resolve_ref(): emit warnings for improperly-formatted references

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index ee3e0cc560eafc1c32104fa439a070c00fdcc12a..2387f4e735e15c95192a82467c778f3ba38f01a0 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *
        ssize_t len;
        char buffer[256];
        static char ref_buffer[256];
+       char path[PATH_MAX];
 
        if (flag)
                *flag = 0;
@@ -508,7 +509,6 @@ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *
                return NULL;
 
        for (;;) {
-               char path[PATH_MAX];
                struct stat st;
                char *buf;
                int fd;
@@ -593,8 +593,10 @@ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *
                if (flag)
                        *flag |= REF_ISSYMREF;
        }
-       if (get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
+       if (get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1)) {
+               warning("reference in %s is formatted incorrectly", path);
                return NULL;
+       }
        return ref;
 }