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[PATCH 2/2] Fix failure to delete a packed ref through a symref

From
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Oct 21, 2012, 10:40 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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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 would remove the loose ref, but a packed version of the same ref would remain, the end result being that instead of deleting refs/heads/master we would appear to reset it to its state as of the last repack.

This patch fixes the issue, by making sure we pass the correct ref name when invoking repack_without_ref() from within delete_ref().

Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 refs.c                | 2 +-
 t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 726c53c..6cec1c8 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt)
 	 * packed one.  Also, if it was not loose we need to repack
 	 * without it.
 	 */
-	ret |= repack_without_ref(refname);
+	ret |= repack_without_ref(lock->ref_name);
 
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path("logs/%s", lock->ref_name));
 	invalidate_ref_cache(NULL);
diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index f7ec203..e415ee0 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ 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" '
+test_expect_success "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
-- 
1.7.12.1.609.g5cd6968
Previous: Johan HerlandNext: René Scharfe
Message 13 of 16 in “BUG when trying to delete symbolic refs”
  1. Johan HerlandOct 15, 2012
  2. René ScharfeOct 16, 2012
  3. refs: lock symref that is to be deleted, not its targetRené Scharfe, Oct 16, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012
  5. René ScharfeOct 18, 2012
  6. 1/5 branch: factor out check_branch_commit()René Scharfe, Oct 18, 2012
  7. 2/5 branch: factor out delete_branch_config()René Scharfe, Oct 18, 2012
  8. 3/5 branch: delete symref branch, not its targetRené Scharfe, Oct 18, 2012
  9. 4/5 branch: skip commit checks when deleting symref branchesRené Scharfe, Oct 18, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2012
  11. 0/2 Fix remaining issue when deleting symrefsJohan Herland, Oct 21, 2012
  12. 1/2 t1400-update-ref: Add test verifying bug with symrefs in delete_ref()Johan Herland, Oct 21, 2012
  13. 2/2 Fix failure to delete a packed ref through a symrefJohan Herland, Oct 21, 2012
  14. René ScharfeOct 21, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2012
  16. 5/5 branch: show targets of deleted symrefs, not sha1sRené Scharfe, Oct 18, 2012

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