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authorNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>2013-05-29 19:12:42 +0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-05-29 11:31:36 -0700
commit798c35fcd8a71a094ca68ac05d81e08c5ac8166d (patch)
tree6832c0926c40542a955a83b77d70ef3ccc36cfeb /sha1_name.c
parent239222f587ed06f96d90dd71c66d80a2b1e3dc9f (diff)
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get_sha1: warn about full or short object names that look like refs
When we get 40 hex digits, we immediately assume it's an SHA-1. This is the right thing to do because we have no way else to specify an object. If there is a ref with the same object name, it will be ignored. Warn the user about this case because the ref with full object name is likely a mistake, for example git checkout -b $empty_var $(git rev-parse something) advice.object_name_warning is not documented because frankly people should not be aware about it until they encounter this situation. While at there, warn about ambiguation with abbreviated SHA-1 too. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sha1_name.c')
-rw-r--r--sha1_name.c25
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 95003c77e..502d107a5 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -435,12 +435,31 @@ static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1, unsigned l
static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
{
static const char *warn_msg = "refname '%.*s' is ambiguous.";
+ static const char *object_name_msg = N_(
+ "Git normally never creates a ref that ends with 40 hex characters\n"
+ "because it will be ignored when you just specify 40-hex. These refs\n"
+ "may be created by mistake. For example,\n"
+ "\n"
+ " git checkout -b $br $(git rev-parse ...)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "where \"$br\" is somehow empty and a 40-hex ref is created. Please\n"
+ "examine these refs and maybe delete them. Turn this message off by\n"
+ "running \"git config advice.object_name_warning false\"");
+ unsigned char tmp_sha1[20];
char *real_ref = NULL;
int refs_found = 0;
int at, reflog_len;
- if (len == 40 && !get_sha1_hex(str, sha1))
+ if (len == 40 && !get_sha1_hex(str, sha1)) {
+ refs_found = dwim_ref(str, len, tmp_sha1, &real_ref);
+ if (refs_found > 0 && warn_ambiguous_refs) {
+ warning(warn_msg, len, str);
+ if (advice_object_name_warning)
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", _(object_name_msg));
+ }
+ free(real_ref);
return 0;
+ }
/* basic@{time or number or -number} format to query ref-log */
reflog_len = at = 0;
@@ -481,7 +500,9 @@ static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
if (!refs_found)
return -1;
- if (warn_ambiguous_refs && refs_found > 1)
+ if (warn_ambiguous_refs &&
+ (refs_found > 1 ||
+ !get_short_sha1(str, len, tmp_sha1, GET_SHA1_QUIETLY)))
warning(warn_msg, len, str);
if (reflog_len) {