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[PATCH] http-push: ensure unforced pushes fail when data would be lost

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Jun 23, 2020, 20:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20200623202129.2616672-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To
<20200623010519.GR6531@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

When we push using the DAV-based protocol, the client is the one that performs the ref updates and therefore makes the checks to see whether an unforced push should be allowed. We make this check by determining if either (a) we lack the object file for the old value of the ref or (b) the new value of the ref is not newer than the old value, and in either case, reject the push.

However, the ref_newer function, which performs this latter check, has an odd behavior due to the reuse of certain object flags. Specifically, it will incorrectly return false in its first invocation and then correctly return true on a subsequent invocation. This occurs because the object flags used by http-push.c are the same as those used by commit-reach.c, which implements ref_newer, and one piece of code misinterprets the flags set by the other.

Note that this does not occur in all cases. For example, if the example used in the tests is changed to use one repository instead of two and rewind the head to add a commit, the test passes and we correctly reject the push. However, the example provided does trigger this behavior, and the code has been broken in this way since at least Git 2.0.0.

To solve this problem, let's move the two sets of object flags so that they don't overlap, since we're clearly using them at the same time. The new set should not conflict with other usage because other users are either builtin code (which is not compiled into git http-push) or upload-pack (which we similarly do not use here).

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
---
 http-push.c                 |  8 ++++----
 object.h                    |  2 +-
 t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 822f326599..99adbebdcf 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ enum XML_Status {
 #define LOCK_REFRESH 30
 
 /* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
-#define LOCAL    (1u<<16)
-#define REMOTE   (1u<<17)
-#define FETCHING (1u<<18)
-#define PUSHING  (1u<<19)
+#define LOCAL    (1u<<11)
+#define REMOTE   (1u<<12)
+#define FETCHING (1u<<13)
+#define PUSHING  (1u<<14)
 
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic refs. Only within reason, though */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index b22328b838..a496d2e4e1 100644
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct object_array {
  * builtin/blame.c:                        12-13
  * bisect.c:                                        16
  * bundle.c:                                        16
- * http-push.c:                                     16-----19
+ * http-push.c:                          11-----14
  * commit-graph.c:                                15
  * commit-reach.c:                                  16-----19
  * sha1-name.c:                                              20
diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh b/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
index d476c33509..450321fddb 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ test_expect_success 'create and delete remote branch' '
 	test_must_fail git show-ref --verify refs/remotes/origin/dev
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'non-force push fails if not up to date' '
+	git init --bare "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_conflict.git &&
+	git -C "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_conflict.git update-server-info &&
+	git clone $HTTPD_URL/dumb/test_repo_conflict.git "$ROOT_PATH"/c1 &&
+	git clone $HTTPD_URL/dumb/test_repo_conflict.git "$ROOT_PATH"/c2 &&
+	test_commit -C "$ROOT_PATH/c1" path1 &&
+	git -C "$ROOT_PATH/c1" push origin HEAD &&
+	git -C "$ROOT_PATH/c2" pull &&
+	test_commit -C "$ROOT_PATH/c1" path2 &&
+	git -C "$ROOT_PATH/c1" push origin HEAD &&
+	test_commit -C "$ROOT_PATH/c2" path3 &&
+	git -C "$ROOT_PATH/c1" log --graph --all &&
+	git -C "$ROOT_PATH/c2" log --graph --all &&
+	test_must_fail git -C "$ROOT_PATH/c2" push origin HEAD
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'MKCOL sends directory names with trailing slashes' '
 
 	! grep "\"MKCOL.*[^/] HTTP/[^ ]*\"" < "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log
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  14. René ScharfeJun 24, 2020
  15. http-push: ensure unforced pushes fail when data would be lostbrian m. carlson, Jun 23, 2020
  16. Eric SunshineJun 23, 2020
  17. brian m. carlsonJun 23, 2020
  18. http-push: ensure unforced pushes fail when data would be lostbrian m. carlson, Jun 23, 2020
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