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[PATCH v3 8/8] WIP: receive.allowupdatestohidden

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 30, 2013, 18:45 UTC
Message-ID
<1359571542-19852-9-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To
<1359571542-19852-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

This does not work yet, and for a good reason. As the side that pushes to a hidden ref never sees that the ref already exists, a request to update such a ref will come in the form of "please _create_ this ref and point it at this object", which will not pass the compare-and-swap based anti-race safety at the receiving end.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |  6 ++++++
 builtin/receive-pack.c   |  9 ++++++++-
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2dce021..8f13fc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1849,6 +1849,12 @@ receive.updateserverinfo::
 	If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
 	after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
 
+receive.allowupdatestohidden::
+	When `transfer.hiderefs` is in effect, allow `receive-pack`
+	to accept a push request that asks to update or delete a
+	hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
+	see also `transfer.hiderefs`.
+
 remote.<name>.url::
 	The URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
 	linkgit:git-push[1].
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index a8248d9..88500e7 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static int auto_gc = 1;
 static const char *head_name;
 static void *head_name_to_free;
 static int sent_capabilities;
+static int allow_updates_to_hidden;
 
 static enum deny_action parse_deny_action(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
@@ -119,6 +120,11 @@ static int receive_pack_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(var, "receive.allowupdatestohidden") == 0) {
+		allow_updates_to_hidden = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
@@ -726,7 +732,8 @@ static void execute_commands(struct command *commands, const char *unpacker_erro
 				       0, &cmd))
 		set_connectivity_errors(commands);
 
-	reject_updates_to_hidden(commands);
+	if (!allow_updates_to_hidden)
+		reject_updates_to_hidden(commands);
 
 	if (run_receive_hook(commands, pre_receive_hook, 0)) {
 		for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 522056f..4c8aef9 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -1095,4 +1095,28 @@ test_expect_success 'push to update a hidden ref' '
 	check_push_result $the_first_commit hidden/three
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'allow push to update a hidden ref' '
+	mk_test heads/master hidden/one hidden/two hidden/three &&
+	(
+		cd testrepo &&
+		git config transfer.hiderefs refs/hidden &&
+		git config receive.allowupdatestohidden yes
+	) &&
+
+	# push to unhidden ref succeeds normally
+	git push testrepo master:refs/heads/master &&
+	check_push_result $the_commit heads/master &&
+
+	# push to update a hidden ref should succeed
+	git push testrepo master:refs/hidden/one &&
+	check_push_result $the_commit heads/master &&
+
+	# push to delete a hidden ref should succeed
+	git push testrepo :refs/hidden/two &&
+	(
+		cd testrepo &&
+		test_must_fail git show-ref -q refs/hidden/one
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.8.1.2.589.ga9b91ac
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  1. 0/8 Hiding refsJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  2. 1/8 upload-pack: share more codeJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  3. 2/8 upload-pack: simplify request validationJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  4. 3/8 upload/receive-pack: allow hiding ref hierarchiesJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  5. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2013
  7. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2013
  9. 4/8 parse_fetch_refspec(): clarify the codeflow a bitJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  10. 5/8 fetch: use struct ref to represent refs to be fetchedJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  11. 6/8 upload-pack: optionally allow fetching from the tips of hidden refsJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  12. 7/8 fetch: fetch objects by their exact SHA-1 object namesJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  13. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2013
  14. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2013
  16. 8/8 WIP: receive.allowupdatestohiddenJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2013
  17. Michael HaggertyFeb 5, 2013
  18. Jonathan NiederFeb 5, 2013
  19. Michael HaggertyFeb 5, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2013
  21. Duy NguyenFeb 6, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2013
  23. Jonathan NiederFeb 6, 2013
  24. Michael HaggertyFeb 6, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2013
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 6, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2013
  28. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2013
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 7, 2013
  30. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2013
  31. Duy NguyenFeb 23, 2014
  32. Jeff KingMar 11, 2014
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2014
  34. Jeff KingMar 11, 2014
  35. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2014
  36. Jeff KingMar 11, 2014
  37. Duy NguyenMar 14, 2014
  38. Shawn PearceMar 14, 2014
  39. Duy NguyenMar 14, 2014
  40. Shawn PearceMar 15, 2014
  41. Jeff KingMar 18, 2014
  42. Duy NguyenMar 18, 2014
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  45. Jeff KingMar 18, 2014
  46. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2013
  47. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2013
  48. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2013
  49. Michael HaggertyFeb 6, 2013
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