[PATCH] Add "git-update-ref" to update the HEAD (or other) ref
[git.git] / update-ref.c
1 #include "cache.h"
2 #include "refs.h"
3
4 static const char git_update_ref_usage[] = "git-update-ref <refname> <value> [<oldval>]";
5
6 #define MAXDEPTH 5
7
8 const char *resolve_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1)
9 {
10         int depth = MAXDEPTH, len;
11         char buffer[256];
12
13         for (;;) {
14                 struct stat st;
15                 int fd;
16
17                 if (--depth < 0)
18                         return NULL;
19
20                 /* Special case: non-existing file */
21                 if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) {
22                         if (errno != ENOENT)
23                                 return NULL;
24                         memset(sha1, 0, 20);
25                         return path;
26                 }
27
28                 /* Follow "normalized" - ie "refs/.." symlinks by hand */
29                 if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
30                         len = readlink(path, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
31                         if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buffer, 5)) {
32                                 path = git_path("%.*s", len, buffer);
33                                 continue;
34                         }
35                 }
36
37                 /*
38                  * Anything else, just open it and try to use it as
39                  * a ref
40                  */
41                 fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
42                 if (fd < 0)
43                         return NULL;
44                 len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
45                 close(fd);
46                 break;
47         }
48         if (len < 40 || get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
49                 return NULL;
50         return path;
51 }
52
53 int main(int argc, char **argv)
54 {
55         char *hex;
56         const char *refname, *value, *oldval, *path, *lockpath;
57         unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20], currsha1[20];
58         int fd, written;
59
60         setup_git_directory();
61         if (argc < 3 || argc > 4)
62                 usage(git_update_ref_usage);
63
64         refname = argv[1];
65         value = argv[2];
66         oldval = argv[3];
67         if (get_sha1(value, sha1) < 0)
68                 die("%s: not a valid SHA1", value);
69         memset(oldsha1, 0, 20);
70         if (oldval && get_sha1(oldval, oldsha1) < 0)
71                 die("%s: not a valid old SHA1", oldval);
72
73         path = resolve_ref(git_path("%s", refname), currsha1);
74         if (!path)
75                 die("No such ref: %s", refname);
76
77         if (oldval) {
78                 if (memcmp(currsha1, oldsha1, 20))
79                         die("Ref %s changed to %s", refname, sha1_to_hex(currsha1));
80                 /* Nothing to do? */
81                 if (!memcmp(oldsha1, sha1, 20))
82                         exit(0);
83         }
84         path = strdup(path);
85         lockpath = mkpath("%s.lock", path);
86
87         fd = open(lockpath, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
88         if (fd < 0)
89                 die("Unable to create %s", lockpath);
90         hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
91         hex[40] = '\n';
92         written = write(fd, hex, 41);
93         close(fd);
94         if (written != 41) {
95                 unlink(lockpath);
96                 die("Unable to write to %s", lockpath);
97         }
98
99         /*
100          * FIXME!
101          *
102          * We should re-read the old ref here, and re-verify that it
103          * matches "oldsha1". Otherwise there's a small race.
104          */
105
106         if (rename(lockpath, path) < 0) {
107                 unlink(lockpath);
108                 die("Unable to create %s", path);
109         }
110         return 0;
111 }