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http.c::http_fetch_ref(): use the new http API
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1 #include "http.h"
3 int data_received;
4 int active_requests;
5 int http_is_verbose;
7 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
8 static int max_requests = -1;
9 static CURLM *curlm;
10 #endif
11 #ifndef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
12 static CURL *curl_default;
13 #endif
14 char curl_errorstr[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
16 static int curl_ssl_verify = -1;
17 static const char *ssl_cert;
18 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070902
19 static const char *ssl_key;
20 #endif
21 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070908
22 static const char *ssl_capath;
23 #endif
24 static const char *ssl_cainfo;
25 static long curl_low_speed_limit = -1;
26 static long curl_low_speed_time = -1;
27 static int curl_ftp_no_epsv;
28 static const char *curl_http_proxy;
29 static char *user_name, *user_pass;
31 static struct curl_slist *pragma_header;
33 struct curl_slist *no_pragma_header;
35 static struct active_request_slot *active_queue_head;
37 size_t fread_buffer(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *buffer_)
38 {
39         size_t size = eltsize * nmemb;
40         struct buffer *buffer = buffer_;
42         if (size > buffer->buf.len - buffer->posn)
43                 size = buffer->buf.len - buffer->posn;
44         memcpy(ptr, buffer->buf.buf + buffer->posn, size);
45         buffer->posn += size;
47         return size;
48 }
50 #ifndef NO_CURL_IOCTL
51 curlioerr ioctl_buffer(CURL *handle, int cmd, void *clientp)
52 {
53         struct buffer *buffer = clientp;
55         switch (cmd) {
56         case CURLIOCMD_NOP:
57                 return CURLIOE_OK;
59         case CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD:
60                 buffer->posn = 0;
61                 return CURLIOE_OK;
63         default:
64                 return CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD;
65         }
66 }
67 #endif
69 size_t fwrite_buffer(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *buffer_)
70 {
71         size_t size = eltsize * nmemb;
72         struct strbuf *buffer = buffer_;
74         strbuf_add(buffer, ptr, size);
75         data_received++;
76         return size;
77 }
79 size_t fwrite_null(const void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *strbuf)
80 {
81         data_received++;
82         return eltsize * nmemb;
83 }
85 static void finish_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot);
87 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
88 static void process_curl_messages(void)
89 {
90         int num_messages;
91         struct active_request_slot *slot;
92         CURLMsg *curl_message = curl_multi_info_read(curlm, &num_messages);
94         while (curl_message != NULL) {
95                 if (curl_message->msg == CURLMSG_DONE) {
96                         int curl_result = curl_message->data.result;
97                         slot = active_queue_head;
98                         while (slot != NULL &&
99                                slot->curl != curl_message->easy_handle)
100                                 slot = slot->next;
101                         if (slot != NULL) {
102                                 curl_multi_remove_handle(curlm, slot->curl);
103                                 slot->curl_result = curl_result;
104                                 finish_active_slot(slot);
105                         } else {
106                                 fprintf(stderr, "Received DONE message for unknown request!\n");
107                         }
108                 } else {
109                         fprintf(stderr, "Unknown CURL message received: %d\n",
110                                 (int)curl_message->msg);
111                 }
112                 curl_message = curl_multi_info_read(curlm, &num_messages);
113         }
115 #endif
117 static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
119         if (!strcmp("http.sslverify", var)) {
120                 curl_ssl_verify = git_config_bool(var, value);
121                 return 0;
122         }
123         if (!strcmp("http.sslcert", var))
124                 return git_config_string(&ssl_cert, var, value);
125 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070902
126         if (!strcmp("http.sslkey", var))
127                 return git_config_string(&ssl_key, var, value);
128 #endif
129 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070908
130         if (!strcmp("http.sslcapath", var))
131                 return git_config_string(&ssl_capath, var, value);
132 #endif
133         if (!strcmp("http.sslcainfo", var))
134                 return git_config_string(&ssl_cainfo, var, value);
135 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
136         if (!strcmp("http.maxrequests", var)) {
137                 max_requests = git_config_int(var, value);
138                 return 0;
139         }
140 #endif
141         if (!strcmp("http.lowspeedlimit", var)) {
142                 curl_low_speed_limit = (long)git_config_int(var, value);
143                 return 0;
144         }
145         if (!strcmp("http.lowspeedtime", var)) {
146                 curl_low_speed_time = (long)git_config_int(var, value);
147                 return 0;
148         }
150         if (!strcmp("http.noepsv", var)) {
151                 curl_ftp_no_epsv = git_config_bool(var, value);
152                 return 0;
153         }
154         if (!strcmp("http.proxy", var))
