On 07/16/2012 02:13 PM, Michael Schubert wrote:
Currently, it's possible to update HEAD with a nonsense reference since
no strict validation ist performed. Example:

        $ git symbolic-ref HEAD 'refs/heads/master
     >
     >
     > '

Fix this by checking the given reference with check_refname_format().

Signed-off-by: Michael Schubert <msc...@elegosoft.com>
---
  builtin/symbolic-ref.c  |  4 +++-
  t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh | 10 ++++++++++
  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index 801d62e..a529541 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const 
char *prefix)
        git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
                             git_symbolic_ref_usage, 0);
-       if (msg &&!*msg)
+       if (msg && !*msg)
                die("Refusing to perform update with empty message");
        switch (argc) {
        case 1:
                check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
                break;
        case 2:
+               if (check_refname_format(argv[1], 0))
+                       die("No valid reference format: '%s'", argv[1]);

The error message is awkward.  I suggest something like

    "Reference name has invalid format: '%s'"

Michael

--
Michael Haggerty
mhag...@alum.mit.edu
http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/


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