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[PATCH v2 2/2] Forbid DEL characters in reference names

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Aug 27, 2011, 04:12 UTC
Message-ID
<1314418364-2532-3-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To
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DEL is an ASCII control character and therefore should not be permitted in reference names. Add tests for this and other unusual characters.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---

Please check that the uses of "printf" in the test script are portable and quoted correctly.

 refs.c                      |    2 +-
 t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 3a8789d..0fa8dcf 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 
 static inline int bad_ref_char(int ch)
 {
-	if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' ||
+	if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' || ch == 0x7f ||
 	    ch == '~' || ch == '^' || ch == ':' || ch == '\\')
 		return 1;
 	/* 2.13 Pattern Matching Notation */
diff --git a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
index 7563043..ed4275a 100755
--- a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
+++ b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ invalid_ref 'heads/foo.lock'
 valid_ref 'heads/foo@bar'
 invalid_ref 'heads/v@{ation'
 invalid_ref 'heads/foo\bar'
+invalid_ref "$(printf 'heads/foo\t')"
+invalid_ref "$(printf 'heads/foo\177')"
+valid_ref "$(printf 'heads/fu\303\237')"
 
 test_expect_success "check-ref-format --branch @{-1}" '
 	T=$(git write-tree) &&
-- 
1.7.6.8.gd2879
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  4. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2011
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  6. Jeff KingAug 29, 2011
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  9. Jeff KingAug 29, 2011
  10. Johannes SixtAug 29, 2011
  11. Jeff KingAug 29, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  13. 2/2 Forbid DEL characters in reference namesMichael Haggerty, Aug 27, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2011

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