#define MAXDEPTH 5
#define MAXREFLEN (1024)
+/*
+ * Called by resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive() after it failed to read
+ * from "name", which is "module/.git/<refname>". Find <refname> in
+ * the packed-refs file for the submodule.
+ */
static int resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(char *name, int pathlen, const char *refname, unsigned char *result)
{
int retval = -1;
struct ref_entry *ref;
- struct ref_array *array = get_packed_refs(name);
+ struct ref_array *array;
+ /* being defensive: resolve_gitlink_ref() did this for us */
+ if (pathlen < 6 || memcmp(name + pathlen - 6, "/.git/", 6))
+ die("Oops");
+ name[pathlen - 6] = '\0'; /* make it path to the submodule */
+ array = get_packed_refs(name);
ref = search_ref_array(array, refname);
if (ref != NULL) {
memcpy(result, ref->sha1, 20);