[PATCH v2 17/25] ref_update_reject_duplicates(): add a sanity check

[Michael Haggerty]

It's pretty cheap to make sure that the caller didn't pass us an
unsorted list by accident, so do so.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
 refs.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 143936a9c3..d1c781d94e 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1709,13 +1709,19 @@ int ref_update_reject_duplicates(struct string_list 
*refnames,
 
        assert(err);
 
-       for (i = 1; i < n; i++)
-               if (!strcmp(refnames->items[i - 1].string, 
refnames->items[i].string)) {
+       for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
+               int cmp = strcmp(refnames->items[i - 1].string,
+                                refnames->items[i].string);
+
+               if (!cmp) {
                        strbuf_addf(err,
                                    "multiple updates for ref '%s' not 
allowed.",
                                    refnames->items[i].string);
                        return 1;
+               } else if (cmp > 0) {
+                       die("BUG: ref_update_reject_duplicates() received 
unsorted list");
                }
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.11.0