DESTDIR support for git/contrib/emacs
[gitweb.git] / refs.c
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 9f1fb68d047b62622598379706fa08960f6995f8..f471152bfc6c500a2597068496ffff3f4d8f5961 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -980,6 +980,27 @@ int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock,
                unlock_ref(lock);
                return -1;
        }
+       if (strcmp(lock->orig_ref_name, "HEAD") != 0) {
+               /*
+                * Special hack: If a branch is updated directly and HEAD
+                * points to it (may happen on the remote side of a push
+                * for example) then logically the HEAD reflog should be
+                * updated too.
+                * A generic solution implies reverse symref information,
+                * but finding all symrefs pointing to the given branch
+                * would be rather costly for this rare event (the direct
+                * update of a branch) to be worth it.  So let's cheat and
+                * check with HEAD only which should cover 99% of all usage
+                * scenarios (even 100% of the default ones).
+                */
+               unsigned char head_sha1[20];
+               int head_flag;
+               const char *head_ref;
+               head_ref = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 1, &head_flag);
+               if (head_ref && (head_flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
+                   !strcmp(head_ref, lock->ref_name))
+                       log_ref_write("HEAD", lock->old_sha1, sha1, logmsg);
+       }
        if (commit_lock_file(lock->lk)) {
                error("Couldn't set %s", lock->ref_name);
                unlock_ref(lock);