Refuse to create funny refs in clone-pack, git-fetch and receive-pack.

[git.git] / receive-pack.c

diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index 06857eb..8f157bc 100644 (file)
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ static int update(const char *name,
        char new_hex[60], *old_hex, *lock_name;
        int newfd, namelen, written;
 
+       if (!strncmp(name, "refs/", 5) && check_ref_format(name + 5))
+               return error("refusing to create funny ref '%s' locally",
+                            name);
+
        namelen = strlen(name);
        lock_name = xmalloc(namelen + 10);
        memcpy(lock_name, name, namelen);