c3.dirty