X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=path.c;h=6395cf23098841c16d993ae7e86b2d8dcff01cd7;hb=ced38ea252cb8b0315f4d2a54648b11c6c090657;hp=066f62195508033a5f72504e4805ea436424296e;hpb=55e268e7ed9638239e80e0fcd5ebe1c875a985fb;p=git.git

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 066f62195..6395cf230 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ int git_mkstemp(char *path, size_t len, const char *template)
 }
 
 
-int validate_symref(const char *path)
+int validate_headref(const char *path)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	char *buf, buffer[256];
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	int len, fd;
 
 	if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
@@ -113,20 +114,29 @@ int validate_symref(const char *path)
 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -1;
-	len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
+	len = read_in_full(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
 	close(fd);
 
 	/*
 	 * Is it a symbolic ref?
 	 */
-	if (len < 4 || memcmp("ref:", buffer, 4))
+	if (len < 4)
 		return -1;
-	buf = buffer + 4;
-	len -= 4;
-	while (len && isspace(*buf))
-		buf++, len--;
-	if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buf, 5))
+	if (!memcmp("ref:", buffer, 4)) {
+		buf = buffer + 4;
+		len -= 4;
+		while (len && isspace(*buf))
+			buf++, len--;
+		if (len >= 5 && !memcmp("refs/", buf, 5))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Is this a detached HEAD?
+	 */
+	if (!get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
 		return 0;
+
 	return -1;
 }
 
@@ -241,8 +251,8 @@ char *enter_repo(char *path, int strict)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (access("objects", X_OK) == 0 && access("refs", X_OK) == 0 &&
-	    validate_symref("HEAD") == 0) {
-		putenv("GIT_DIR=.");
+	    validate_headref("HEAD") == 0) {
+		setenv("GIT_DIR", ".", 1);
 		check_repository_format();
 		return path;
 	}