On 10/12/2015 11:51 PM, David Turner wrote:
> Create new function verify_no_descendants, to hold one of the ref
> conflict checks used in verify_refname_available. Multiple backends
> will need this function, so it goes in the common code.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Turner <dtur...@twopensource.com>
> ---
> refs-be-files.c | 33 ++++++++-------------------------
> refs.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> refs.h | 7 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> [...]
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 5a3125d..3ae0274 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -1101,6 +1101,28 @@ enum peel_status peel_object(const unsigned char
> *name, unsigned char *sha1)
> return PEEL_PEELED;
> }
>
> +const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *refname,
> + const struct string_list *extras,
> + const struct string_list *skip)
> +{
> + int pos;
> + if (!extras)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + /* Look for the place where "$refname/" would be inserted in extras. */
The comment above is misleading. See my note at the bottom of this email
for an explanation.
> + for (pos = string_list_find_insert_index(extras, refname, 0);
> + pos < extras->nr; pos++) {
> + const char *extra_refname = extras->items[pos].string;
> +
> + if (!starts_with(extra_refname, refname))
> + break;
> +
> + if (!skip || !string_list_has_string(skip, extra_refname))
> + return extra_refname;
> + }
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> /* backend functions */
> int refs_initdb(struct strbuf *err, int shared)
> {
> diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
> index 3aad3b8..f8becea 100644
> --- a/refs.h
> +++ b/refs.h
> @@ -637,6 +637,13 @@ int files_log_ref_write(const char *refname, const
> unsigned char *old_sha1,
> const unsigned char *new_sha1, const char *msg,
> int flags, struct strbuf *err);
>
> +/*
> + * Check for entries in extras that start with "$refname/", ignoring
> + * those in skip. If there is such an entry, then we have a conflict.
> + */
> +const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *refname,
> + const struct string_list *extras,
> + const struct string_list *skip);
The documentation is is not correct. As written, the function needs not
the refname as argument but the refname followed by '/'. Without the
trailing slash, "refs/heads/foo" would be blocked by "refs/heads/foobar".
>From the point of view of simplicity, it would be nice if this function
could take a refname (without the trailing slash) as argument. But then
it would basically be forced to allocate a new string, copy refname to
it, append a '/', then free the string again when it's done.
Alternatively, it could accept its refname argument in a strbuf and
temporarily append the '/'.
But neither one of these alternatives is so elegant, so maybe it's OK if
this function is documented to take a "directory name, including the
trailing '/'" as argument and rename the argument (e.g., to "dirname").
Please also document that "skip" and "extras" can be NULL, but if not
NULL they need to be sorted lists.
> [...]
Michael
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mhag...@alum.mit.edu
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