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[PATCH] fetch: refuse to fetch into the current branch in a non-bare repository

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 11, 2008, 11:38 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0810111336350.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>

Some confusing tutorials suggest that it would be a good idea to call something like this:

	git pull origin master:master

While it might make sense to store what you want to merge, it typically is plain wrong. Especially so when the current branch is "master".

Be at least a little bit helpful by refusing to fetch something into the current branch.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin-fetch.c   |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t5505-remote.sh |    2 +-
 t/t5510-fetch.sh  |    6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-fetch.c b/builtin-fetch.c
index ee93d3a..d701550 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch.c
@@ -534,6 +534,25 @@ static void find_non_local_tags(struct transport *transport,
 	string_list_clear(&new_refs, 0);
 }
 
+static void check_ref_map(struct ref *ref_map)
+{
+	int flag;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	const char *HEAD;
+
+	if (is_bare_repository())
+		return;
+
+	HEAD = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 1, &flag);
+
+	if (!HEAD || !(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
+		return;
+
+	for (; ref_map; ref_map = ref_map->next)
+		if (ref_map->peer_ref && !strcmp(HEAD, ref_map->peer_ref->name))
+			die("Refusing to fetch into current branch");
+}
+
 static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 		    struct refspec *refs, int ref_count)
 {
@@ -558,6 +577,7 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 	}
 
 	ref_map = get_ref_map(transport, refs, ref_count, tags, &autotags);
+	check_ref_map(ref_map);
 
 	for (rm = ref_map; rm; rm = rm->next) {
 		if (rm->peer_ref)
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index c449663..0103e1a 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ test_expect_success 'prune --dry-run' '
 test_expect_success 'add --mirror && prune' '
 	(mkdir mirror &&
 	 cd mirror &&
-	 git init &&
+	 git init --bare &&
 	 git remote add --mirror -f origin ../one) &&
 	(cd one &&
 	 git branch -m side2 side) &&
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index 9aae496..cd8b550 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -323,4 +323,10 @@ test_expect_success 'auto tag following fetches minimum' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'refuse to fetch into the current branch' '
+
+	test_must_fail git fetch . side:master
+
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.6.0.2.749.g0cc32
Next: Junio C Hamano
Message 1 of 24 in “fetch: refuse to fetch into the current branch in a non-bare repository”
  1. fetch: refuse to fetch into the current branch in a non-bare repositoryJohannes Schindelin, Oct 11, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2008
  3. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2008
  6. Daniel BarkalowOct 12, 2008
  7. Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-okJohannes Schindelin, Oct 13, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  13. Daniel BarkalowOct 13, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2008
  15. Shawn O. PearceOct 14, 2008
  16. Daniel BarkalowOct 14, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2008
  18. Daniel BarkalowOct 14, 2008
  19. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2008
  20. Daniel BarkalowOct 14, 2008
  21. Daniel BarkalowOct 14, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2008
  23. pull: allow "git pull origin $something:$current_branch" into an unborn branchJunio C Hamano, Oct 14, 2008
  24. Daniel BarkalowOct 13, 2008

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