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[PATCH 3/3] branch: forbid refs/heads/HEAD

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2017, 05:11 UTC
Message-ID
<20171013051132.3973-4-gitster@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To
<20171013051132.3973-1-gitster@pobox.com>

strbuf_check_branch_ref() is the central place where many codepaths see if a proposed name is suitable for the name of a branch. It was designed to allow us to get stricter than the check_refname_format() check used for refnames in general, and we already use it to reject a branch whose name begins with a '-'.

Use it to also reject "HEAD" as a branch name.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 sha1_name.c             | 2 +-
 t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index c7c5ab376c..1b8c503095 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ void strbuf_branchname(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name, unsigned allowed)
 int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name)
 {
 	strbuf_branchname(sb, name, INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL);
-	if (name[0] == '-')
+	if (*name == '-' || !strcmp(name, "HEAD"))
 		return -1;
 	strbuf_splice(sb, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
 	return check_refname_format(sb->buf, 0);
diff --git a/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh b/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh
index e88349c8a0..3ecb2eab0c 100755
--- a/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh
+++ b/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh
@@ -331,4 +331,12 @@ test_expect_success 'update-ref --stdin -z fails delete with bad ref name' '
 	grep "fatal: invalid ref format: ~a" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch rejects HEAD as a branch name' '
+	test_must_fail git branch HEAD HEAD^
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b rejects HEAD as a branch name' '
+	test_must_fail git checkout -B HEAD HEAD^
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.15.0-rc1-158-gbd035ae683
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Message 7 of 26 in “a small branch API clean-up”
  1. 0/3 a small branch API clean-upJunio C Hamano, Oct 13, 2017
  2. 2/3 branch: split validate_new_branchname() into twoJunio C Hamano, Oct 13, 2017
  3. Kaartic SivaraamOct 21, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2017
  5. 1/3 branch: streamline "attr_only" handling in validate_new_branchname()Junio C Hamano, Oct 13, 2017
  6. Eric SunshineOct 13, 2017
  7. 3/3 branch: forbid refs/heads/HEADJunio C Hamano, Oct 13, 2017
  8. Jeff KingOct 13, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2017
  11. Jeff KingOct 16, 2017
  12. Kaartic SivaraamOct 21, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2017
  14. Kaartic SivaraamOct 22, 2017
  15. Kaartic SivaraamOct 21, 2017
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2017
  17. Kaartic SivaraamOct 22, 2017
  18. 1/2 branch: forbid refs/heads/HEADKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 14, 2017
  19. 2/2 builtin/branch: remove redundant check for HEADKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 14, 2017
  20. Kaartic SivaraamNov 14, 2017
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2017
  22. Kaartic SivaraamNov 15, 2017
  23. 3/4 branch: correctly reject refs/heads/{-dash,HEAD}Junio C Hamano, Nov 15, 2017
  24. Kaartic SivaraamNov 16, 2017
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2017
  26. Kaartic SivaraamNov 16, 2017

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