155                 return git_config_string(&curl_http_proxy, var, value);
157         /* Fall back on the default ones */
158         return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
161 static void init_curl_http_auth(CURL *result)
163         if (user_name) {
164                 struct strbuf up = STRBUF_INIT;
165                 if (!user_pass)
166                         user_pass = xstrdup(getpass("Password: "));
167                 strbuf_addf(&up, "%s:%s", user_name, user_pass);
168                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERPWD,
169                                  strbuf_detach(&up, NULL));
170         }
173 static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
175         CURL *result = curl_easy_init();
177         if (!curl_ssl_verify) {
178                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
179                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
180         } else {
181                 /* Verify authenticity of the peer's certificate */
182                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
183                 /* The name in the cert must match whom we tried to connect */
184                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
185         }
187 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070907
188         curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
189 #endif
191         init_curl_http_auth(result);
193         if (ssl_cert != NULL)
194                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, ssl_cert);
195 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070902
196         if (ssl_key != NULL)
197                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSLKEY, ssl_key);
198 #endif
199 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070908
200         if (ssl_capath != NULL)
201                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_CAPATH, ssl_capath);
202 #endif
203         if (ssl_cainfo != NULL)
204                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_CAINFO, ssl_cainfo);
205         curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1);
207         if (curl_low_speed_limit > 0 && curl_low_speed_time > 0) {
208                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT,
209                                  curl_low_speed_limit);
210                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME,
211                                  curl_low_speed_time);
212         }
214         curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
216         if (getenv("GIT_CURL_VERBOSE"))
217                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
219         curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GIT_USER_AGENT);
221         if (curl_ftp_no_epsv)
222                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV, 0);
224         if (curl_http_proxy)
225                 curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY, curl_http_proxy);
227         return result;
230 static void http_auth_init(const char *url)
232         char *at, *colon, *cp, *slash;
233         int len;
235         cp = strstr(url, "://");
236         if (!cp)
237                 return;
239         /*
240          * Ok, the URL looks like "proto://something".  Which one?
241          * "proto://<user>:<pass>@<host>/...",
242          * "proto://<user>@<host>/...", or just
243          * "proto://<host>/..."?
244          */
245         cp += 3;
246         at = strchr(cp, '@');
247         colon = strchr(cp, ':');
248         slash = strchrnul(cp, '/');
249         if (!at || slash <= at)
250                 return; /* No credentials */
251         if (!colon || at <= colon) {
252                 /* Only username */
253                 len = at - cp;
254                 user_name = xmalloc(len + 1);
255                 memcpy(user_name, cp, len);
256                 user_name[len] = '\0';
257                 user_pass = NULL;
258         } else {
259                 len = colon - cp;
260                 user_name = xmalloc(len + 1);
261                 memcpy(user_name, cp, len);
262                 user_name[len] = '\0';
263                 len = at - (colon + 1);
264                 user_pass = xmalloc(len + 1);
265                 memcpy(user_pass, colon + 1, len);
266                 user_pass[len] = '\0';
267         }
270 static void set_from_env(const char **var, const char *envname)
272         const char *val = getenv(envname);
273         if (val)
274                 *var = val;
277 void http_init(struct remote *remote)
279         char *low_speed_limit;
280         char *low_speed_time;
282         http_is_verbose = 0;
284         git_config(http_options, NULL);
286         curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
288         if (remote && remote->http_proxy)
289                 curl_http_proxy = xstrdup(remote->http_proxy);
291         pragma_header = curl_slist_append(pragma_header, "Pragma: no-cache");
292         no_pragma_header = curl_slist_append(no_pragma_header, "Pragma:");
294 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
295         {
296                 char *http_max_requests = getenv("GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS");
297                 if (http_max_requests != NULL)
298                         max_requests = atoi(http_max_requests);
299         }
301         curlm = curl_multi_init();
302         if (curlm == NULL) {
303                 fprintf(stderr, "Error creating curl multi handle.\n");
304                 exit(1);
