The current check for symlinked reflogs was based on stat(2), which is
utterly embarrassing.
Fix it, and add a matching testcase.
Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
---
This is on top of my previous [RFC], which is kind of strange, but I hope
it wasn't dropped on the floor...
refs.c | 2 +-
t/t3200-branch.sh | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 479f18c..d8c19e6 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref)
struct ref_lock *lock;
char msg[PATH_MAX*2 + 100];
struct stat loginfo;
- int log = !stat(git_path("logs/%s", oldref), &loginfo);
+ int log = !lstat(git_path("logs/%s", oldref), &loginfo);
if (S_ISLNK(loginfo.st_mode))
return error("reflog for %s is a symlink", oldref);
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index afaa853..5782c30 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -104,4 +104,11 @@ test_expect_success \
git-branch -m s/s s &&
test -f .git/logs/refs/heads/s'
+test_expect_failure \
+ 'git-branch -m u v should fail when the reflog for u is a symlink' \
+ 'git-branch -l u &&
+ mv .git/logs/refs/heads/u real-u &&
+ ln -s real-u .git/logs/refs/heads/u &&
+ git-branch -m u v'
+
test_done
--
1.4.4.1.gf0df
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