entry_matches(): inline function
[gitweb.git] / refs.c
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 47e4e5380a1e0fc04f8b81837c51c023f35871cf..6bdd34fc728ece31a9b0f64b29269222dcf98d60 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -841,11 +841,6 @@ static void prime_ref_dir(struct ref_dir *dir)
        }
 }
 
-static int entry_matches(struct ref_entry *entry, const struct string_list *list)
-{
-       return list && string_list_has_string(list, entry->name);
-}
-
 struct nonmatching_ref_data {
        const struct string_list *skip;
        struct ref_entry *found;
@@ -855,7 +850,7 @@ static int nonmatching_ref_fn(struct ref_entry *entry, void *vdata)
 {
        struct nonmatching_ref_data *data = vdata;
 
-       if (entry_matches(entry, data->skip))
+       if (data->skip && string_list_has_string(data->skip, entry->name))
                return 0;
 
        data->found = entry;
@@ -876,9 +871,9 @@ static void report_refname_conflict(struct ref_entry *entry,
  * operation).
  *
  * Two reference names conflict if one of them exactly matches the
- * leading components of the other; e.g., "foo/bar" conflicts with
- * both "foo" and with "foo/bar/baz" but not with "foo/bar" or
- * "foo/barbados".
+ * leading components of the other; e.g., "refs/foo/bar" conflicts
+ * with both "refs/foo" and with "refs/foo/bar/baz" but not with
+ * "refs/foo/bar" or "refs/foo/barbados".
  *
  * skip must be sorted.
  */
@@ -887,23 +882,42 @@ static int is_refname_available(const char *refname,
                                struct ref_dir *dir)
 {
        const char *slash;
-       size_t len;
        int pos;
-       char *dirname;
+       struct strbuf dirname = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+       /*
+        * For the sake of comments in this function, suppose that
+        * refname is "refs/foo/bar".
+        */
 
        for (slash = strchr(refname, '/'); slash; slash = strchr(slash + 1, '/')) {
                /*
-                * We are still at a leading dir of the refname; we are
-                * looking for a conflict with a leaf entry.
-                *
-                * If we find one, we still must make sure it is
-                * not in "skip".
+                * We are still at a leading dir of the refname (e.g.,
+                * "refs/foo"; if there is a reference with that name,
+                * it is a conflict, *unless* it is in skip.
                 */
                pos = search_ref_dir(dir, refname, slash - refname);
                if (pos >= 0) {
+                       /*
+                        * We found a reference whose name is a proper
+                        * prefix of refname; e.g., "refs/foo".
+                        */
                        struct ref_entry *entry = dir->entries[pos];
-                       if (entry_matches(entry, skip))
+                       if (skip && string_list_has_string(skip, entry->name)) {
+                               /*
+                                * The reference we just found, e.g.,
+                                * "refs/foo", is also in skip, so it
+                                * is not considered a conflict.
+                                * Moreover, the fact that "refs/foo"
+                                * exists means that there cannot be
+                                * any references anywhere under the
+                                * "refs/foo/" namespace (because they
+                                * would have conflicted with
+                                * "refs/foo"). So we can stop looking
+                                * now and return true.
+                                */
                                return 1;
+                       }
                        report_refname_conflict(entry, refname);
                        return 0;
                }
@@ -911,36 +925,45 @@ static int is_refname_available(const char *refname,
 
                /*
                 * Otherwise, we can try to continue our search with
-                * the next component; if we come up empty, we know
-                * there is nothing under this whole prefix.
+                * the next component. So try to look up the
+                * directory, e.g., "refs/foo/".
                 */
                pos = search_ref_dir(dir, refname, slash + 1 - refname);
-               if (pos < 0)
+               if (pos < 0) {
+                       /*
+                        * There was no directory "refs/foo/", so
+                        * there is nothing under this whole prefix,
+                        * and we are OK.
+                        */
                        return 1;
+               }
 
                dir = get_ref_dir(dir->entries[pos]);
        }
 
        /*
-        * We are at the leaf of our refname; we want to
-        * make sure there are no directories which match it.
+        * We are at the leaf of our refname (e.g., "refs/foo/bar").
+        * There is no point in searching for a reference with that
+        * name, because a refname isn't considered to conflict with
+        * itself. But we still need to check for references whose
+        * names are in the "refs/foo/bar/" namespace, because they
+        * *do* conflict.
         */
-       len = strlen(refname);
-       dirname = xmallocz(len + 1);
-       sprintf(dirname, "%s/", refname);
-       pos = search_ref_dir(dir, dirname, len + 1);
-       free(dirname);
+       strbuf_addstr(&dirname, refname);
+       strbuf_addch(&dirname, '/');
+       pos = search_ref_dir(dir, dirname.buf, dirname.len);
+       strbuf_release(&dirname);
 
        if (pos >= 0) {
                /*
-                * We found a directory named "refname". It is a
-                * problem iff it contains any ref that is not
-                * in "skip".
+                * We found a directory named "$refname/" (e.g.,
+                * "refs/foo/bar/"). It is a problem iff it contains
+                * any ref that is not in "skip".
                 */
-               struct ref_entry *entry = dir->entries[pos];
-               struct ref_dir *dir = get_ref_dir(entry);
                struct nonmatching_ref_data data;
+               struct ref_entry *entry = dir->entries[pos];
 
+               dir = get_ref_dir(entry);
                data.skip = skip;
                sort_ref_dir(dir);
                if (!do_for_each_entry_in_dir(dir, 0, nonmatching_ref_fn, &data))
@@ -950,11 +973,6 @@ static int is_refname_available(const char *refname,
                return 0;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * There is no point in searching for another leaf
-        * node which matches it; such an entry would be the
-        * ref we are looking for, not a conflict.
-        */
        return 1;
 }