Currently, it's possible to update HEAD with a nonsense reference since
no strict validation ist performed. Example:

        $ git symbolic-ref HEAD 'refs/heads/master
    >
    >
    > '

Fix this by checking the given reference with check_refname_format().

Signed-off-by: Michael Schubert <msc...@elegosoft.com>
---
 builtin/symbolic-ref.c  |  4 +++-
 t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index 801d62e..a529541 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const 
char *prefix)
        git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
                             git_symbolic_ref_usage, 0);
-       if (msg &&!*msg)
+       if (msg && !*msg)
                die("Refusing to perform update with empty message");
        switch (argc) {
        case 1:
                check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
                break;
        case 2:
+               if (check_refname_format(argv[1], 0))
+                       die("No valid reference format: '%s'", argv[1]);
                if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
                    prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/"))
                        die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
diff --git a/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh b/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
index 2c96551..b1cd508 100755
--- a/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses non-ref for HEAD' '
 '
 reset_to_sane
 
+test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses ref with leading dot' '
+       test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/.foo
+'
+reset_to_sane
+
+test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses ref with leading dash' '
+       test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/-foo
+'
+reset_to_sane
+
 test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses bare sha1' '
        echo content >file && git add file && git commit -m one &&
        test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD `git rev-parse HEAD`
-- 
1.7.11.2.196.ga22866b

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