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patchFix ref_newer() in send-pack.

Subject: [PATCH] Fix ref_newer() in send-pack.

## tl;dr

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Junio C Hamano· Aug 6, 2005, 06:18 UTC · lore

When more than two references need to be checked with ref_newer() function, the second and later calls did not work correctly. This was because the later calls found commits retained by the "struct object" layer that still had smudges made by earlier calls.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 send-pack.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
51b0fca012310910783de76f2eacfd10b0f2f9fc
Show changes to send-pack.c +22 −5
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -105,12 +105,23 @@ static int pack_objects(int fd, struct r
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void unmark_and_free(struct commit_list *list, unsigned int mark)
+{
+	while (list) {
+		struct commit_list *temp = list;
+		temp->item->object.flags &= ~mark;
+		list = temp->next;
+		free(temp);
+	}
+}
+
 static int ref_newer(const unsigned char *new_sha1,
 		     const unsigned char *old_sha1)
 {
 	struct object *o;
 	struct commit *old, *new;
-	struct commit_list *list;
+	struct commit_list *list, *used;
+	int found = 0;
 
 	/* Both new and old must be commit-ish and new is descendant of
 	 * old.  Otherwise we require --force.
@@ -127,14 +138,20 @@ static int ref_newer(const unsigned char
 
 	if (parse_commit(new) < 0)
 		return 0;
-	list = NULL;
+
+	used = list = NULL;
 	commit_list_insert(new, &list);
 	while (list) {
 		new = pop_most_recent_commit(&list, 1);
-		if (new == old)
-			return 1;
+		commit_list_insert(new, &used);
+		if (new == old) {
+			found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
-	return 0;
+	unmark_and_free(list, 1);
+	unmark_and_free(used, 1);
+	return found;
 }
 
 static struct ref *local_refs, **local_tail;

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