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-rw-r--r--refs.c16
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1400-update-ref.sh4
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 7820a52c4f..26af07fc51 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -681,9 +681,19 @@ static int write_pseudoref(const char *pseudoref, const struct object_id *oid,
if (old_oid) {
struct object_id actual_old_oid;
- if (read_ref(pseudoref, &actual_old_oid))
- die("could not read ref '%s'", pseudoref);
- if (oidcmp(&actual_old_oid, old_oid)) {
+ if (read_ref(pseudoref, &actual_old_oid)) {
+ if (!is_null_oid(old_oid)) {
+ strbuf_addf(err, "could not read ref '%s'",
+ pseudoref);
+ rollback_lock_file(&lock);
+ goto done;
+ }
+ } else if (is_null_oid(old_oid)) {
+ strbuf_addf(err, "ref '%s' already exists",
+ pseudoref);
+ rollback_lock_file(&lock);
+ goto done;
+ } else if (oidcmp(&actual_old_oid, old_oid)) {
strbuf_addf(err, "unexpected object ID when writing '%s'",
pseudoref);
rollback_lock_file(&lock);
diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index 3996109ba4..faf0dfe993 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
@@ -503,12 +503,12 @@ test_expect_success 'delete pseudoref with correct old value' '
test_path_is_missing .git/PSEUDOREF
'
-test_expect_failure 'create pseudoref with old OID zero' '
+test_expect_success 'create pseudoref with old OID zero' '
git update-ref PSEUDOREF $A $Z &&
test $A = $(cat .git/PSEUDOREF)
'
-test_expect_failure 'do not overwrite pseudoref with old OID zero' '
+test_expect_success 'do not overwrite pseudoref with old OID zero' '
test_when_finished git update-ref -d PSEUDOREF &&
test_must_fail git update-ref PSEUDOREF $B $Z 2>err &&
test $A = $(cat .git/PSEUDOREF) &&