[PATCH] Allow reading "symbolic refs" that point to other refs
[git.git] / update-ref.c
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1 #include "cache.h"
2 #include "refs.h"
3 #include <ctype.h>
5 static const char git_update_ref_usage[] = "git-update-ref <refname> <value> [<oldval>]";
7 #define MAXDEPTH 5
9 static const char *resolve_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1)
11 int depth = MAXDEPTH, len;
12 char buffer[256];
14 for (;;) {
15 struct stat st;
16 char *buf;
17 int fd;
19 if (--depth < 0)
20 return NULL;
22 /* Special case: non-existing file */
23 if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) {
24 if (errno != ENOENT)
25 return NULL;
26 memset(sha1, 0, 20);
27 return path;
30 /* Follow "normalized" - ie "refs/.." symlinks by hand */
31 if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
32 len = readlink(path, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
33 if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buffer, 5)) {
34 path = git_path("%.*s", len, buffer);
35 continue;
40 * Anything else, just open it and try to use it as
41 * a ref
43 fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
44 if (fd < 0)
45 return NULL;
46 len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
47 close(fd);
50 * Is it a symbolic ref?
52 if (len < 4 || memcmp("ref:", buffer, 4))
53 break;
54 buf = buffer + 4;
55 len -= 4;
56 while (len && isspace(*buf))
57 buf++, len--;
58 while (len && isspace(buf[len-1]))
59 buf[--len] = 0;
60 path = git_path("%.*s", len, buf);
62 if (len < 40 || get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
63 return NULL;
64 return path;
67 static int re_verify(const char *path, unsigned char *oldsha1, unsigned char *currsha1)
69 char buf[40];
70 int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY), nr;
71 if (fd < 0)
72 return -1;
73 nr = read(fd, buf, 40);
74 close(fd);
75 if (nr != 40 || get_sha1_hex(buf, currsha1) < 0)
76 return -1;
77 return memcmp(oldsha1, currsha1, 20) ? -1 : 0;
80 int main(int argc, char **argv)
82 char *hex;
83 const char *refname, *value, *oldval, *path, *lockpath;
84 unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20], currsha1[20];
85 int fd, written;
87 setup_git_directory();
88 if (argc < 3 || argc > 4)
89 usage(git_update_ref_usage);
91 refname = argv[1];
92 value = argv[2];
93 oldval = argv[3];
94 if (get_sha1(value, sha1) < 0)
95 die("%s: not a valid SHA1", value);
96 memset(oldsha1, 0, 20);
97 if (oldval && get_sha1(oldval, oldsha1) < 0)
98 die("%s: not a valid old SHA1", oldval);
100 path = resolve_ref(git_path("%s", refname), currsha1);
101 if (!path)
102 die("No such ref: %s", refname);
104 if (oldval) {
105 if (memcmp(currsha1, oldsha1, 20))
106 die("Ref %s changed to %s", refname, sha1_to_hex(currsha1));
107 /* Nothing to do? */
108 if (!memcmp(oldsha1, sha1, 20))
109 exit(0);
111 path = strdup(path);
112 lockpath = mkpath("%s.lock", path);
114 fd = open(lockpath, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
115 if (fd < 0)
116 die("Unable to create %s", lockpath);
117 hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
118 hex[40] = '\n';
119 written = write(fd, hex, 41);
120 close(fd);
121 if (written != 41) {
122 unlink(lockpath);
123 die("Unable to write to %s", lockpath);
127 * Re-read the ref after getting the lock to verify
129 if (oldval && re_verify(path, oldsha1, currsha1) < 0) {
130 unlink(lockpath);
131 die("Ref lock failed");
135 * Finally, replace the old ref with the new one
137 if (rename(lockpath, path) < 0) {
138 unlink(lockpath);
139 die("Unable to create %s", path);
141 return 0;