An attempt to update or delete a ref that is hidden from "git push"
is rejected.  With this the server side can implement refs that are
only available for its own use, e.g. refs/pull/11/head used to hold
an incoming pull request at GitHub.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |  3 ++-
 builtin/receive-pack.c   | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8e2853e..b7b407b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2063,7 +2063,8 @@ transfer.hiderefs::
        more than one transfer.hiderefs configuration variables to
        specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that has one of these
        strings as its prefix is excluded, and is hidden from
-       `git clone --mirror` and `git push :`.
+       `git clone --mirror` and `git push :`.  An attempt to update
+       or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is rejected.
 
 transfer.unpackLimit::
        When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 5ed40be..a8248d9 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -696,6 +696,20 @@ static int iterate_receive_command_list(void *cb_data, 
unsigned char sha1[20])
        return -1; /* end of list */
 }
 
+static void reject_updates_to_hidden(struct command *commands)
+{
+       struct command *cmd;
+
+       for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
+               if (cmd->error_string || !ref_is_hidden(cmd->ref_name))
+                       continue;
+               if (is_null_sha1(cmd->new_sha1))
+                       cmd->error_string = "deny deleting a hidden ref";
+               else
+                       cmd->error_string = "deny updating a hidden ref";
+       }
+}
+
 static void execute_commands(struct command *commands, const char 
*unpacker_error)
 {
        struct command *cmd;
@@ -712,6 +726,8 @@ static void execute_commands(struct command *commands, 
const char *unpacker_erro
                                       0, &cmd))
                set_connectivity_errors(commands);
 
+       reject_updates_to_hidden(commands);
+
        if (run_receive_hook(commands, pre_receive_hook, 0)) {
                for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
                        if (!cmd->error_string)
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 6009372..8e8287a 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -1037,4 +1037,28 @@ test_expect_success 'push --prune refspec' '
        ! check_push_result $the_first_commit tmp/foo tmp/bar
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push to update a hidden ref' '
+       mk_test heads/master hidden/one hidden/two hidden/three &&
+       (
+               cd testrepo &&
+               git config transfer.hiderefs refs/hidden
+       ) &&
+
+       # push to unhidden ref succeeds normally
+       git push testrepo master:refs/heads/master &&
+       check_push_result $the_commit heads/master &&
+
+       # push to update a hidden ref should fail
+       test_must_fail git push testrepo master:refs/hidden/one &&
+       check_push_result $the_first_commit hidden/one &&
+
+       # push to delete a hidden ref should fail
+       test_must_fail git push testrepo master:refs/hidden/two &&
+       check_push_result $the_first_commit hidden/two &&
+
+       # idempotent push to update a hidden ref should fail
+       test_must_fail git push testrepo $the_first_commit:refs/hidden/three &&
+       check_push_result $the_first_commit hidden/three
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.8.1.2.548.g0e4986f

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