[PATCH v4 0/3] remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case
From: Denton Liu <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-08 04:41:09
In the case where one pushes a non-existent oid to an unqualified
destination, we encounter the following BUG
error: The destination you provided is not a full refname (i.e.,
starting with "refs/"). We tried to guess what you meant by:
- Looking for a ref that matches 'branch' on the remote side.
- Checking if the <src> being pushed ('0000000000000000000000000000000000000001')
is a ref in "refs/{heads,tags}/". If so we add a corresponding
refs/{heads,tags}/ prefix on the remote side.
Neither worked, so we gave up. You must fully qualify the ref.
BUG: remote.c:1221: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000001' should be commit/tag/tree/blob, is '-1'
fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
Aborted (core dumped)
However, this isn't actually a bug so replace it with an advise()
message.
Changes since v3:
* Include the switch statement refactoring patch as a prelude to the
functional patch
* Change "if-else tower" to "if-else ladder"
* Shortened the overly long advise() line
* Rebased on latest 'master' to avoid merge conflict introduced earlier
in the merge cycle (this should be fine since we haven't merged to
'next' yet right?)
Changes since v2:
* Add t5516 cleanup patch
* Squash test creation patch into the patch that fixes it
* Include the erroneous object ID in the advise message
Denton Liu (3):
t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies
remote.c: convert if-else ladder to switch
remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
remote.c | 24 +++++++++++--------
t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 54 ++++---------------------------------------
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v3:
1: 82b09af4ca = 1: d31f320fdb t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies
2: 938dfb8d4e ! 2: ee6d69bcaf remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
[... deleted the diff of diff because it's mostly noise]
-: ---------- > 3: 3d84072dc7 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
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