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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html