305         }
306 #endif
308         if (getenv("GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY"))
309                 curl_ssl_verify = 0;
311         set_from_env(&ssl_cert, "GIT_SSL_CERT");
312 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070902
313         set_from_env(&ssl_key, "GIT_SSL_KEY");
314 #endif
315 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070908
316         set_from_env(&ssl_capath, "GIT_SSL_CAPATH");
317 #endif
318         set_from_env(&ssl_cainfo, "GIT_SSL_CAINFO");
320         low_speed_limit = getenv("GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT");
321         if (low_speed_limit != NULL)
322                 curl_low_speed_limit = strtol(low_speed_limit, NULL, 10);
323         low_speed_time = getenv("GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME");
324         if (low_speed_time != NULL)
325                 curl_low_speed_time = strtol(low_speed_time, NULL, 10);
327         if (curl_ssl_verify == -1)
328                 curl_ssl_verify = 1;
330 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
331         if (max_requests < 1)
332                 max_requests = DEFAULT_MAX_REQUESTS;
333 #endif
335         if (getenv("GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV"))
336                 curl_ftp_no_epsv = 1;
338         if (remote && remote->url && remote->url[0])
339                 http_auth_init(remote->url[0]);
341 #ifndef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
342         curl_default = get_curl_handle();
343 #endif
346 void http_cleanup(void)
348         struct active_request_slot *slot = active_queue_head;
350         while (slot != NULL) {
351                 struct active_request_slot *next = slot->next;
352                 if (slot->curl != NULL) {
353 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
354                         curl_multi_remove_handle(curlm, slot->curl);
355 #endif
356                         curl_easy_cleanup(slot->curl);
357                 }
358                 free(slot);
359                 slot = next;
360         }
361         active_queue_head = NULL;
363 #ifndef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
364         curl_easy_cleanup(curl_default);
365 #endif
367 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
368         curl_multi_cleanup(curlm);
369 #endif
370         curl_global_cleanup();
372         curl_slist_free_all(pragma_header);
373         pragma_header = NULL;
375         curl_slist_free_all(no_pragma_header);
376         no_pragma_header = NULL;
378         if (curl_http_proxy) {
379                 free((void *)curl_http_proxy);
380                 curl_http_proxy = NULL;
381         }
384 struct active_request_slot *get_active_slot(void)
386         struct active_request_slot *slot = active_queue_head;
387         struct active_request_slot *newslot;
389 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
390         int num_transfers;
392         /* Wait for a slot to open up if the queue is full */
393         while (active_requests >= max_requests) {
394                 curl_multi_perform(curlm, &num_transfers);
395                 if (num_transfers < active_requests)
396                         process_curl_messages();
397         }
398 #endif
400         while (slot != NULL && slot->in_use)
401                 slot = slot->next;
403         if (slot == NULL) {
404                 newslot = xmalloc(sizeof(*newslot));
405                 newslot->curl = NULL;
406                 newslot->in_use = 0;
407                 newslot->next = NULL;
409                 slot = active_queue_head;
410                 if (slot == NULL) {
411                         active_queue_head = newslot;
412                 } else {
413                         while (slot->next != NULL)
414                                 slot = slot->next;
415                         slot->next = newslot;
416                 }
417                 slot = newslot;
418         }
420         if (slot->curl == NULL) {
421 #ifdef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
422                 slot->curl = get_curl_handle();
423 #else
424                 slot->curl = curl_easy_duphandle(curl_default);
425 #endif
426         }
428         active_requests++;
429         slot->in_use = 1;
430         slot->local = NULL;
431         slot->results = NULL;
432         slot->finished = NULL;
433         slot->callback_data = NULL;
434         slot->callback_func = NULL;
435         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, pragma_header);
436         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, curl_errorstr);
437         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, NULL);
438         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, NULL);
439         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, NULL);
440         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 0);
441         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
443         return slot;
446 int start_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot)
448 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
449         CURLMcode curlm_result = curl_multi_add_handle(curlm, slot->curl);
450         int num_transfers;
452         if (curlm_result != CURLM_OK &&
453             curlm_result != CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM) {
454                 active_requests--;
455                 slot->in_use = 0;
456                 return 0;
457         }
459         /*
460          * We know there must be something to do, since we just added
461          * something.
