diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 8d634ff..2b3613f 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds)
continue;
}
- if (delete_ref(name, sha1)) {
+ if (delete_ref(name, sha1, 0)) {
error("Error deleting %sbranch '%s'", remote,
argv[i]);
ret = 1;diff --git a/builtin-receive-pack.c b/builtin-receive-pack.c
index 45e3cd9..ab5fa1c 100644
--- a/builtin-receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-receive-pack.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd)
warning ("Allowing deletion of corrupt ref.");
old_sha1 = NULL;
}
- if (delete_ref(name, old_sha1)) {
+ if (delete_ref(name, old_sha1, 0)) {
error("failed to delete %s", name);
return "failed to delete";
}diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index df2be06..e396a3a 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int remove_branches(struct string_list *branches)
const char *refname = item->string;
unsigned char *sha1 = item->util;
- if (delete_ref(refname, sha1))
+ if (delete_ref(refname, sha1, 0))
result |= error("Could not remove branch %s", refname);
}
return result;@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int prune(int argc, const char **argv)
const char *refname = states.stale.items[i].util;
if (!dry_run)
- result |= delete_ref(refname, NULL);
+ result |= delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0);
printf(" * [%s] %s\n", dry_run ? "would prune" : "pruned",
abbrev_ref(refname, "refs/remotes/"));diff --git a/builtin-reset.c b/builtin-reset.c
index 16e6bb2..9514b77 100644
--- a/builtin-reset.c
+++ b/builtin-reset.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
update_ref(msg, "ORIG_HEAD", orig, old_orig, 0, MSG_ON_ERR);
}
else if (old_orig)
- delete_ref("ORIG_HEAD", old_orig);
+ delete_ref("ORIG_HEAD", old_orig, 0);
prepend_reflog_action("updating HEAD", msg, sizeof(msg));
update_ref_status = update_ref(msg, "HEAD", sha1, orig, 0, MSG_ON_ERR);
diff --git a/builtin-send-pack.c b/builtin-send-pack.c
index 910db92..bbf6e0a 100644
--- a/builtin-send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-send-pack.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void update_tracking_ref(struct remote *remote, struct ref *ref)
if (args.verbose)
fprintf(stderr, "updating local tracking ref '%s'\n", rs.dst);
if (ref->deletion) {
- delete_ref(rs.dst, NULL);
+ delete_ref(rs.dst, NULL, 0);
} else
update_ref("update by push", rs.dst,
ref->new_sha1, NULL, 0, 0);diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
index b13fa34..1ff7b37 100644
--- a/builtin-tag.c
+++ b/builtin-tag.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int for_each_tag_name(const char **argv, each_tag_name_fn fn)
static int delete_tag(const char *name, const char *ref,
const unsigned char *sha1)
{
- if (delete_ref(ref, sha1))
+ if (delete_ref(ref, sha1, 0))
return 1;
printf("Deleted tag '%s'\n", name);
return 0;diff --git a/builtin-update-ref.c b/builtin-update-ref.c
index 56a0b1b..d8f3142 100644
--- a/builtin-update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-update-ref.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
die("%s: not a valid old SHA1", oldval);
if (delete)
- return delete_ref(refname, oldval ? oldsha1 : NULL);
+ return delete_ref(refname, oldval ? oldsha1 : NULL, 0);
else
return update_ref(msg, refname, sha1, oldval ? oldsha1 : NULL,
no_deref ? REF_NODEREF : 0, DIE_ON_ERR);diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index b0edbf9..a3c77f0 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ extern int commit_locked_index(struct lock_file *);
extern void set_alternate_index_output(const char *);
extern int close_lock_file(struct lock_file *);
extern void rollback_lock_file(struct lock_file *);
-extern int delete_ref(const char *, const unsigned char *sha1);
+extern int delete_ref(const char *, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt);
/* Environment bits from configuration mechanism */
extern int trust_executable_bit;
