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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-init-db.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t5400-send-pack.sh | 14 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 844cae4cf0..bb2fbc324e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -267,3 +267,10 @@ whatchanged.difftree:: imap:: The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described in gitlink:git-imap-send[1]. + +receive.denyNonFastforwads:: + If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is + not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push, + even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is + set when initializing a shared repository. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 63cd5dab3f..ca7d09dc0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ is given: - 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'): Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. +By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastforward is enabled +in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push +into it. + -- diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index f9457d45ed..0dfadc2a32 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ packed and is served via a dumb transport. There are other real-world examples of using update and post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. +git-receive-pack honours the receive.denyNonFastforwards flag, which +tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they are not fast-forwards. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh index f3694ac3c7..8afb899717 100755 --- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh +++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh @@ -64,4 +64,18 @@ test_expect_success \ cmp victim/.git/refs/heads/master .git/refs/heads/master ' +unset GIT_CONFIG GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL +HOME=`pwd`/no-such-directory +export HOME ;# this way we force the victim/.git/config to be used. + +test_expect_success \ + 'pushing with --force should be denied with denyNonFastforwards' ' + cd victim && + git-repo-config receive.denyNonFastforwards true && + cd .. && + git-update-ref refs/heads/master master^ && + git-send-pack --force ./victim/.git/ master && + ! diff -u .git/refs/heads/master victim/.git/refs/heads/master +' + test_done |