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| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 14 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh | 5 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index d16feb19c5..f9023939d5 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -1353,6 +1353,7 @@ static int files_read_raw_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store, int fd; int ret = -1; int save_errno; + int remaining_retries = 3; *type = 0; strbuf_reset(&sb_path); @@ -1373,8 +1374,14 @@ stat_ref: * <-> symlink) between the lstat() and reading, then * we don't want to report that as an error but rather * try again starting with the lstat(). + * + * We'll keep a count of the retries, though, just to avoid + * any confusing situation sending us into an infinite loop. */ + if (remaining_retries-- <= 0) + goto out; + if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) { if (errno != ENOENT) goto out; @@ -1403,6 +1410,11 @@ stat_ref: ret = 0; goto out; } + /* + * It doesn't look like a refname; fall through to just + * treating it like a non-symlink, and reading whatever it + * points to. + */ } /* Is it a directory? */ @@ -1426,7 +1438,7 @@ stat_ref: */ fd = open(path, O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) { - if (errno == ENOENT) + if (errno == ENOENT && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) /* inconsistent with lstat; retry */ goto stat_ref; else diff --git a/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh b/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh index ab27d0db5c..492edffa9c 100755 --- a/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh +++ b/t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh @@ -139,4 +139,9 @@ test_expect_success 'master@{n} for various n' ' test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify master@{$Np1} ' +test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'ref resolution not confused by broken symlinks' ' + ln -s does-not-exist .git/refs/heads/broken && + test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify broken +' + test_done |