462          */
463         curl_multi_perform(curlm, &num_transfers);
464 #endif
465         return 1;
468 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
469 struct fill_chain {
470         void *data;
471         int (*fill)(void *);
472         struct fill_chain *next;
473 };
475 static struct fill_chain *fill_cfg;
477 void add_fill_function(void *data, int (*fill)(void *))
479         struct fill_chain *new = xmalloc(sizeof(*new));
480         struct fill_chain **linkp = &fill_cfg;
481         new->data = data;
482         new->fill = fill;
483         new->next = NULL;
484         while (*linkp)
485                 linkp = &(*linkp)->next;
486         *linkp = new;
489 void fill_active_slots(void)
491         struct active_request_slot *slot = active_queue_head;
493         while (active_requests < max_requests) {
494                 struct fill_chain *fill;
495                 for (fill = fill_cfg; fill; fill = fill->next)
496                         if (fill->fill(fill->data))
497                                 break;
499                 if (!fill)
500                         break;
501         }
503         while (slot != NULL) {
504                 if (!slot->in_use && slot->curl != NULL) {
505                         curl_easy_cleanup(slot->curl);
506                         slot->curl = NULL;
507                 }
508                 slot = slot->next;
509         }
512 void step_active_slots(void)
514         int num_transfers;
515         CURLMcode curlm_result;
517         do {
518                 curlm_result = curl_multi_perform(curlm, &num_transfers);
519         } while (curlm_result == CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM);
520         if (num_transfers < active_requests) {
521                 process_curl_messages();
522                 fill_active_slots();
523         }
525 #endif
527 void run_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot)
529 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
530         long last_pos = 0;
531         long current_pos;
532         fd_set readfds;
533         fd_set writefds;
534         fd_set excfds;
535         int max_fd;
536         struct timeval select_timeout;
537         int finished = 0;
539         slot->finished = &finished;
540         while (!finished) {
541                 data_received = 0;
542                 step_active_slots();
544                 if (!data_received && slot->local != NULL) {
545                         current_pos = ftell(slot->local);
546                         if (current_pos > last_pos)
547                                 data_received++;
548                         last_pos = current_pos;
549                 }
551                 if (slot->in_use && !data_received) {
552                         max_fd = 0;
553                         FD_ZERO(&readfds);
554                         FD_ZERO(&writefds);
555                         FD_ZERO(&excfds);
556                         select_timeout.tv_sec = 0;
557                         select_timeout.tv_usec = 50000;
558                         select(max_fd, &readfds, &writefds,
559                                &excfds, &select_timeout);
560                 }
561         }
562 #else
563         while (slot->in_use) {
564                 slot->curl_result = curl_easy_perform(slot->curl);
565                 finish_active_slot(slot);
566         }
567 #endif
570 static void closedown_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot)
572         active_requests--;
573         slot->in_use = 0;
576 void release_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot)
578         closedown_active_slot(slot);
579         if (slot->curl) {
580 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
581                 curl_multi_remove_handle(curlm, slot->curl);
582 #endif
583                 curl_easy_cleanup(slot->curl);
584                 slot->curl = NULL;
585         }
586 #ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
587         fill_active_slots();
588 #endif
591 static void finish_active_slot(struct active_request_slot *slot)
593         closedown_active_slot(slot);
594         curl_easy_getinfo(slot->curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE, &slot->http_code);
596         if (slot->finished != NULL)
597                 (*slot->finished) = 1;
599         /* Store slot results so they can be read after the slot is reused */
600         if (slot->results != NULL) {
601                 slot->results->curl_result = slot->curl_result;
602                 slot->results->http_code = slot->http_code;
603         }
605         /* Run callback if appropriate */
606         if (slot->callback_func != NULL)
607                 slot->callback_func(slot->callback_data);
610 void finish_all_active_slots(void)
612         struct active_request_slot *slot = active_queue_head;
614         while (slot != NULL)
615                 if (slot->in_use) {
616                         run_active_slot(slot);
617                         slot = active_queue_head;
618                 } else {
619                         slot = slot->next;
620                 }
623 /* Helpers for modifying and creating URLs */
624 static inline int needs_quote(int ch)
626         if (((ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'Z'))
627                         || ((ch >= 'a') && (ch <= 'z'))
628                         || ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9'))
629                         || (ch == '/')
630                         || (ch == '-')
631                         || (ch == '.'))
