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-rw-r--r--archive.c18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 3fd7f475f1..5f0a3fc6d2 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ static void parse_pathspec_arg(const char **pathspec,
}
static void parse_treeish_arg(const char **argv,
- struct archiver_args *ar_args, const char *prefix)
+ struct archiver_args *ar_args, const char *prefix,
+ int remote)
{
const char *name = argv[0];
const unsigned char *commit_sha1;
@@ -256,8 +257,17 @@ static void parse_treeish_arg(const char **argv,
const struct commit *commit;
unsigned char sha1[20];
- if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
- die("Not a valid object name");
+ /* Remotes are only allowed to fetch actual refs */
+ if (remote) {
+ char *ref = NULL;
+ if (!dwim_ref(name, strlen(name), sha1, &ref))
+ die("no such ref: %s", name);
+ free(ref);
+ }
+ else {
+ if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
+ die("Not a valid object name");
+ }
commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 1);
if (commit) {
@@ -414,7 +424,7 @@ int write_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
setup_git_directory();
}
- parse_treeish_arg(argv, &args, prefix);
+ parse_treeish_arg(argv, &args, prefix, remote);
parse_pathspec_arg(argv + 1, &args);
return ar->write_archive(ar, &args);