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Re: [PATCH] branch_get_push: do not segfault when HEAD is detached

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 6, 2017, 13:41 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.2.20.1701061438300.3469@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To
<20170106045623.21118-1-kyle@kyleam.com>
Hi Kyle,
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, Kyle Meyer wrote:
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> Move the detached HEAD check from branch_get_push_1() to
> branch_get_push() to avoid setting branch->push_tracking_ref when
> branch is NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
Good point.
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> diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
> index ad6c5424e..d5eaec737 100644
> --- a/remote.c
> +++ b/remote.c
> @@ -1716,9 +1716,6 @@ static const char *branch_get_push_1(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *err)
>  {
>  	struct remote *remote;
>  
> -	if (!branch)
> -		return error_buf(err, _("HEAD does not point to a branch"));
> -
>  	remote = remote_get(pushremote_for_branch(branch, NULL));
>  	if (!remote)
>  		return error_buf(err,
> @@ -1778,6 +1775,9 @@ static const char *branch_get_push_1(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *err)
>  
>  const char *branch_get_push(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *err)
>  {
> +	if (!branch)
> +		return error_buf(err, _("HEAD does not point to a branch"));
> +
>  	if (!branch->push_tracking_ref)
>  		branch->push_tracking_ref = branch_get_push_1(branch, err);
This is the only caller of branch_get_push_1(), so all is good.
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> diff --git a/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh b/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh
> index 7214f5b33..90c639ae1 100755
> --- a/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh
> +++ b/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh
> @@ -60,4 +60,10 @@ test_expect_success '@{push} with push refspecs' '
>  	resolve topic@{push} refs/remotes/origin/magic/topic
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'resolving @{push} fails with a detached HEAD' '
> +	git checkout HEAD^{} &&

I seem to recall that we prefer HEAD^0 over HEAD^{} and the existing scripts seem to agree with me:

$ git grep -c HEAD^0 junio/pu -- t/ junio/pu:t/t1450-fsck.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh:2 junio/pu:t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh:5 junio/pu:t/t3200-branch.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t3203-branch-output.sh:3 junio/pu:t/t3400-rebase.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t5407-post-rewrite-hook.sh:2 junio/pu:t/t5505-remote.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t5510-fetch.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t5533-push-cas.sh:3 junio/pu:t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh:3 junio/pu:t/t7201-co.sh:2 junio/pu:t/t7402-submodule-rebase.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t9105-git-svn-commit-diff.sh:1 junio/pu:t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh:1

$ git grep -c HEAD^{} junio/pu -- t/ junio/pu:t/t3200-branch.sh:3

Maybe use HEAD^0 just for consistency?

Ciao, Johannes

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  1. branch_get_push: do not segfault when HEAD is detachedKyle Meyer, Jan 6, 2017
  2. Jeff KingJan 6, 2017
  3. Johannes SchindelinJan 6, 2017
  4. Kyle MeyerJan 7, 2017
  5. Jeff KingJan 7, 2017
  6. Kyle MeyerJan 7, 2017
  7. Jeff KingJan 7, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2017
  9. branch_get_push: do not segfault when HEAD is detachedKyle Meyer, Jan 7, 2017

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