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[PATCH v5 12/27] refs: forbid cross-backend ref renames

From: David Turner <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:08:18
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

This would be pretty weird, but since it will break, we should prevent
it.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <redacted>
---
 refs.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index f5754f2..8eb04da 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1306,5 +1306,11 @@ int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames)
 
 int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
 {
+	if ((ref_type(oldref) == REF_TYPE_NORMAL) !=
+	    (ref_type(newref) == REF_TYPE_NORMAL)) {
+		error(_("Both ref arguments to rename_ref must be normal "
+			"(or both must be per-worktree/pseudorefs)"));
+		return -1;
+	}
 	return the_refs_backend->rename_ref(oldref, newref, logmsg);
 }
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc
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