builtin/fsck: move generic HEAD check into refs_fsck()

Move the check that detects "HEAD" refs that do not point at a branch
into `refs_fsck()`. This follows the same motivation as the preceding
commit.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Patrick Steinhardt 2026-01-09 13:39:45 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent aa3b256f55
commit b2f2a58a25
6 changed files with 21 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
`badGpgsig`::
(ERROR) A tag contains a bad (truncated) signature (e.g., `gpgsig`) header.
`badHeadTarget`::
(ERROR) The `HEAD` ref is a symref that does not refer to a branch.
`badHeaderContinuation`::
(ERROR) A continuation header (such as for `gpgsig`) is unexpectedly truncated.

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@ -728,13 +728,6 @@ static void fsck_head_link(const char *head_ref_name,
error(_("invalid %s"), head_ref_name);
return;
}
if (strcmp(*head_points_at, head_ref_name) &&
!starts_with(*head_points_at, "refs/heads/")) {
errors_found |= ERROR_REFS;
error(_("%s points to something strange (%s)"),
head_ref_name, *head_points_at);
return;
}
return;
}

1
fsck.h
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@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum fsck_msg_type {
FUNC(BAD_DATE_OVERFLOW, ERROR) \
FUNC(BAD_EMAIL, ERROR) \
FUNC(BAD_GPGSIG, ERROR) \
FUNC(BAD_HEAD_TARGET, ERROR) \
FUNC(BAD_NAME, ERROR) \
FUNC(BAD_OBJECT_SHA1, ERROR) \
FUNC(BAD_PACKED_REF_ENTRY, ERROR) \

12
refs.c
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@ -334,8 +334,18 @@ int refs_fsck_ref(struct ref_store *refs UNUSED, struct fsck_options *o,
int refs_fsck_symref(struct ref_store *refs UNUSED, struct fsck_options *o,
struct fsck_ref_report *report,
const char *refname UNUSED, const char *target)
const char *refname, const char *target)
{
const char *stripped_refname;
parse_worktree_ref(refname, NULL, NULL, &stripped_refname);
if (!strcmp(stripped_refname, "HEAD") &&
!starts_with(target, "refs/heads/") &&
fsck_report_ref(o, report, FSCK_MSG_BAD_HEAD_TARGET,
"HEAD points to non-branch '%s'", target))
return -1;
if (is_root_ref(target))
return 0;

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@ -910,10 +910,10 @@ test_expect_success 'complains about broken root ref' '
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
echo "ref: refs/../HEAD" >.git/HEAD &&
echo "ref: refs/heads/../HEAD" >.git/HEAD &&
test_must_fail git refs verify 2>err &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
error: HEAD: badReferentName: points to invalid refname ${SQ}refs/../HEAD${SQ}
error: HEAD: badReferentName: points to invalid refname ${SQ}refs/heads/../HEAD${SQ}
EOF
test_cmp expect err
)
@ -926,10 +926,10 @@ test_expect_success 'complains about broken root ref in worktree' '
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
git worktree add ../worktree &&
echo "ref: refs/../HEAD" >.git/worktrees/worktree/HEAD &&
echo "ref: refs/heads/../HEAD" >.git/worktrees/worktree/HEAD &&
test_must_fail git refs verify 2>err &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
error: worktrees/worktree/HEAD: badReferentName: points to invalid refname ${SQ}refs/../HEAD${SQ}
error: worktrees/worktree/HEAD: badReferentName: points to invalid refname ${SQ}refs/heads/../HEAD${SQ}
EOF
test_cmp expect err
)

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@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ test_expect_success 'HEAD link pointing at a funny place' '
test-tool ref-store main create-symref HEAD refs/funny/place &&
# avoid corrupt/broken HEAD from interfering with repo discovery
test_must_fail env GIT_DIR=.git git fsck 2>out &&
test_grep "HEAD points to something strange" out
test_grep "HEAD: badHeadTarget: HEAD points to non-branch ${SQ}refs/funny/place${SQ}" out
'
test_expect_success REFFILES 'HEAD link pointing at a funny object (from different wt)' '
@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ test_expect_success 'other worktree HEAD link pointing at a funny place' '
git worktree add other &&
git -C other symbolic-ref HEAD refs/funny/place &&
test_must_fail git fsck 2>out &&
test_grep "worktrees/other/HEAD points to something strange" out
test_grep "worktrees/other/HEAD: badHeadTarget: HEAD points to non-branch ${SQ}refs/funny/place${SQ}" out
'
test_expect_success 'commit with multiple signatures is okay' '