From 1f58a0383857e5328e3e4d248d6c4a3485098679 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:10:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] resolve_ref(): only follow a symlink that contains a valid,
 normalized refname

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 refs.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index da9737f99..8f0b87184 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *
 			if (len < 0)
 				return NULL;
 			buffer[len] = 0;
-			if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "refs/")) {
+			if (!prefixcmp(buffer, "refs/") &&
+					!check_refname_format(buffer, 0)) {
 				strcpy(ref_buffer, buffer);
 				ref = ref_buffer;
 				if (flag)
-- 
2.26.2