Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] object-name: fix resolution of object names containing curly braces

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Maintainer note: these bugs both date back to 2006; neither is a regression
>> > in this cycle.
>>
>> While I was preparing today's -rc2 release, I noticed that this
>> change broke some of my release scripts with
>>
>>     $ git rev-parse --verify v2.48.0-rc2-161-g6c2274cdbc^0
>>     fatal: Needed a single revision
>>
>> which is the construct that has been there almost forever.  Its
>> expected output is
>>
>>     $ git rev-parse --verify v2.48.0-rc2-161-g6c2274cdbc^0
>>     6c2274cdbca14b7eb70fb182ffac80bf6950e137
>>
>> The series seems to need a bit more work.
>
> Gah, I made sure to copy the object name into a string buf, so I could
> operate on just the relevant part, but then ignored that and operated
> on the full thing.
>
> This fixes it:
>
> diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
> index 614520954c7..cb96a0e6161 100644
> --- a/object-name.c
> +++ b/object-name.c
> @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static int ref_and_count_parts_valid(const char
> *name, int len)
>         len = cp - name;
>         strbuf_init(&sb, len);
>         strbuf_add(&sb, name, len);
> -       ret = !check_refname_format(name, flags);
> +       ret = !check_refname_format(sb.buf, flags);
>         strbuf_release(&sb);
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> I'll include it with all my other fixes in a reroll, which I'll
> probably send out after 2.48 to avoid distracting from the release.

In existing tests, we seem to be lacking coverage to notice this
breakage, so let's make sure we add one or two.

Thanks.