[PATCH v2 19/33] ref_transaction_create(): disallow recursive pruning

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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Date

May 6, 2016, 16:14 UTC

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Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 refs.c               | 3 +++
 refs/files-backend.c | 2 +-
 refs/refs-internal.h | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index ba14105..5dc2473 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -790,6 +790,9 @@ int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 	if (transaction->state != REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN)
 		die("BUG: update called for transaction that is not open");
 
+	if ((flags & REF_ISPRUNING) && !(flags & REF_NODEREF))
+		die("BUG: REF_ISPRUNING set without REF_NODEREF");
+
 	if (new_sha1 && !is_null_sha1(new_sha1) &&
 	    check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
 		strbuf_addf(err, "refusing to update ref with bad name '%s'",
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 5a597bb..7cc680a 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ static void prune_ref(struct ref_to_prune *r)
 	transaction = ref_transaction_begin(&err);
 	if (!transaction ||
 	    ref_transaction_delete(transaction, r->name, r->sha1,
-				   REF_ISPRUNING, NULL, &err) ||
+				   REF_ISPRUNING | REF_NODEREF, NULL, &err) ||
 	    ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) {
 		ref_transaction_free(transaction);
 		error("%s", err.buf);
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index de7722e..1f94f7a 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Used as a flag in ref_update::flags when a loose ref is being
- * pruned.
+ * pruned. This flag must only be used when REF_NODEREF is set.
  */
 #define REF_ISPRUNING	0x04
 

-- 
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