[PATCH 8/8] refs.c: allow deleting refs with a broken sha1

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

From: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>

Add back support to make it possible to delete refs that have a broken
sha1.

Add new internal flags REF_ALLOW_BROKEN and RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_SHA1
to pass intent from branch.c that we are willing to allow
resolve_ref_unsafe and lock_ref_sha1_basic to allow broken refs.
Since these refs can not actually be resolved to a sha1, they instead resolve
to null_sha1 when these flags are used.

For example, the ref:

   echo "Broken ref" > .git/refs/heads/foo-broken-1

can now be deleted using git branch -d foo-broken-1

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---

Notes:
    Changes to previously sent version:
     * do not introduce yet another flag, but stick with REF_DELETING
       which was meant for this purpose.

 builtin/branch.c  | 5 +++--
 cache.h           | 7 +++++++
 refs.c            | 5 +++++
 t/t3200-branch.sh | 8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 3b79c50..5fe1cac 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 		target = resolve_ref_unsafe(name,
 					    RESOLVE_REF_READING
 					    | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE
-					    | RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME,
+					    | RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME
+					    | RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_SHA1,
 					    sha1, &flags);
 		if (!target) {
 			error(remote_branch
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (delete_ref(name, sha1, REF_NODEREF)) {
+		if (delete_ref(name, sha1, REF_NODEREF|REF_DELETING)) {
 			error(remote_branch
 			      ? _("Error deleting remote branch '%s'")
 			      : _("Error deleting branch '%s'"),
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 99ed096..61e61af 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1000,10 +1000,17 @@ extern int read_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
  * resolved. The function returns NULL for such ref names.
  * Caps and underscores refers to the special refs, such as HEAD,
  * FETCH_HEAD and friends, that all live outside of the refs/ directory.
+ *
+ * RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_SHA1 when this flag is set and the ref contains
+ * an invalid sha1, resolve_ref_unsafe will clear the sha1 argument,
+ * set the REF_ISBROKEN flag and return the refname.
+ * This allows using resolve_ref_unsafe to check for existence of such
+ * broken refs.
  */
 #define RESOLVE_REF_READING 0x01
 #define RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE 0x02
 #define RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME 0x04
+#define RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_SHA1 0x08
 extern const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *ref, int resolve_flags, unsigned char *sha1, int *flags);
 extern char *resolve_refdup(const char *ref, int resolve_flags, unsigned char *sha1, int *flags);
 
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 2effd66..94b766f 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,10 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, int resolve_flags, unsigned
 			    (buffer[40] != '\0' && !isspace(buffer[40]))) {
 				if (flags)
 					*flags |= REF_ISBROKEN;
+				if (resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_SHA1) {
+					hashclr(sha1);
+					return refname;
+				}
 				errno = EINVAL;
 				return NULL;
 			}
@@ -2265,6 +2269,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 		resolve_flags |= RESOLVE_REF_READING;
 	if (flags & REF_DELETING) {
 		resolve_flags |= RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME;
+		resolve_flags |= RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_SHA1;
 		if (flags & REF_NODEREF)
 			resolve_flags |= RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE;
 	}
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 432921b..1ea0d2c 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch --list -d t should fail' '
 	test_path_is_missing .git/refs/heads/t
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git branch -d can delete ref with broken sha1' '
+	echo "pointing nowhere" >.git/refs/heads/brokensha1 &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/brokensha1" &&
+	git branch -d brokensha1 &&
+	git branch >output &&
+	! grep brokensha1 output
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git branch --column' '
 	COLUMNS=81 git branch --column=column >actual &&
 	cat >expected <<\EOF &&
-- 
2.2.0