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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt26
-rw-r--r--builtin/check-ref-format.c15
-rw-r--r--refs.c3
-rw-r--r--refs.h2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1402-check-ref-format.sh31
5 files changed, 49 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 9114751966..103e7b128d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-check-ref-format - Ensures that a reference name is well formed
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-ref-format' [--print]
- [--[no-]allow-onelevel] [--refspec-pattern] <refname>
+'git check-ref-format' [--normalize]
+ [--[no-]allow-onelevel] [--refspec-pattern]
+ <refname>
'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,7 +46,11 @@ git imposes the following rules on how references are named:
bracket `[` anywhere. See the `--refspec-pattern` option below for
an exception to this rule.
-. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`.
+. They cannot begin or end with a slash `/` or contain multiple
+ consecutive slashes (see the `--normalize` option below for an
+ exception to this rule)
+
+. They cannot end with a dot `.`.
. They cannot contain a sequence `@{`.
@@ -70,10 +75,6 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]):
. at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.
-With the `--print` option, if 'refname' is acceptable, it prints the
-canonicalized name of a hypothetical reference with that name. That is,
-it prints 'refname' with any extra `/` characters removed.
-
With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax''
`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you
were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this
@@ -95,6 +96,15 @@ OPTIONS
in place of a one full pathname component (e.g.,
`foo/{asterisk}/bar` but not `foo/bar{asterisk}`).
+--normalize::
+ Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`)
+ characters and collapsing runs of adjacent slashes between
+ name components into a single slash. Iff the normalized
+ refname is valid then print it to standard output and exit
+ with a status of 0. (`--print` is a deprecated way to spell
+ `--normalize`.)
+
+
EXAMPLES
--------
@@ -107,7 +117,7 @@ $ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}
* Determine the reference name to use for a new branch:
+
------------
-$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --print "refs/heads/$newbranch") ||
+$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --normalize "refs/heads/$newbranch") ||
die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
------------
diff --git a/builtin/check-ref-format.c b/builtin/check-ref-format.c
index f5df9aad70..28a7320271 100644
--- a/builtin/check-ref-format.c
+++ b/builtin/check-ref-format.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
#include "strbuf.h"
static const char builtin_check_ref_format_usage[] =
-"git check-ref-format [--print] [options] <refname>\n"
+"git check-ref-format [--normalize] [options] <refname>\n"
" or: git check-ref-format --branch <branchname-shorthand>";
/*
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int check_ref_format_branch(const char *arg)
int cmd_check_ref_format(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int i;
- int print = 0;
+ int normalize = 0;
int flags = 0;
const char *refname;
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ int cmd_check_ref_format(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
return check_ref_format_branch(argv[2]);
for (i = 1; i < argc && argv[i][0] == '-'; i++) {
- if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--print"))
- print = 1;
+ if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--normalize") || !strcmp(argv[i], "--print"))
+ normalize = 1;
else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--allow-onelevel"))
flags |= REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL;
else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-allow-onelevel"))
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ int cmd_check_ref_format(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
usage(builtin_check_ref_format_usage);
refname = argv[i];
+ if (normalize)
+ refname = collapse_slashes(refname);
if (check_refname_format(refname, flags))
return 1;
-
- if (print) {
- refname = collapse_slashes(refname);
+ if (normalize)
printf("%s\n", refname);
- }
return 0;
}
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 5a0bd0f7af..d2aac24a36 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@ int check_refname_format(const char *ref, int flags)
int component_len, component_count = 0;
while (1) {
- while (*ref == '/')
- ref++; /* tolerate leading and repeated slashes */
-
/* We are at the start of a path component. */
component_len = check_refname_component(ref);
if (component_len < 0) {
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 48540c08bb..b0da5fc95d 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ extern int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn, void *);
* REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL is set in flags, then accept one-level
* reference names. If REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN is set in flags, then
* allow a "*" wildcard character in place of one of the name
- * components.
+ * components. No leading or repeated slashes are accepted.
*/
extern int check_refname_format(const char *ref, int flags);
diff --git a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
index 419788f78f..710fccad36 100755
--- a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
+++ b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,17 @@ invalid_ref() {
invalid_ref ''
invalid_ref '/'
invalid_ref '/' --allow-onelevel
+invalid_ref '/' --normalize
+invalid_ref '/' '--allow-onelevel --normalize'
valid_ref 'foo/bar/baz'
-valid_ref 'refs///heads/foo'
+valid_ref 'foo/bar/baz' --normalize
+invalid_ref 'refs///heads/foo'
+valid_ref 'refs///heads/foo' --normalize
invalid_ref 'heads/foo/'
-valid_ref '/heads/foo'
-valid_ref '///heads/foo'
+invalid_ref '/heads/foo'
+valid_ref '/heads/foo' --normalize
+invalid_ref '///heads/foo'
+valid_ref '///heads/foo' --normalize
invalid_ref './foo'
invalid_ref './foo/bar'
invalid_ref 'foo/./bar'
@@ -60,12 +66,15 @@ invalid_ref "$ref"
valid_ref "$ref" --allow-onelevel
invalid_ref "$ref" --refspec-pattern
valid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel'
+invalid_ref "$ref" --normalize
+valid_ref "$ref" '--allow-onelevel --normalize'
ref='foo/bar'
valid_ref "$ref"
valid_ref "$ref" --allow-onelevel
valid_ref "$ref" --refspec-pattern
valid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel'
+valid_ref "$ref" --normalize
ref='foo/*'
invalid_ref "$ref"
@@ -78,6 +87,8 @@ invalid_ref "$ref"
invalid_ref "$ref" --allow-onelevel
valid_ref "$ref" --refspec-pattern
valid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel'
+invalid_ref "$ref" --normalize
+valid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --normalize'
ref='foo/*/bar'
invalid_ref "$ref"
@@ -105,9 +116,13 @@ invalid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel'
ref='/foo'
invalid_ref "$ref"
-valid_ref "$ref" --allow-onelevel
+invalid_ref "$ref" --allow-onelevel
invalid_ref "$ref" --refspec-pattern
-valid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel'
+invalid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel'
+invalid_ref "$ref" --normalize
+valid_ref "$ref" '--allow-onelevel --normalize'
+invalid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --normalize'
+valid_ref "$ref" '--refspec-pattern --allow-onelevel --normalize'
test_expect_success "check-ref-format --branch @{-1}" '
T=$(git write-tree) &&
@@ -141,12 +156,12 @@ test_expect_success 'check-ref-format --branch from subdir' '
valid_ref_normalized() {
test_expect_success "ref name '$1' simplifies to '$2'" "
- refname=\$(git check-ref-format --print '$1') &&
+ refname=\$(git check-ref-format --normalize '$1') &&
test \"\$refname\" = '$2'"
}
invalid_ref_normalized() {
- test_expect_success "check-ref-format --print rejects '$1'" "
- test_must_fail git check-ref-format --print '$1'"
+ test_expect_success "check-ref-format --normalize rejects '$1'" "
+ test_must_fail git check-ref-format --normalize '$1'"
}
valid_ref_normalized 'heads/foo' 'heads/foo'