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Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] push: update remote tags only with force

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 16, 2013, 16:36 UTC
Message-ID
<7vsj61xez2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<DBF53EC2-A669-4B77-B88E-BFCDF43C862E@quendi.de>
Max Horn <max@quendi.de> writes:
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> But with next, I get this:
>
>
>  ! [rejected]        master -> master (already exists)
> error: failed to push some refs to '/Users/mhorn/Proje...o_orig'
> hint: Updates were rejected because the destination reference already exists
> hint: in the remote.
>
> This looks like a regression to me.

It is an outright bug. The new helper function is_forwrdable() is bogus to assume that both original and updated objects can be locally inspected, but you do not necessarily have the original locally.

 remote.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index aa6b719..4a253ef 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1286,9 +1286,12 @@ static inline int is_forwardable(struct ref* ref)
 	if (!prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/"))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* old object must be a commit */
+	/*
+	 * old object must be a commit, but we may be forcing
+	 * without having it in the first place!
+	 */
 	o = parse_object(ref->old_sha1);
-	if (!o || o->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
+	if (o && o->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* new object must be commit-ish */
Previous: Chris RorvickNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 25 of 61 in “push: update remote tags only with force”
  1. 0/8 push: update remote tags only with forceChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  2. 1/8 push: return reject reasons as a bitsetChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  3. 2/8 push: add advice for rejected tag referenceChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2012
  5. 0/2 push: honor advice.* configurationChris Rorvick, Dec 3, 2012
  6. 1/2 push: rename config variable for more general useChris Rorvick, Dec 3, 2012
  7. 2/2 push: allow already-exists advice to be disabledChris Rorvick, Dec 3, 2012
  8. 3/8 push: flag updatesChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  9. 4/8 push: flag updates that require forceChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  10. 5/8 push: require force for refs under refs/tags/Chris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  11. 6/8 push: require force for annotated tagsChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  12. 7/8 push: clarify rejection of update to non-commit-ishChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  13. 8/8 push: cleanup push rules commentChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  14. remote.c: fix grammatical error in commentChris Rorvick, Dec 2, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2012
  16. Max HornJan 16, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  18. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  20. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  22. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  23. Jeff KingJan 17, 2013
  24. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  27. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2013
  29. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  30. Jeff KingJan 18, 2013
  31. Chris RorvickJan 18, 2013
  32. Jeff KingJan 21, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  34. Chris RorvickJan 22, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  36. 0/3 Finishing touches to "push" advisesJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  37. 1/3 push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Junio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  38. 2/3 push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCEJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  39. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  40. 3/3 push: further reduce "struct ref" and simplify the logicJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  42. 0/3 Finishing touches to "push" advisesJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  43. 1/3 push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Junio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  44. Jeff KingJan 23, 2013
  45. 2/3 push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCEJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  46. Jeff KingJan 23, 2013
  47. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  48. Jeff KingJan 24, 2013
  49. 3/3 push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection statusJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  50. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  51. 0/3 Finishing touches to "push" advisesJunio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  52. 1/3 push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Junio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  53. Eric SunshineJan 24, 2013
  54. 2/3 push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection reasonJunio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  55. 3/3 push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCEJunio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  56. Jeff KingJan 24, 2013
  57. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2013
  58. Chris RorvickJan 25, 2013
  59. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2013
  60. Chris RorvickJan 25, 2013
  61. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2013

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