632                 return 0;
633         return 1;
636 static inline int hex(int v)
638         if (v < 10)
639                 return '0' + v;
640         else
641                 return 'A' + v - 10;
644 static void end_url_with_slash(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url)
646         strbuf_addstr(buf, url);
647         if (buf->len && buf->buf[buf->len - 1] != '/')
648                 strbuf_addstr(buf, "/");
651 static char *quote_ref_url(const char *base, const char *ref)
653         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
654         const char *cp;
655         int ch;
657         end_url_with_slash(&buf, base);
659         for (cp = ref; (ch = *cp) != 0; cp++)
660                 if (needs_quote(ch))
661                         strbuf_addf(&buf, "%%%02x", ch);
662                 else
663                         strbuf_addch(&buf, *cp);
665         return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
668 /* http_request() targets */
669 #define HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF     0
670 #define HTTP_REQUEST_FILE       1
672 static int http_request(const char *url, void *result, int target, int options)
674         struct active_request_slot *slot;
675         struct slot_results results;
676         struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
677         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
678         int ret;
680         slot = get_active_slot();
681         slot->results = &results;
682         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
684         if (result == NULL) {
685                 curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
686         } else {
687                 curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0);
688                 curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FILE, result);
690                 if (target == HTTP_REQUEST_FILE) {
691                         long posn = ftell(result);
692                         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,
693                                          fwrite);
694                         if (posn > 0) {
695                                 strbuf_addf(&buf, "Range: bytes=%ld-", posn);
696                                 headers = curl_slist_append(headers, buf.buf);
697                                 strbuf_reset(&buf);
698                         }
699                         slot->local = result;
700                 } else
701                         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,
702                                          fwrite_buffer);
703         }
705         strbuf_addstr(&buf, "Pragma:");
706         if (options & HTTP_NO_CACHE)
707                 strbuf_addstr(&buf, " no-cache");
709         headers = curl_slist_append(headers, buf.buf);
711         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
712         curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
714         if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
715                 run_active_slot(slot);
716                 if (results.curl_result == CURLE_OK)
717                         ret = HTTP_OK;
718                 else if (missing_target(&results))
719                         ret = HTTP_MISSING_TARGET;
720                 else
721                         ret = HTTP_ERROR;
722         } else {
723                 error("Unable to start HTTP request for %s", url);
724                 ret = HTTP_START_FAILED;
725         }
727         slot->local = NULL;
728         curl_slist_free_all(headers);
729         strbuf_release(&buf);
731         return ret;
734 int http_get_strbuf(const char *url, struct strbuf *result, int options)
736         return http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF, options);
739 int http_get_file(const char *url, const char *filename, int options)
741         int ret;
742         struct strbuf tmpfile = STRBUF_INIT;
743         FILE *result;
745         strbuf_addf(&tmpfile, "%s.temp", filename);
746         result = fopen(tmpfile.buf, "a");
747         if (! result) {
748                 error("Unable to open local file %s", tmpfile.buf);
749                 ret = HTTP_ERROR;
750                 goto cleanup;
751         }
753         ret = http_request(url, result, HTTP_REQUEST_FILE, options);
754         fclose(result);
756         if ((ret == HTTP_OK) && move_temp_to_file(tmpfile.buf, filename))
757                 ret = HTTP_ERROR;
758 cleanup:
759         strbuf_release(&tmpfile);
760         return ret;
763 int http_error(const char *url, int ret)
765         /* http_request has already handled HTTP_START_FAILED. */
766         if (ret != HTTP_START_FAILED)
767                 error("%s while accessing %s\n", curl_errorstr, url);
769         return ret;
772 int http_fetch_ref(const char *base, struct ref *ref)
774         char *url;
775         struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
776         int ret = -1;
778         url = quote_ref_url(base, ref->name);
779         if (http_get_strbuf(url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE) == HTTP_OK) {
780                 strbuf_rtrim(&buffer);
781                 if (buffer.len == 40)
782                         ret = get_sha1_hex(buffer.buf, ref->old_sha1);
783                 else if (!prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "ref: ")) {
784                         ref->symref = xstrdup(buffer.buf + 5);
785                         ret = 0;
786                 }
787         }
789         strbuf_release(&buffer);
790         free(url);
791         return ret;