Re: [PATCH 0/1] files-backend: check symref name before update

Karthik Nayak [off-list ref] writes:

The bigger question for me is if there is an instance that you'd want to
modify the HEAD file manually. Or is there a way this can be done via
any of the existing Git commands. Otherwise, I'm not sure I would call
this a bug.

As we discussed downthread, I tend to agree with you here that this
is a corrupt repository leading the tool to do a nonsensical thing,
and the true bug here is that "fsck" is not catching it.  But I do
not mind if we add a check at runtime, probably at the location the
patch under discussion identified, that makes sure a symbolic ref
points at a valid target the same way "git fsck" does.

Thanks.