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-rw-r--r--cache.h2
-rw-r--r--refs.c19
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 8b12aa876..e7ec6267b 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ extern int read_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
* NULL. If more than MAXDEPTH recursive symbolic lookups are needed,
* give up and return NULL.
*
- * errno is sometimes set on errors, but not always.
+ * errno is set to something meaningful on error.
*/
extern const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag);
extern char *resolve_refdup(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 7a815be38..211429df0 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ static const char *handle_missing_loose_ref(const char *refname,
}
}
+/* This function needs to return a meaningful errno on failure */
const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag)
{
int depth = MAXDEPTH;
@@ -1344,8 +1345,10 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int rea
if (flag)
*flag = 0;
- if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL))
+ if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
return NULL;
+ }
for (;;) {
char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -1353,8 +1356,10 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int rea
char *buf;
int fd;
- if (--depth < 0)
+ if (--depth < 0) {
+ errno = ELOOP;
return NULL;
+ }
git_snpath(path, sizeof(path), "%s", refname);
@@ -1416,9 +1421,13 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int rea
return NULL;
}
len = read_in_full(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
- close(fd);
- if (len < 0)
+ if (len < 0) {
+ int save_errno = errno;
+ close(fd);
+ errno = save_errno;
return NULL;
+ }
+ close(fd);
while (len && isspace(buffer[len-1]))
len--;
buffer[len] = '\0';
@@ -1435,6 +1444,7 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int rea
(buffer[40] != '\0' && !isspace(buffer[40]))) {
if (flag)
*flag |= REF_ISBROKEN;
+ errno = EINVAL;
return NULL;
}
return refname;
@@ -1447,6 +1457,7 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1, int rea
if (check_refname_format(buf, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
if (flag)
*flag |= REF_ISBROKEN;
+ errno = EINVAL;
return NULL;
}
refname = strcpy(refname_buffer, buf);