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-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xt/t5801-remote-helpers.sh6
-rw-r--r--transport-helper.c5
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index ba7240c363..4d26e37d36 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ Miscellaneous capabilities
For remote helpers that implement 'import' or 'export', this capability
allows the refs to be constrained to a private namespace, instead of
writing to refs/heads or refs/remotes directly.
- It is recommended that all importers providing the 'import' or 'export'
- capabilities use this.
+ It is recommended that all importers providing the 'import'
+ capability use this. It's mandatory for 'export'.
+
A helper advertising the capability
`refspec refs/heads/*:refs/svn/origin/branches/*`
diff --git a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
index 0b376e0229..f95003a97e 100755
--- a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ test_expect_success 'pulling without refspecs' '
compare_refs local2 HEAD server HEAD
'
-test_expect_failure 'pushing without refspecs' '
+test_expect_success 'pushing without refspecs' '
test_when_finished "(cd local2 && git reset --hard origin)" &&
(cd local2 &&
echo content >>file &&
git commit -a -m ten &&
- GIT_REMOTE_TESTGIT_REFSPEC="" git push) &&
- compare_refs local2 HEAD server HEAD
+ GIT_REMOTE_TESTGIT_REFSPEC="" test_must_fail git push 2>../error) &&
+ grep "remote-helper doesn.t support push; refspec needed" error
'
test_expect_success 'pulling without marks' '
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 018513baa0..98ef8f6410 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -785,6 +785,9 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
struct string_list revlist_args = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ if (!data->refspecs)
+ die("remote-helper doesn't support push; refspec needed");
+
helper = get_helper(transport);
write_constant(helper->in, "export\n");
@@ -795,8 +798,6 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
char *private;
unsigned char sha1[20];
- if (!data->refspecs)
- continue;
private = apply_refspecs(data->refspecs, data->refspec_nr, ref->name);
if (private && !get_sha1(private, sha1)) {
strbuf_addf(&buf, "^%s", private);