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[PATCH 4/6] fetch: report errors when backfilling tags fails

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Feb 11, 2022, 07:46 UTC
Message-ID
<54fdee845bea7f67f46817417f8e5a504bd39665.1644565025.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
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When the backfilling of tags fails we do not report this error to the caller, but only report it implicitly at a later point when reporting updated references. This leaves callers unable to act upon the information of whether the backfilling succeeded or not.

Refactor the function to return an error code and pass it up the callstack. This causes us to correctly propagate the error back to the user of git-fetch(1).

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 builtin/fetch.c      | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
 t/t5503-tagfollow.sh |  4 +---
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 627847e2f8..1eda0b68ff 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1495,12 +1495,12 @@ static struct transport *prepare_transport(struct remote *remote, int deepen)
 	return transport;
 }
 
-static void backfill_tags(struct transport *transport,
-			  struct ref *ref_map,
-			  struct fetch_head *fetch_head,
-			  struct worktree **worktrees)
+static int backfill_tags(struct transport *transport,
+			 struct ref *ref_map,
+			 struct fetch_head *fetch_head,
+			 struct worktree **worktrees)
 {
-	int cannot_reuse;
+	int retcode, cannot_reuse;
 
 	/*
 	 * Once we have set TRANS_OPT_DEEPEN_SINCE, we can't unset it
@@ -1519,12 +1519,14 @@ static void backfill_tags(struct transport *transport,
 	transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_FOLLOWTAGS, NULL);
 	transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_DEPTH, "0");
 	transport_set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_DEEPEN_RELATIVE, NULL);
-	fetch_and_consume_refs(transport, ref_map, fetch_head, worktrees);
+	retcode = fetch_and_consume_refs(transport, ref_map, fetch_head, worktrees);
 
 	if (gsecondary) {
 		transport_disconnect(gsecondary);
 		gsecondary = NULL;
 	}
+
+	return retcode;
 }
 
 static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
@@ -1628,8 +1630,19 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 		struct ref *tags_ref_map = NULL, **tail = &tags_ref_map;
 
 		find_non_local_tags(remote_refs, &tags_ref_map, &tail);
-		if (tags_ref_map)
-			backfill_tags(transport, tags_ref_map, &fetch_head, worktrees);
+		if (tags_ref_map) {
+			/*
+			 * If backfilling tags succeeds we used to not return
+			 * an error code to the user at all. Instead, we
+			 * silently swallowed that error and updated the local
+			 * state of the repository. We now notify the user of
+			 * any such errors, but we continue to make sure that
+			 * FETCH_HEAD and the upstream branch are configured as
+			 * expected.
+			 */
+			if (backfill_tags(transport, tags_ref_map, &fetch_head, worktrees))
+				retcode = 1;
+		}
 
 		free_refs(tags_ref_map);
 	}
diff --git a/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh b/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh
index 888305ad4d..549f908b90 100755
--- a/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh
+++ b/t/t5503-tagfollow.sh
@@ -237,9 +237,7 @@ test_expect_success 'backfill failure causes command to fail' '
 		done
 	EOF
 
-	# Even though we fail to create refs/tags/tag1 the below command
-	# unexpectedly succeeds.
-	git -C clone5 fetch .. $B:refs/heads/something &&
+	test_must_fail git -C clone5 fetch .. $B:refs/heads/something &&
 	test $B = $(git -C clone5 rev-parse --verify refs/heads/something) &&
 	test $S = $(git -C clone5 rev-parse --verify tag2) &&
 	test_must_fail git -C clone5 rev-parse --verify tag1
-- 
2.35.1
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  1. 0/6 fetch: improve atomicity of `--atomic` flagPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  2. 1/6 fetch: increase test coverage of fetchesPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  3. Christian CouderFeb 15, 2022
  4. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  5. 2/6 fetch: backfill tags before setting upstreamPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  6. Christian CouderFeb 15, 2022
  7. 3/6 fetch: control lifecycle of FETCH_HEAD in a single placePatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  8. Christian CouderFeb 15, 2022
  9. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  10. 4/6 fetch: report errors when backfilling tags failsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  11. Christian CouderFeb 15, 2022
  12. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  13. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  14. Jonathan TanFeb 16, 2022
  15. Elijah NewrenFeb 17, 2022
  16. 5/6 fetch: make `--atomic` flag cover backfilling of tagsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  17. Christian CouderFeb 15, 2022
  18. Jonathan TanFeb 16, 2022
  19. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  20. Elijah NewrenFeb 17, 2022
  21. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  22. 6/6 fetch: make `--atomic` flag cover pruning of refsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 11, 2022
  23. Christian CouderFeb 15, 2022
  24. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022
  25. Jonathan TanFeb 16, 2022
  26. Elijah NewrenFeb 17, 2022
  27. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 17, 2022

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