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authorMichael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>2011-09-15 23:10:27 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-10-05 13:45:30 -0700
commit7e9d2fe96060957d90870d2fac9b85608423e277 (patch)
treedc68fe7286d63488a9a9a0115554b7ac75a16e41 /Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
parent49295d4e3fb58c6179b7434cd87805f86cb1f7b7 (diff)
downloadgit-7e9d2fe96060957d90870d2fac9b85608423e277.tar.gz
Do not allow ".lock" at the end of any refname component
Allowing any refname component to end with ".lock" is looking for trouble; for example, $ git br foo.lock/bar $ git br foo fatal: Unable to create '[...]/.git/refs/heads/foo.lock': File exists. Therefore, do not allow any refname component to end with ".lock". Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index dcb8cc38a3..9114751966 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ git imposes the following rules on how references are named:
. They can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory)
grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a
- dot `.`.
+ dot `.` or end with the sequence `.lock`.
. They must contain at least one `/`. This enforces the presence of a
category like `heads/`, `tags/` etc. but the actual names are not
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ git imposes the following rules on how references are named:
. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`.
-. They cannot end with the sequence `.lock`.
-
. They cannot contain a sequence `@{`.
. They cannot contain a `\`.