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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | environment.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 5 |
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index af30620..8da85a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -1026,6 +1026,17 @@ GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS:: variable when it is invoked as the top level command by the end user, to be recorded in the body of the reflog. +`GIT_REF_PARANOIA`:: + If set to `1`, include broken or badly named refs when iterating + over lists of refs. In a normal, non-corrupted repository, this + does nothing. However, enabling it may help git to detect and + abort some operations in the presence of broken refs. Git sets + this variable automatically when performing destructive + operations like linkgit:git-prune[1]. You should not need to set + it yourself unless you want to be paranoid about making sure + an operation has touched every ref (e.g., because you are + cloning a repository to make a backup). + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ @@ -614,6 +614,14 @@ extern int protect_hfs; extern int protect_ntfs; /* + * Include broken refs in all ref iterations, which will + * generally choke dangerous operations rather than letting + * them silently proceed without taking the broken ref into + * account. + */ +extern int ref_paranoia; + +/* * The character that begins a commented line in user-editable file * that is subject to stripspace. */ diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c index 1ade5c9..a40044c 100644 --- a/environment.c +++ b/environment.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int is_bare_repository_cfg = -1; /* unspecified */ int log_all_ref_updates = -1; /* unspecified */ int warn_ambiguous_refs = 1; int warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = 1; +int ref_paranoia = -1; int repository_format_version; const char *git_commit_encoding; const char *git_log_output_encoding; @@ -1907,6 +1907,11 @@ static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_cache *refs, const char *base, data.fn = fn; data.cb_data = cb_data; + if (ref_paranoia < 0) + ref_paranoia = git_env_bool("GIT_REF_PARANOIA", 0); + if (ref_paranoia) + data.flags |= DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN; + return do_for_each_entry(refs, base, do_one_ref, &data); } |