Re: [PATCH 2/2] Restrict ref-like names immediately below $GIT_DIR

From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Oct 12, 2011, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID: <4E95D60B.5030904@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <7vvcru9k22.fsf_-_@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On 10/12/2011 07:49 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index e3692bd..e54c482 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -994,12 +994,34 @@ const char *ref_fetch_rules[] = {
>  	NULL
>  };
>  
> +static int refname_ok_at_root_level(const char *str, int len)
> +{
> +	int seen_non_root_char = 0;
> +
> +	while (len--) {
> +		char ch = *str++;
> +
> +		if (ch == '/')
> +			return 1;
> +		/*
> +		 * Only accept likes of .git/HEAD, .git/MERGE_HEAD at
> +		 * the root level as a ref.
> +		 */
> +		if (ch != '_' && (ch < 'A' || 'Z' < ch))
> +			seen_non_root_char = 1;
> +	}
> +	return !seen_non_root_char;
> +}
> +

Nit: the seen_non_root_char variable can be replaced by an early "return
0" from the loop and "return 1" if the loop falls through.

Michael

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