Merge branch 'jk/http-push-symref-fix'

* jk/http-push-symref-fix:
  http-push: trim trailing newline from remote symref

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 952f8ede49..0beb7ab67f 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,9 @@ static void fetch_symref(const char *path, char **symref, unsigned char *sha1)
 	if (buffer.len == 0)
 		return;
 
+	/* Cut off trailing newline. */
+	strbuf_rtrim(&buffer);
+
 	/* If it's a symref, set the refname; otherwise try for a sha1 */
 	if (skip_prefix(buffer.buf, "ref: ", &name)) {
 		*symref = xmemdupz(name, buffer.len - (name - buffer.buf));