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Re: Branch Name Case Sensitivity

From
LHLee Hopkins <leerhop@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 1, 2014, 19:38 UTC
Message-ID
<CAJHY66G9WkL7sk99GhiyxjWCTkX_ip7Qb8P5gF9ovgQ-A+Yjyw@mail.gmail.com>
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Incorporating Torsten suggestions and some documentation:
---
 Documentation/config.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 builtin/init-db.c        |    4 +++-
 config.c                 |    5 +++++
 environment.c            |    1 +
 refs.c                   |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 5 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 040197b..c0a6c5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2077,6 +2077,18 @@ receive.shallowupdate::
  If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
  require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.

+refs.ignorecase::
+ If true, this option prevents the creation of ref names
+ that differ in case only. For example, if a branch Foo exists,
+ `git checkout -b foo` would fail. This is the case
+ across ref hierarchies, so `git tag foo` would also fail.
+ This option is useful on filesystems that are not case
+ sensitive.
++
+The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set refs.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
+is created. refs.ignorecase will also be true if core.ignorecase is true.
+
 remote.pushdefault::
  The remote to push to by default.  Overrides
  `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index c7c76bb..7c6931b 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -288,8 +288,10 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path)
  /* Check if the filesystem is case-insensitive */
  path[len] = 0;
  strcpy(path + len, "CoNfIg");
- if (!access(path, F_OK))
+ if (!access(path, F_OK)) {
  git_config_set("core.ignorecase", "true");
+ git_config_set("refs.ignorecase", "true");
+ }
  probe_utf8_pathname_composition(path, len);
  }

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 314d8ee..797391a 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -702,6 +702,11 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char
*var, const char *value)
  return 0;
  }

+ if (!strcmp(var, "refs.ignorecase")) {
+ refs_ignore_case = git_config_bool(var, value);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
  if (!strcmp(var, "core.attributesfile"))
  return git_config_pathname(&git_attributes_file, var, value);

diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 4a3437d..2eced48 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int check_stat = 1;
 int has_symlinks = 1;
 int minimum_abbrev = 4, default_abbrev = 7;
 int ignore_case;
+int refs_ignore_case = -1;
 int assume_unchanged;
 int prefer_symlink_refs;
 int is_bare_repository_cfg = -1; /* unspecified */
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 89228e2..1915ec2 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -359,16 +359,26 @@ struct string_slice {
  const char *str;
 };

-static int ref_entry_cmp_sslice(const void *key_, const void *ent_)
+static int ref_entry_ncmp(const void *key_, const void *ent_, int
(*cmp_fn)(const char *, const char *, size_t))
 {
  const struct string_slice *key = key_;
  const struct ref_entry *ent = *(const struct ref_entry * const *)ent_;
- int cmp = strncmp(key->str, ent->name, key->len);
+ int cmp = cmp_fn(key->str, ent->name, key->len);
  if (cmp)
  return cmp;
  return '\0' - (unsigned char)ent->name[key->len];
 }

+static int ref_entry_cmp_sslice(const void *key_, const void *ent_)
+{
+ return ref_entry_ncmp(key_, ent_, strncmp);
+}
+
+static int ref_entry_casecmp_sslice(const void *key_, const void *ent_)
+{
+ return ref_entry_ncmp(key_, ent_, strncasecmp);
+}
+
 /*
  * Return the index of the entry with the given refname from the
  * ref_dir (non-recursively), sorting dir if necessary.  Return -1 if
@@ -378,6 +388,7 @@ static int search_ref_dir(struct ref_dir *dir,
const char *refname, size_t len)
 {
  struct ref_entry **r;
  struct string_slice key;
+ int (*cmp_fn)(const void *, const void *);

  if (refname == NULL || !dir->nr)
  return -1;
@@ -385,8 +396,17 @@ static int search_ref_dir(struct ref_dir *dir,
const char *refname, size_t len)
  sort_ref_dir(dir);
  key.len = len;
  key.str = refname;
+
+ if(refs_ignore_case < 0)
+ refs_ignore_case  = ignore_case;
+
+ if(ignore_case)
+ cmp_fn = ref_entry_casecmp_sslice;
+ else
+ cmp_fn = ref_entry_cmp_sslice;
+
  r = bsearch(&key, dir->entries, dir->nr, sizeof(*dir->entries),
-    ref_entry_cmp_sslice);
+ cmp_fn);

  if (r == NULL)
  return -1;
--
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  1. Lee HopkinsFeb 26, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2014
  3. Torsten BögershausenFeb 27, 2014
  4. Lee HopkinsFeb 27, 2014
  5. Michael HaggertyFeb 27, 2014
  6. Karsten BleesFeb 27, 2014
  7. Lee HopkinsFeb 27, 2014
  8. Johannes SixtFeb 28, 2014
  9. Karsten BleesFeb 28, 2014
  10. Lee HopkinsFeb 28, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2014
  12. Duy NguyenFeb 28, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2014
  14. Lee HopkinsMar 1, 2014
  15. Torsten BögershausenMar 1, 2014
  16. Lee HopkinsMar 1, 2014
  17. Karsten BleesMar 3, 2014
  18. Lee HopkinsMar 3, 2014
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2014
  20. Karsten BleesMar 4, 2014
  21. Torsten BögershausenMar 4, 2014
  22. Lee HopkinsMar 5, 2014
  23. Michael HaggertyFeb 28, 2014
  24. Duy NguyenFeb 28, 2014
  25. Michael HaggertyFeb 28, 2014
  26. Stephen LeakeFeb 28, 2014
  27. Michael HaggertyFeb 28, 2014

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