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[PATCH] fetch/push: allow refs/*:refs/*

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 4, 2012, 22:30 UTC
Message-ID
<7vwr4r8tpm.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<7vsjfj7des.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

There are a handful of places where we call check_refname_format() on a substring after "refs/" of a refname we are going to use, and filter out a valid match with "refs/stash" with such a pathspec. Not sending a stash may arguably be a feature (as stash is inherently a local workflow element), but the code in the transport layer is oblivious to this filtering performed by the lower layer of the code, and complains that the other side did not send all the objects that needs to complete refs/stash at the end, even though the code will not write refs/stash out anyway, and making the whole command fail.

This is an attempt to "fix" it by using check_refname_format() on the whole "refs/....." string and allowing refs/stash to be also copied.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 * With this patch:
    $ git checkout HEAD^0 ;# make sure we are on detached HEAD
    $ git fetch $somewhere +refs/*:refs/*
   and
    victim$ git config receive.denyCurrentBranch warn
    master$ git push victim +refs/*:refs/*
   should work.
 builtin/fetch-pack.c   |  2 +-
 builtin/receive-pack.c |  2 +-
 remote.c               |  2 +-
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh  | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index 6207ecd..a3e3fa3 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static void filter_refs(struct ref **refs, int nr_match, char **match)
 	for (ref = *refs; ref; ref = next) {
 		next = ref->next;
 		if (!memcmp(ref->name, "refs/", 5) &&
-		    check_refname_format(ref->name + 5, 0))
+		    check_refname_format(ref->name, 0))
 			; /* trash */
 		else if (args.fetch_all &&
 			 (!args.depth || prefixcmp(ref->name, "refs/tags/") )) {
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 7ec68a1..1935b80 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd)
 	struct ref_lock *lock;
 
 	/* only refs/... are allowed */
-	if (prefixcmp(name, "refs/") || check_refname_format(name + 5, 0)) {
+	if (prefixcmp(name, "refs/") || check_refname_format(name, 0)) {
 		rp_error("refusing to create funny ref '%s' remotely", name);
 		return "funny refname";
 	}
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index e2ef991..eacd8ad 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ static int one_local_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int fla
 	int len;
 
 	/* we already know it starts with refs/ to get here */
-	if (check_refname_format(refname + 5, 0))
+	if (check_refname_format(refname, 0))
 		return 0;
 
 	len = strlen(refname) + 1;
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index b69cf57..1a45b19 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -929,6 +929,36 @@ test_expect_success 'push into aliased refs (inconsistent)' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push all hierarchies with stash' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	git stash clear &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo >>path1 &&
+	git stash save "Tweak path1" &&
+	git push testrepo "refs/*:refs/*" &&
+	git ls-remote . >expect &&
+	git ls-remote testrepo >actual &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetch all hierarchies with stash' '
+	mk_empty &&
+	git stash clear &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo >>path1 &&
+	git stash save "Tweak path1" &&
+	(
+		cd testrepo &&
+		git commit --allow-empty -m initial &&
+		git checkout HEAD^0 &&
+		git fetch .. "+refs/*:refs/*" &&
+		git checkout master
+	) &&
+	git ls-remote . >expect &&
+	git ls-remote testrepo >actual &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'push --porcelain' '
 	mk_empty &&
 	echo >.git/foo  "To testrepo" &&
-- 
1.7.10.1.500.g37b1e9a
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  1. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2012
  2. Michael HaggertyMay 2, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  4. fetch/push: allow refs/*:refs/*Junio C Hamano, May 4, 2012
  5. get_fetch_map(): tighten checks on dest refsJunio C Hamano, May 4, 2012
  6. Michael HaggertyMay 5, 2012
  7. Michael HaggertyMay 5, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2012
  9. Michael HaggertyMay 15, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2012

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