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[PATCH 1/5] t1400-update-ref: Add test verifying bug with symrefs in delete_ref()

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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Oct 16, 2012, 13:44 UTC
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When deleting a ref through a symref (e.g. using 'git update-ref -d HEAD' to delete refs/heads/master), we currently fail to remove the packed version of that ref. This testcase demonstrates the bug.

Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index 4fd83a6..f7ec203 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@ test_expect_success "delete $m (by HEAD)" '
 '
 rm -f .git/$m
 
+test_expect_success \
+	"create $m (by HEAD)" \
+	"git update-ref HEAD $A &&
+	 test $A"' = $(cat .git/'"$m"')'
+test_expect_success \
+	"pack refs" \
+	"git pack-refs --all"
+test_expect_success \
+	"move $m (by HEAD)" \
+	"git update-ref HEAD $B $A &&
+	 test $B"' = $(cat .git/'"$m"')'
+test_expect_failure "delete $m (by HEAD) should remove both packed and loose $m" '
+	git update-ref -d HEAD $B &&
+	! grep "$m" .git/packed-refs &&
+	! test -f .git/$m
+'
+rm -f .git/$m
+
 cp -f .git/HEAD .git/HEAD.orig
 test_expect_success "delete symref without dereference" '
 	git update-ref --no-deref -d HEAD &&
-- 
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  1. 0/5 Fixing problem with deleting symrefsJohan Herland, Oct 16, 2012
  2. 1/5 t1400-update-ref: Add test verifying bug with symrefs in delete_ref()Johan Herland, Oct 16, 2012
  3. 2/5 delete_ref(): Fix deletion of refs through symbolic refsJohan Herland, Oct 16, 2012
  4. 3/5 delete_ref(): Remove the correct reflog when deleting symrefsJohan Herland, Oct 16, 2012
  5. 4/5 Add tests for using symbolic refs as branch name aliases.Johan Herland, Oct 16, 2012
  6. 5/5 branch -d: Fix failure to remove branch aliases (symrefs)Johan Herland, Oct 16, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012

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