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| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs/refs-internal.h | 12 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -1081,20 +1081,20 @@ const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *dirname, return NULL; } -int rename_ref_available(const char *oldname, const char *newname) +int rename_ref_available(const char *old_refname, const char *new_refname) { struct string_list skip = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP; struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; - int ret; + int ok; - string_list_insert(&skip, oldname); - ret = !verify_refname_available(newname, NULL, &skip, &err); - if (!ret) + string_list_insert(&skip, old_refname); + ok = !verify_refname_available(new_refname, NULL, &skip, &err); + if (!ok) error("%s", err.buf); string_list_clear(&skip, 0); strbuf_release(&err); - return ret; + return ok; } int head_ref_submodule(const char *submodule, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data) diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h index efe584701b..0206e2b959 100644 --- a/refs/refs-internal.h +++ b/refs/refs-internal.h @@ -240,7 +240,17 @@ const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *dirname, const struct string_list *extras, const struct string_list *skip); -int rename_ref_available(const char *oldname, const char *newname); +/* + * Check whether an attempt to rename old_refname to new_refname would + * cause a D/F conflict with any existing reference (other than + * possibly old_refname). If there would be a conflict, emit an error + * message and return false; otherwise, return true. + * + * Note that this function is not safe against all races with other + * processes (though rename_ref() catches some races that might get by + * this check). + */ +int rename_ref_available(const char *old_refname, const char *new_refname); /* We allow "recursive" symbolic refs. Only within reason, though */ #define SYMREF_MAXDEPTH 5 |