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[PATCH 1/4] rebase -i: stop overwriting ORIG_HEAD buffer

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PGPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 27, 2020, 14:02 UTC
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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

After rebasing ORIG_HEAD is supposed to point to the old HEAD of the rebased branch. Unfortunately the buffer storing the oid was overwritten with a new oid before ORIG_HEAD was created. The buffer is also used when writing .git/rebase-merge/orig-head which is used by `rebase --abort` to restore the previous head. Luckily that file is written before the buffer is overwritten. As we want the full oid find_unique_abbrev() is replaced with oid_to_hex_r() rather than find_unique_abbrev_r().

I think that all of the users of head_hash should actually be using opts->orig_head instead as passing a string rather than a struct object_id around is a hang over from the scripted implementation. This patch just fixes the immediate bug and adds a regression test based on Caspar's reproduction example. The users will be converted to use struct object_id and head_hash removed in the next few commits.

Reported-by: Caspar Duregger <herr.kaste@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
---
 builtin/rebase.c              | 10 +++++-----
 t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index eeca53382f..6def28a533 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -270,15 +270,15 @@ static int edit_todo_file(unsigned flags)
 }
 
 static int get_revision_ranges(struct commit *upstream, struct commit *onto,
-			       struct object_id *orig_head, const char **head_hash,
+			       struct object_id *orig_head, char *head_hash,
 			       char **revisions, char **shortrevisions)
 {
 	struct commit *base_rev = upstream ? upstream : onto;
 	const char *shorthead;
 
-	*head_hash = find_unique_abbrev(orig_head, GIT_MAX_HEXSZ);
+	oid_to_hex_r(head_hash, orig_head);
 	*revisions = xstrfmt("%s...%s", oid_to_hex(&base_rev->object.oid),
-						   *head_hash);
+						   head_hash);
 
 	shorthead = find_unique_abbrev(orig_head, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static void split_exec_commands(const char *cmd, struct string_list *commands)
 static int do_interactive_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts, unsigned flags)
 {
 	int ret;
-	const char *head_hash = NULL;
+	char head_hash[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ];
 	char *revisions = NULL, *shortrevisions = NULL;
 	struct strvec make_script_args = STRVEC_INIT;
 	struct todo_list todo_list = TODO_LIST_INIT;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static int do_interactive_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts, unsigned flags)
 	struct string_list commands = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 
 	if (get_revision_ranges(opts->upstream, opts->onto, &opts->orig_head,
-				&head_hash, &revisions, &shortrevisions))
+				head_hash, &revisions, &shortrevisions))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (init_basic_state(&replay,
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 07a1617351..1e56696e4f 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -1797,6 +1797,17 @@ test_expect_success 'todo has correct onto hash' '
 	test_i18ngrep "^# Rebase ..* onto $onto" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'ORIG_HEAD is updated correctly' '
+	test_when_finished "git checkout master && git branch -D test-orig-head" &&
+	git checkout -b test-orig-head A &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m A1 &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m A2 &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m A3 &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m A4 &&
+	git rebase master &&
+	test_cmp_rev ORIG_HEAD test-orig-head@{1}
+'
+
 # This must be the last test in this file
 test_expect_success '$EDITOR and friends are unchanged' '
 	test_editor_unchanged
-- 
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Previous: Phillip Wood via GitGitGadgetNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 4 of 15 in “rebase -i: fix ORIG_HEAD handling”
  1. 0/4 rebase -i: fix ORIG_HEAD handlingPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2020
  2. 4/4 rebase -i: simplify get_revision_ranges()Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2020
  3. 3/4 rebase -i: use struct object_id when writing statePhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2020
  4. 1/4 rebase -i: stop overwriting ORIG_HEAD bufferPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2020
  6. Phillip WoodOct 31, 2020
  7. herr.kasteNov 2, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2020
  9. herr.kasteNov 3, 2020
  10. 2/4 rebase -i: use struct object_id rather than looking up commitPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2020
  11. 0/4 rebase -i: fix ORIG_HEAD handlingPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 4, 2020
  12. 1/4 rebase -i: stop overwriting ORIG_HEAD bufferPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 4, 2020
  13. 3/4 rebase -i: use struct object_id when writing statePhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 4, 2020
  14. 4/4 rebase -i: simplify get_revision_ranges()Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 4, 2020
  15. 2/4 rebase -i: use struct object_id rather than looking up commitPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 4, 2020

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