int validate_headref(const char *path)
{
struct stat st;
- char *buf, buffer[256];
- unsigned char sha1[20];
+ char buffer[256];
+ const char *refname;
+ struct object_id oid;
int fd;
ssize_t len;
len = read_in_full(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
close(fd);
+ if (len < 0)
+ return -1;
+ buffer[len] = '\0';
+
/*
* Is it a symbolic ref?
*/
- if (len < 4)
- return -1;
- if (!memcmp("ref:", buffer, 4)) {
- buf = buffer + 4;
- len -= 4;
- while (len && isspace(*buf))
- buf++, len--;
- if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buf, 5))
+ if (skip_prefix(buffer, "ref:", &refname)) {
+ while (isspace(*refname))
+ refname++;
+ if (starts_with(refname, "refs/"))
return 0;
}
/*
* Is this a detached HEAD?
*/
- if (!get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
+ if (!get_oid_hex(buffer, &oid))
return 0;
return -1;