Don't try to pack symbolic refs If there were symbolic refs among the loose refs then the code to create packed-refs would fail trying to parse the OID out of them (where Git just skips trying to pack them). This fixes it.
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diff --git a/src/refdb_fs.c b/src/refdb_fs.c
index acd8259..658bebb 100644
--- a/src/refdb_fs.c
+++ b/src/refdb_fs.c
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ static int loose_lookup_to_packfile(
if (reference_read(&ref_file, NULL, backend->path, name, NULL) < 0)
return -1;
+ /* skip symbolic refs */
+ if (!git__prefixcmp(git_buf_cstr(&ref_file), GIT_SYMREF)) {
+ git_buf_free(&ref_file);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
git_buf_rtrim(&ref_file);
name_len = strlen(name);
@@ -355,6 +361,9 @@ static int _dirent_loose_load(void *data, git_buf *full_path)
if (loose_lookup_to_packfile(&ref, backend, file_path) < 0)
return -1;
+ if (!ref)
+ return 0;
+
git_strmap_insert2(
backend->refcache.packfile, ref->name, ref, old_ref, err);
if (err < 0) {
@@ -460,7 +469,7 @@ static int loose_lookup(
if (error < 0)
goto done;
- if (git__prefixcmp((const char *)(ref_file.ptr), GIT_SYMREF) == 0) {
+ if (git__prefixcmp(git_buf_cstr(&ref_file), GIT_SYMREF) == 0) {
git_buf_rtrim(&ref_file);
if ((target = loose_parse_symbolic(&ref_file)) == NULL) {
diff --git a/tests-clar/refs/pack.c b/tests-clar/refs/pack.c
index d8d5cc6..6019ed7 100644
--- a/tests-clar/refs/pack.c
+++ b/tests-clar/refs/pack.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void packall(void)
void test_refs_pack__empty(void)
{
- // create a packfile for an empty folder
+ /* create a packfile for an empty folder */
git_buf temp_path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
cl_git_pass(git_buf_join_n(&temp_path, '/', 3, git_repository_path(g_repo), GIT_REFS_HEADS_DIR, "empty_dir"));
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void test_refs_pack__empty(void)
void test_refs_pack__loose(void)
{
- // create a packfile from all the loose rn a repo
+ /* create a packfile from all the loose rn a repo */
git_reference *reference;
git_buf temp_path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
@@ -77,3 +77,29 @@ void test_refs_pack__loose(void)
git_reference_free(reference);
git_buf_free(&temp_path);
}
+
+void test_refs_pack__symbolic(void)
+{
+ /* create a packfile from loose refs skipping symbolic refs */
+ int i;
+ git_oid head;
+ git_reference *ref;
+ char name[128];
+
+ cl_git_pass(git_reference_name_to_id(&head, g_repo, "HEAD"));
+
+ /* make a bunch of references */
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "refs/heads/symbolic-%03d", i);
+ cl_git_pass(git_reference_symbolic_create(
+ &ref, g_repo, name, "refs/heads/master", 0));
+ git_reference_free(ref);
+
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "refs/heads/direct-%03d", i);
+ cl_git_pass(git_reference_create(&ref, g_repo, name, &head, 0));
+ git_reference_free(ref);
+ }
+
+ packall();
+}