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From: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error()
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 21:53:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <938dfb8d4e37ef962c811d6e0f32122a2522deb5.1754455931.git.liu.denton@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1754455931.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

When "git push <remote> <src>:<dst>" does not spell out the
destination side of the ref fully, and when <src> is not given
as a reference but an object name, the code tries to give advice
messages based on the type of that object.

The type is determined by calling odb_read_object_info() and
signalled by its return value.  The code however reported a
programming error with BUG() when this function said that there
is no such object, which happens when the object name is given
as a full hexadecimal (if the object name is given as a partial
hexadecimal or an non-existing ref, the function would have died
without returning, so this BUG() wouldn't have triggered).  This
is wrong.  It is an ordinary end-user mistake to give an object
name that does not exist and treated as such.

An example of the error message produced is as follows:

	error: The destination you provided is not a full refname (i.e.,
	starting with "refs/"). We tried to guess what you meant by:

	- Looking for a ref that matches 'branch' on the remote side.
	- Checking if the <src> being pushed ('0000000000000000000000000000000000000001')
	  is a ref in "refs/{heads,tags}/". If so we add a corresponding
	  refs/{heads,tags}/ prefix on the remote side.

	Neither worked, so we gave up. You must fully qualify the ref.
	BUG: remote.c:1221: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000001' should be commit/tag/tree/blob, is '-1'
	fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
	Aborted (core dumped)

Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 remote.c              | 4 ++--
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index e965f022f1..465e0ea0eb 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1218,8 +1218,8 @@ static void show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error(const char *dst_value,
 			 "'%s:refs/tags/%s'?"),
 		       matched_src_name, dst_value);
 	} else {
-		BUG("'%s' should be commit/tag/tree/blob, is '%d'",
-		    matched_src_name, type);
+		advise(_("The <src> part of the refspec ('%s') is an object ID that doesn't exist.\n"),
+		       matched_src_name);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 8eddf3e40d..46926e7bbd 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -471,6 +471,11 @@ test_expect_success 'push ref expression with non-existent, incomplete dest' '
 	test_must_fail git push testrepo main^:branch
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src' '
+	mk_test testrepo &&
+	test_must_fail git push testrepo $(test_oid 001):branch
+'
+
 for head in HEAD @
 do
 
-- 
2.50.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-06  4:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-04  9:42 [PATCH 0/2] remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case Denton Liu
2025-08-04  9:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] t5516: introduce 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src' Denton Liu
2025-08-04  9:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() Denton Liu
2025-08-04 14:19   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-05  6:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] *** SUBJECT HERE *** Denton Liu
2025-08-05  6:24   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t5516: introduce 'push ref expression with non-existent oid src' Denton Liu
2025-08-05 13:28     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-05 17:12       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-05  6:24   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() Denton Liu
2025-08-05 13:27     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-06  4:53   ` [PATCH v3 0/2] remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case Denton Liu
2025-08-06  4:53     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies Denton Liu
2025-08-06  6:14       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-06  4:53     ` Denton Liu [this message]
2025-08-06  6:14       ` [PATCH v3 2/2] remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-06 15:17         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-07  4:30           ` [PATCH] remote.c: convert if-else tower to switch Denton Liu
2025-08-07  4:38             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-07  9:20             ` [PATCH v2] " Denton Liu
2025-08-07 12:35               ` Ben Knoble
2025-08-07 17:19                 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-08-07 15:02             ` [PATCH] " Junio C Hamano
2025-08-08  4:41     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case Denton Liu
2025-08-08  4:41       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies Denton Liu
2025-08-08  4:41       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] remote.c: convert if-else ladder to switch Denton Liu
2025-08-08  5:43         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-08  7:14           ` Denton Liu
2025-08-08  4:41       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() Denton Liu
2025-08-08  7:24       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case Denton Liu
2025-08-08  7:24         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies Denton Liu
2025-08-08  7:24         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() Denton Liu
2025-08-08  7:24         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] remote.c: convert if-else ladder to switch Denton Liu
2025-08-08  7:28         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] remote.c: remove erroneous BUG case Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-08 16:06           ` Junio C Hamano

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