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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: phillip.wood123@gmail.com
Cc: Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org,  Han Jiang <jhcarl0814@gmail.com>,
	 Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>,
	 Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] remote: check branch names
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:24:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh6acbti0.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <82a08e44-3822-4a26-ad09-4ca1a9b44c11@gmail.com> (phillip's message of "Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:18:39 +0100")

phillip.wood123@gmail.com writes:

> ... Given that "git remote
> set-branches" has only ever supported "real" branch names and patterns
> on the command line and no-one has complained I wonder if we're better
> off doing something like
>
> 	if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, branch_name) ||
> 	    strcmp(buf.buf + 11, branch_name))
> 		error(_("invalid branch name '%s'", branch_name));
>
> where the "buf.buf + 11" skips "refs/heads/"

Yeah, replacing +11 with skip_prefix() or something for readability,
such a check might be good enough in pracrice.

Thanks.

      reply	other threads:[~2024-09-18 20:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-11 15:18 [PATCH 0/4] remote: branch setting fixes Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2024-09-11 15:18 ` [PATCH 1/4] remote: fix set-branches when no branches are set Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2024-09-11 20:45   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-12 10:04   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-09-11 15:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] remote: print an error if refspec cannot be removed Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2024-09-11 20:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-12 10:04     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-09-12 16:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-13  3:08         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-09-13 15:11     ` phillip.wood123
2024-09-13 17:38       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-11 15:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] remote add: use strvec to store tracking branches Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2024-09-11 17:05   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-12 10:05   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-09-11 15:18 ` [PATCH 4/4] remote: check branch names Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2024-09-11 17:03   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-12 10:05     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-09-12 16:32       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-13 15:09     ` phillip.wood123
2024-09-13 17:49       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-18 13:18         ` phillip.wood123
2024-09-18 20:24           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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