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 0a126fa..70c0967 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -921,25 +921,33 @@ static int repack_without_ref(const char *refname)
return commit_lock_file(&packlock);
}
-int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1)
+int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt)
{
struct ref_lock *lock;
- int err, i, ret = 0, flag = 0;
+ int err, i = 0, ret = 0, flag = 0;
lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, sha1, 0, &flag);
if (!lock)
return 1;
if (!(flag & REF_ISPACKED)) {
/* loose */
- i = strlen(lock->lk->filename) - 5; /* .lock */
- lock->lk->filename[i] = 0;
- err = unlink(lock->lk->filename);
+ const char *path;
+
+ if (!(delopt & REF_NODEREF)) {
+ i = strlen(lock->lk->filename) - 5; /* .lock */
+ lock->lk->filename[i] = 0;
+ path = lock->lk->filename;
+ } else {
+ path = git_path(refname);
+ }
+ err = unlink(path);
if (err && errno != ENOENT) {
ret = 1;
error("unlink(%s) failed: %s",
- lock->lk->filename, strerror(errno));
+ path, strerror(errno));
}
- lock->lk->filename[i] = '.';
+ if (!(delopt & REF_NODEREF))
+ lock->lk->filename[i] = '.';
}
/* removing the loose one could have resurrected an earlier
* packed one. Also, if it was not loose we need to repack@@ -964,11 +972,16 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
struct ref_lock *lock;
struct stat loginfo;
int log = !lstat(git_path("logs/%s", oldref), &loginfo);
+ const char *symref = NULL;
+ int is_symref = 0;
if (S_ISLNK(loginfo.st_mode))
return error("reflog for %s is a symlink", oldref);
- if (!resolve_ref(oldref, orig_sha1, 1, &flag))
+ symref = resolve_ref(oldref, orig_sha1, 1, &flag);
+ if (flag & REF_ISSYMREF)
+ is_symref = 1;
+ if (!symref)
return error("refname %s not found", oldref);
if (!is_refname_available(newref, oldref, get_packed_refs(), 0))@@ -988,12 +1001,12 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
return error("unable to move logfile logs/%s to tmp-renamed-log: %s",
oldref, strerror(errno));
- if (delete_ref(oldref, orig_sha1)) {
+ if (delete_ref(oldref, orig_sha1, REF_NODEREF)) {
error("unable to delete old %s", oldref);
goto rollback;
}
- if (resolve_ref(newref, sha1, 1, &flag) && delete_ref(newref, sha1)) {
+ if (resolve_ref(newref, sha1, 1, &flag) && delete_ref(newref, sha1, REF_NODEREF)) {
if (errno==EISDIR) {
if (remove_empty_directories(git_path("%s", newref))) {
error("Directory not empty: %s", newref);@@ -1031,18 +1044,20 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
}
logmoved = log;
- lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(newref, NULL, 0, NULL);
- if (!lock) {
- error("unable to lock %s for update", newref);
- goto rollback;
- }
-
- lock->force_write = 1;
- hashcpy(lock->old_sha1, orig_sha1);
- if (write_ref_sha1(lock, orig_sha1, logmsg)) {
- error("unable to write current sha1 into %s", newref);
- goto rollback;
- }
+ if (!is_symref) {
+ lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(newref, NULL, 0, NULL);
+ if (!lock) {
+ error("unable to lock %s for update", newref);
+ goto rollback;
+ }
+ lock->force_write = 1;
+ hashcpy(lock->old_sha1, orig_sha1);
+ if (write_ref_sha1(lock, orig_sha1, logmsg)) {
+ error("unable to write current sha1 into %s", newref);
+ goto rollback;
+ }
+ } else
+ create_symref(newref, symref, logmsg);
return 0;
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 2147eac..fdeb1f5 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ test_expect_success 'config information was renamed, too' \
"test $(git config branch.s.dummy) = Hello &&
test_must_fail git config branch.s/s/dummy"
+test_expect_success 'renaming a symref' \
+'
+ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/master2 refs/heads/master &&
+ git branch -m master2 master3 &&
+ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/master3 &&
+ test -f .git/refs/heads/master &&
+ ! test -f .git/refs/heads/master2
+'
+
test_expect_success \
'git branch -m u v should fail when the reflog for u is a symlink' '
git branch -l u &&--
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