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Re: [PATCH 06/12] refs.c: move the check for valid refname to lock_ref_sha1_basic

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 18, 2014, 22:37 UTC
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Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> writes:
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> Move the check for check_refname_format from lock_any_ref_for_update
> to lock_ref_sha1_basic. At some later stage we will get rid of
> lock_any_ref_for_update completely.
>
> If lock_ref_sha1_basic fails the check_refname_format test, set errno to
> EINVAL before returning NULL. This to guarantee that we will not return an
> error without updating errno.
>
> This leaves lock_any_ref_for_updates as a no-op wrapper which could be removed.
> But this wrapper is also called from an external caller and we will soon
> make changes to the signature to lock_ref_sha1_basic that we do not want to
> expose to that caller.

That might be sensible if our only goal were to remove lock-any-ref-for-updates, but I wonder what the impact of this change to other existing callers of lock-ref-sha1-basic. I may be recalling things incorrectly, but I suspect that it was deliberate to keep the lowest-level internal helper function (i.e. _basic()) to be lenient so that those who do not want the format checks can choose to pass refnames that are not exactly kosher.

> If we need such recovery code we could add it as an option to git fsck and have
> git fsck be the only sanctioned way of bypassing the normal API and checks.

But fsck is about checking and never about recovering, isn't it? Does it offer to remove misnamed refs? Should it?

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> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
> ---
>  refs.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 0df6894..f29f18a 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -2088,6 +2088,11 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
>  	int missing = 0;
>  	int attempts_remaining = 3;
>  
> +	if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
> +		errno = EINVAL;
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
>  	lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock));
>  	lock->lock_fd = -1;
>  
> @@ -2179,8 +2184,6 @@ struct ref_lock *lock_any_ref_for_update(const char *refname,
>  					 const unsigned char *old_sha1,
>  					 int flags, int *type_p)
>  {
> -	if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL))
> -		return NULL;
>  	return lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, old_sha1, flags, type_p);
>  }
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Message 16 of 26 in “Use ref transactions part 3”
  1. 00/12 Use ref transactions part 3Ronnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  2. 01/12 wrapper.c: simplify warn_if_unremovableRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2014
  4. 02/12 wrapper.c: add a new function unlink_or_msgRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2014
  7. Ronnie SahlbergJul 22, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2014
  9. 03/12 refs.c: add an err argument to delete_ref_looseRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  10. 04/12 refs.c: pass the ref log message to _create/delete/update instead of _commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  11. 05/12 refs.c: pass NULL as *flags to read_ref_fullRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2014
  13. Ronnie SahlbergJul 22, 2014
  14. Ronnie SahlbergJul 22, 2014
  15. 06/12 refs.c: move the check for valid refname to lock_ref_sha1_basicRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2014
  17. 07/12 refs.c: call lock_ref_sha1_basic directly from commitRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  18. 08/12 refs.c: pass a skip list to name_conflict_fnRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  19. 09/12 refs.c: propagate any errno==ENOTDIR from _commit back to the callersRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  20. 10/12 fetch.c: change s_update_ref to use a ref transactionRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  21. 11/12 refs.c: make write_ref_sha1 staticRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  22. 12/12 refs.c: fix handling of badly named refsRonnie Sahlberg, Jul 16, 2014
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2014
  24. Ronnie SahlbergJul 22, 2014
  25. Ronnie SahlbergJul 22, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2014

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