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[PATCH v2 0/2] *** SUBJECT HERE ***

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 5, 2025, 06:24 UTC
Message-ID
<cover.1754375026.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1754300389.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
*** BLURB HERE ***
Denton Liu (2):
  t5516: introduce 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src'
  remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
 remote.c              | 3 +--
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v1:
1:  d26f355c19 = 1:  d26f355c19 t5516: introduce 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src'
2:  3eb95731ea ! 2:  2bd892b26c remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
     
    -    In the case where a non-existent oid is given as the <src> for a
    -    refspec and the destination is unqualified, we end up hitting the BUG in
    -    show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error().
    +    When "git push <remote> <src>:<dst>" does not spell out the
    +    destination side of the ref fully, and when <src> is not given
    +    as a reference but an object name, the code tries to give advice
    +    messages based on the type of that object.
     
    -    This is because before hitting this advise message, the <src> is passed
    -    through repo_get_oid() which, upon receiving a fully qualified oid,
    -    doesn't actually check the existence of the object and just returns
    -    found. This means that it's actually possible for the
    -    odb_read_object_info() call to return not found under normal usage and
    -    thus, it's not actually a bug.
    +    The type is determined by calling odb_read_object_info() and
    +    signalled by its return value.  The code however reported a
    +    programming error with BUG() when this function said that there
    +    is no such object, which happens when the object name is given
    +    as a full hexadecimal (if the object name is given as a partial
    +    hexadecimal or an non-existing ref, the function would have died
    +    without returning, so this BUG() wouldn't have triggered).  This
    +    is wrong.  It is an ordinary end-user mistake to give an object
    +    name that does not exist and treated as such.
     
    -    Replace the BUG() with an advise() displaying a helpful message about
    -    the oid possibly not existing.
    +    Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
     
      ## remote.c ##
     @@ remote.c: static void show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error(const char *dst_value,
    @@ remote.c: static void show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error(const char *dst_value
      	} else {
     -		BUG("'%s' should be commit/tag/tree/blob, is '%d'",
     -		    matched_src_name, type);
    -+		advise(_("The <src> part of the refspec is an oid that doesn't exist.\n"
    -+			 "Please ensure that the oid '%s' is correct."),
    -+		       matched_src_name);
    ++		advise(_("The <src> part of the refspec is an oid that doesn't exist.\n"));
      	}
      }
      
-- 
2.50.1
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Denton Liu
Message 5 of 34 in “remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case”
  1. 0/2 remote.c: remove erroneous BUG caseDenton Liu, Aug 4, 2025
  2. 1/2 t5516: introduce 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src'Denton Liu, Aug 4, 2025
  3. 2/2 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()Denton Liu, Aug 4, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2025
  5. 0/2 *** SUBJECT HERE ***Denton Liu, Aug 5, 2025
  6. 1/2 t5516: introduce 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src'Denton Liu, Aug 5, 2025
  7. Patrick SteinhardtAug 5, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2025
  9. 2/2 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()Denton Liu, Aug 5, 2025
  10. Patrick SteinhardtAug 5, 2025
  11. 0/2 remote.c: remove erroneous BUG caseDenton Liu, Aug 6, 2025
  12. 1/2 t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodiesDenton Liu, Aug 6, 2025
  13. Patrick SteinhardtAug 6, 2025
  14. 2/2 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()Denton Liu, Aug 6, 2025
  15. Patrick SteinhardtAug 6, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2025
  17. remote.c: convert if-else tower to switchDenton Liu, Aug 7, 2025
  18. Patrick SteinhardtAug 7, 2025
  19. remote.c: convert if-else tower to switchDenton Liu, Aug 7, 2025
  20. Ben KnobleAug 7, 2025
  21. Eric SunshineAug 7, 2025
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2025
  23. 0/3 remote.c: remove erroneous BUG caseDenton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  24. 1/3 t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodiesDenton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  25. 2/3 remote.c: convert if-else ladder to switchDenton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  26. Patrick SteinhardtAug 8, 2025
  27. Denton LiuAug 8, 2025
  28. 3/3 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()Denton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  29. 0/3 remote.c: remove erroneous BUG caseDenton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  30. 1/3 t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodiesDenton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  31. 2/3 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()Denton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  32. 3/3 remote.c: convert if-else ladder to switchDenton Liu, Aug 8, 2025
  33. Patrick SteinhardtAug 8, 2025
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2025

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