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[PATCH v2 09/11] refs.c: rewrite resolve_gitlink_ref() to use parse_ref()

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Oct 15, 2014, 15:06 UTC
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From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>

resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive() did about the same thing as parse_ref(), but didn't know as many tricks. It also had another random limit of 128 bytes for symrefs. So base resolve_gitlink_ref() on parse_ref() instead.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 refs.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index e1aa6a4..a7c8abd 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1299,48 +1299,11 @@ static int resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(struct ref_cache *refs,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(struct ref_cache *refs,
-					 const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1,
-					 int recursion)
-{
-	int fd, len;
-	char buffer[128], *p;
-	char *path;
-
-	if (recursion > MAXDEPTH)
-		return -1;
-	path = *refs->name
-		? git_path_submodule(refs->name, "%s", refname)
-		: git_path("%s", refname);
-	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(refs, refname, sha1);
-
-	len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
-	close(fd);
-	if (len < 0)
-		return -1;
-	while (len && isspace(buffer[len-1]))
-		len--;
-	buffer[len] = 0;
-
-	/* Was it a detached head or an old-fashioned symlink? */
-	if (!get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Symref? */
-	if (strncmp(buffer, "ref:", 4))
-		return -1;
-	p = buffer + 4;
-	while (isspace(*p))
-		p++;
-
-	return resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(refs, p, sha1, recursion+1);
-}
-
 int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	int len = strlen(path), retval;
+	struct strbuf result = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int len = strlen(path), parseval, ret;
+	int depth = MAXDEPTH;
 	char *submodule;
 	struct ref_cache *refs;
 
@@ -1352,8 +1315,30 @@ int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *sh
 	refs = get_ref_cache(submodule);
 	free(submodule);
 
-	retval = resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(refs, refname, sha1, 0);
-	return retval;
+	strbuf_addstr(&result, refname);
+	do {
+		if (--depth < 0) {
+			errno = ELOOP;
+			ret = -1;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		path = *refs->name
+			? git_path_submodule(refs->name, "%s", result.buf)
+			: git_path("%s", result.buf);
+		parseval = parse_ref(path, &result, sha1, NULL);
+	} while (!parseval);
+
+	if (parseval == 1) {
+		ret = 0;
+	} else if (parseval == -2) {
+		ret = resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(refs, result.buf, sha1) ? -1 : 0;
+	} else {
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+
+out:
+	strbuf_release(&result);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.1.1
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Message 10 of 16 in “Consolidate ref parsing code”
  1. 00/11 Consolidate ref parsing codeMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  2. 01/11 strbuf_read_file(): preserve errno on failureMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  3. 02/11 handle_missing_loose_ref(): return an intMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  4. 03/11 resolve_ref_unsafe(): reverse the logic of the symref conditionalMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  5. 04/11 resolve_ref_unsafe(): use skip_prefix() to skip over "ref:"Michael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  6. 05/11 refs.c: refactor resolve_ref_unsafe() to use strbuf internallyMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  7. 06/11 refs.c: move ref parsing code out of resolve_ref()Michael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  8. 07/11 handle_missing_loose_ref(): inline functionMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  9. 08/11 resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(): drop arbitrary refname length limitMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  10. 09/11 refs.c: rewrite resolve_gitlink_ref() to use parse_ref()Michael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  11. 10/11 resove_gitlink_packed_ref(): inline functionMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  12. 11/11 resolve_gitlink_ref(): remove redundant testMichael Haggerty, Oct 15, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2014
  15. Michael HaggertyOct 16, 2014
  16. Duy NguyenOct 16, 2014

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