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[PATCH 6/8] branch: restrict @-expansions when deleting

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 28, 2017, 12:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20170228121548.qbcdh7rzxyressry@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170228120633.zkwfqms57fk7dkl5@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We use strbuf_branchname() to expand the branch name from the command line, so you can delete the branch given by @{-1}, for example. However, we allow other nonsense like "@", and we do not respect our "-r" flag (so we may end up deleting an oddly-named local ref instead of a remote one).

We can fix this by passing the appropriate "allowed" flag to strbuf_branchname().

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/branch.c                      | 5 ++++-
 t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index cf0ece55d..291fe90de 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -191,17 +191,20 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 	int ret = 0;
 	int remote_branch = 0;
 	struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned allowed_interpret;
 
 	switch (kinds) {
 	case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
 		fmt = "refs/remotes/%s";
 		/* For subsequent UI messages */
 		remote_branch = 1;
+		allowed_interpret = INTERPRET_BRANCH_REMOTE;
 
 		force = 1;
 		break;
 	case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
 		fmt = "refs/heads/%s";
+		allowed_interpret = INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL;
 		break;
 	default:
 		die(_("cannot use -a with -d"));
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 		char *target = NULL;
 		int flags = 0;
 
-		strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i], 0);
+		strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i], allowed_interpret);
 		free(name);
 		name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf);
 
diff --git a/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh b/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh
index 2fe696ba6..c8fec5b8c 100755
--- a/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh
+++ b/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ test_expect_success 'delete branch via remote @{upstream}' '
 # Note that we create two oddly named local branches here. We want to make
 # sure that we do not accidentally delete either of them, even if
 # shorten_unambiguous_ref() tweaks the name to avoid ambiguity.
-test_expect_failure 'delete @{upstream} expansion matches -r option' '
+test_expect_success 'delete @{upstream} expansion matches -r option' '
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/remote-del two &&
 	git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/remote-del &&
 	git update-ref refs/heads/origin/remote-del two &&
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test_expect_failure 'create branch named "@"' '
 	expect_branch refs/heads/@ one
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'delete branch named "@"' '
+test_expect_success 'delete branch named "@"' '
 	git update-ref refs/heads/@ two &&
 	git branch -D @ &&
 	expect_deleted refs/heads/@
-- 
2.12.0.359.gd4c8c42e9
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  1. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017
  2. 1/8 interpret_branch_name: move docstring to header fileJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  3. 4/8 interpret_branch_name: allow callers to restrict expansionsJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  4. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017
  5. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2017
  7. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017
  8. 3/8 strbuf_branchname: add docstringJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  9. 8/8 checkout: restrict @-expansions when finding branchJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  10. 6/8 branch: restrict @-expansions when deletingJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  11. 7/8 strbuf_check_ref_format(): expand only local branchesJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  12. 5/8 t3204: test git-branch @-expansion corner casesJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  13. 2/8 strbuf_branchname: drop return valueJeff King, Feb 28, 2017
  14. Jacob KellerFeb 28, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2017

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