From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sequencer: don't clobber HEAD ref name in worktree lookup
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:44:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqik34qd6s.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014165824.2214234-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com> (Andy Koppe's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:58:24 +0100")
Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com> writes:
> add_decorations_to_list() skips the branch that HEAD points to, because
> the rebase updates it anyway, as per aa37f3e1d89 (sequencer: ignore HEAD
> ref under --update-refs, 2022-07-19).
>
> However, it keeps the name of that branch in the static buffer returned
> by refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(). If another branch on the same commit is
> checked out in a different worktree, branch_checked_out() overwrites
> that buffer. If the current branch comes after the other branch in the
> list of decorations, it gets a "checked out" comment in the todo list
> instead of being skipped, and the branch whose name ended up in the
> buffer is skipped in its place.
So obviously broken original, so cleanly corrected. I very much
like it.
Will queue. thanks.
>
> Decorations are processed in reverse alphabetical order, so this depends
> on the branch names. The test added in 94304b9f48e (sequencer: comment
> checked-out branch properly, 2024-11-25) happens to trigger the problem
> and expects its result.
>
> Fix it by using refs_resolve_refdup(), correct that test's expectation,
> and add a test with checked-out branches sorting both before and after
> the current branch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
> ---
> sequencer.c | 11 ++++++-----
> t/t3400-rebase.sh | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 6dae43e4db..c672b6e127 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -6577,11 +6577,11 @@ static int add_decorations_to_list(const struct commit *commit,
> struct todo_add_branch_context *ctx)
> {
> const struct name_decoration *decoration = get_name_decoration(&commit->object);
> - const char *head_ref = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
> - "HEAD",
> - RESOLVE_REF_READING,
> - NULL,
> - NULL);
> + char *head_ref = refs_resolve_refdup(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
> + "HEAD",
> + RESOLVE_REF_READING,
> + NULL,
> + NULL);
>
> while (decoration) {
> struct todo_item *item;
> @@ -6633,6 +6633,7 @@ static int add_decorations_to_list(const struct commit *commit,
> decoration = decoration->next;
> }
>
> + free(head_ref);
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
> index accaaba4d4..0e7ef33eb1 100755
> --- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
> +++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
> @@ -483,7 +483,26 @@ test_expect_success 'git rebase --update-ref with core.commentChar and branch on
> GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="cat >actual" git -c core.commentChar=% \
> rebase -i --update-refs base &&
> test_grep "% Ref refs/heads/wt-topic checked out at" actual &&
> - test_grep "% Ref refs/heads/topic2 checked out at" actual
> + test_grep ! "Ref refs/heads/topic2" actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'git rebase --update-refs ignores current branch with branches on worktrees' '
> + test_when_finished git branch -D base current a-topic z-topic &&
> + test_when_finished git checkout main &&
> + test_when_finished git worktree remove z-topic &&
> + test_when_finished git worktree remove a-topic &&
> + git checkout -b base main &&
> + git checkout -b current &&
> + test_commit msg4 &&
> + git worktree add a-topic &&
> + git worktree add z-topic &&
> + git checkout base &&
> + test_commit msg5 &&
> + git checkout current &&
> + GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="cat >actual" git rebase -i --update-refs base &&
> + test_grep "# Ref refs/heads/a-topic checked out at" actual &&
> + test_grep "# Ref refs/heads/z-topic checked out at" actual &&
> + test_grep ! "refs/heads/current" actual
> '
>
> test_done
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2026-10-14 16:58 [PATCH] sequencer: don't clobber HEAD ref name in worktree lookup Andy Koppe
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