create_dir_entry(refs, refname.buf,
refname.len, 1));
} else {
+ int read_ok;
+
if (*refs->name) {
hashclr(sha1);
flag = 0;
- if (resolve_gitlink_ref(refs->name, refname.buf, sha1) < 0) {
- hashclr(sha1);
- flag |= REF_ISBROKEN;
- }
- } else if (read_ref_full(refname.buf,
- RESOLVE_REF_READING,
- sha1, &flag)) {
+ read_ok = !resolve_gitlink_ref(refs->name,
+ refname.buf, sha1);
+ } else {
+ read_ok = !read_ref_full(refname.buf,
+ RESOLVE_REF_READING,
+ sha1, &flag);
+ }
+
+ if (!read_ok) {
hashclr(sha1);
flag |= REF_ISBROKEN;
+ } else if (is_null_sha1(sha1)) {
+ /*
+ * It is so astronomically unlikely
+ * that NULL_SHA1 is the SHA-1 of an
+ * actual object that we consider its
+ * appearance in a loose reference
+ * file to be repo corruption
+ * (probably due to a software bug).
+ */
+ flag |= REF_ISBROKEN;
}
+
if (check_refname_format(refname.buf,
REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
hashclr(sha1);