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Re: Re* [PATCH v3 19/22] resolve_ref(): emit warnings for improperly-formatted references

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2011, 23:50 UTC
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<7vehyjcckp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
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<20111011230749.GA29785@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> It looks like we also use it in remote.c:count_refspec_match, but I
> haven't figured out if that can trigger a warning or not.

It starts sounding like that the ill-thought-out warning should be ripped out regardless of what other things we do.

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Message 36 of 60 in “Clean up refname checks and normalization”
  1. 00/22 Clean up refname checks and normalizationMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  2. 01/22 t1402: add some more testsMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  3. 02/22 git check-ref-format: add options --allow-onelevel and --refspec-patternMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  4. 03/22 Change bad_ref_char() to return a boolean valueMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  5. 04/22 Change check_ref_format() to take a flags argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  6. 05/22 Refactor check_refname_format()Michael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  7. 06/22 Do not allow ".lock" at the end of any refname componentMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  8. 07/22 Make collapse_slashes() allocate memory for its resultMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  9. 08/22 Inline function refname_format_print()Michael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  10. 09/22 Change check_refname_format() to reject unnormalized refnamesMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  11. 10/22 resolve_ref(): explicitly fail if a symlink is not readableMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  12. 11/22 resolve_ref(): use prefixcmp()Michael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  13. 12/22 resolve_ref(): only follow a symlink that contains a valid, normalized refnameMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  14. 13/22 resolve_ref(): turn buffer into a proper string as soon as possibleMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  15. Thomas RastSep 23, 2011
  16. Michael HaggertySep 23, 2011
  17. 1/1 get_sha1_hex(): do not read past a NUL characterMichael Haggerty, Sep 23, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2011
  19. Thomas RastOct 5, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  21. 14/22 resolve_ref(): extract a function get_packed_ref()Michael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  22. 15/22 resolve_ref(): do not follow incorrectly-formatted symbolic refsMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  23. 16/22 remote: use xstrdup() instead of strdup()Michael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  24. 17/22 remote: avoid passing NULL to read_ref()Michael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  25. 18/22 resolve_ref(): verify that the input refname has the right formatMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  26. 19/22 resolve_ref(): emit warnings for improperly-formatted referencesMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  27. Jeff KingOct 11, 2011
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  30. Re* [PATCH v3 19/22] resolve_ref(): emit warnings for improperly-formatted referencesJunio C Hamano, Oct 11, 2011
  31. Jeff KingOct 11, 2011
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  33. Jeff KingOct 11, 2011
  34. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  35. Jeff KingOct 11, 2011
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  37. Jeff KingOct 12, 2011
  38. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  39. Jeff KingOct 12, 2011
  40. 1/2 refs.c: move dwim_ref()/dwim_log() from sha1_name.cJunio C Hamano, Oct 12, 2011
  41. 2/2 Restrict ref-like names immediately below $GIT_DIRJunio C Hamano, Oct 12, 2011
  42. Michael HaggertyOct 12, 2011
  43. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  44. Michael HaggertyOct 12, 2011
  45. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  46. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2011
  47. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2011
  48. Michael HaggertyOct 19, 2011
  49. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2011
  50. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2011
  51. resolve_ref(): report breakage to the caller without warningJunio C Hamano, Oct 19, 2011
  52. Michael HaggertyOct 19, 2011
  53. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2011
  54. Jeff KingOct 12, 2011
  55. Michael HaggertyOct 12, 2011
  56. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  57. Jeff KingOct 12, 2011
  58. 20/22 resolve_ref(): also treat a too-long SHA1 as invalidMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  59. 21/22 resolve_ref(): expand documentationMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011
  60. 22/22 add_ref(): verify that the refname is formatted correctlyMichael Haggerty, Sep 15, 2011

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