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Subject:    [RFC 7/7] check_refname_format(): implement REFNAME_RELAXED option
From:       mhagger () alum ! mit ! edu
Date:       2012-04-30 23:02:55
Message-ID: 1335826975-3093-8-git-send-email-mhagger () alum ! mit ! edu
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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Implement a new option, REFNAME_RELAXED, which accepts "slightly"
illegal refnames--those that might cause confusion with notations
like "R1..R2", "^R1", etc. but are unlikely to cause internal errors.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 refs.c |   31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 refs.h |    6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index c4ab64d..3a35e5e 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -17,14 +17,20 @@
  */
 
 /* Return true iff ch is not allowed in reference names. */
-static inline int bad_ref_char(int ch)
+static inline int bad_ref_char(int ch, int flags)
 {
-	if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' || ch == 0x7f ||
-	    ch == '~' || ch == '^' || ch == ':' || ch == '\\')
-		return 1;
-	/* 2.13 Pattern Matching Notation */
-	if (ch == '*' || ch == '?' || ch == '[') /* Unsupported */
-		return 1;
+	if (flags & REFNAME_RELAXED) {
+		if (ch == '\0' || ch == '\n' || ch == ' ' ||
+		    ch == ':' || ch == '\\')
+			return 1;
+	} else {
+		if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' || ch == 0x7f ||
+		    ch == '~' || ch == '^' || ch == ':' || ch == '\\')
+			return 1;
+		/* 2.13 Pattern Matching Notation */
+		if (ch == '*' || ch == '?' || ch == '[') /* Unsupported */
+			return 1;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -46,12 +52,12 @@ static int parse_refname_component(const char *refname, int refnamelen, int flag
 		char ch = refname[i];
 		if (ch == '/') {
 			break;
-		} else if (bad_ref_char(ch)) {
+		} else if (bad_ref_char(ch, flags)) {
 			break; /* Component terminated by illegal character. */
-		} else if (last == '.' && ch == '.') {
+		} else if (!(flags & REFNAME_RELAXED) && last == '.' && ch == '.') {
 			i--;
 			break; /* Component terminated by "..". */
-		} else if (last == '@' && ch == '{') {
+		} else if (!(flags & REFNAME_RELAXED) && last == '@' && ch == '{') {
 			i--;
 			break; /* Refname terminated by "@{". */
 		}
@@ -64,11 +70,12 @@ static int parse_refname_component(const char *refname, int refnamelen, int flag
 			return -1; /* Component starts with '.'. */
 		/*
 		 * Even if leading dots are allowed, don't allow "."
-		 * as a component (".." is treated as a terminator by
-		 * a rule above).
+		 * or ".."  as a component.
 		 */
 		if (i == 1)
 			return -1; /* Component equals ".". */
+		if (i == 2 && refname[1] == '.')
+			return -1; /* Component equals "..". */
 	}
 	if (i >= 5 && !memcmp(&refname[i - 5], ".lock", 5))
 		return -1; /* Component is not allowed to end with ".lock". */
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index efe13bb..dd6cfe5 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ extern int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn, void *);
 #define REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN 0x02
 #define REFNAME_DOT_COMPONENT 0x04
 #define REFNAME_FULL 0x08
+#define REFNAME_RELAXED 0x10
 
 /*
  * Return 0 iff refname has the correct format for a refname according
@@ -128,7 +129,10 @@ extern int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn, void *);
  * "." or "..").  If REFNAME_FULL is set in flags, then additionally
  * verify that the refname is a valid full refname--that it either
  * starts with "refs/" or that it consists of only capital letters and
- * underscores (like "HEAD" or "MERGE_HEAD").
+ * underscores (like "HEAD" or "MERGE_HEAD").  If REFNAME_RELAXED is
+ * set in flags, then relax the rules to allow control characters
+ * except for SP and LF, wildcard characters '?', '*', and '[', ".."
+ * (but not as a complete refname component), and "@{".
  */
 extern int check_refname_format(const char *refname, int flags);
 
-- 
1.7.10

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