Merge branch 'ps/reflog-migrate-fixes'

"git refs migrate" to migrate the reflog entries from a refs
backend to another had a handful of bugs squashed.

* ps/reflog-migrate-fixes:
  refs: fix invalid old object IDs when migrating reflogs
  refs: stop unsetting REF_HAVE_OLD for log-only updates
  refs/files: detect race when generating reflog entry for HEAD
  refs: fix identity for migrated reflogs
  ident: fix type of string length parameter
  builtin/reflog: implement subcommand to write new entries
  refs: export `ref_transaction_update_reflog()`
  builtin/reflog: improve grouping of subcommands
  Documentation/git-reflog: convert to use synopsis type

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index 8dae1e1112..c0440b4bd0 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,20 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error prepare_single_update(struct reftable_ref_stor
 	if (ret)
 		return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
 
+	if (u->flags & REF_LOG_USE_PROVIDED_OIDS) {
+		if (!(u->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) ||
+		    !(u->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) ||
+		    !(u->flags & REF_LOG_ONLY)) {
+			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s'"
+					   "with incomplete values"), u->refname);
+			return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
+		}
+
+		if (queue_transaction_update(refs, tx_data, u, &u->old_oid, err))
+			return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Verify that the new object ID is valid. */
 	if ((u->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) && !is_null_oid(&u->new_oid) &&
 	    !(u->flags & REF_SKIP_OID_VERIFICATION) &&
@@ -1186,8 +1200,6 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error prepare_single_update(struct reftable_ref_stor
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		/* The reference does not exist, but we expected it to. */
 		strbuf_addf(err, _("cannot lock ref '%s': "
-
-
 				   "unable to resolve reference '%s'"),
 			    ref_update_original_update_refname(u), u->refname);
 		return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_NONEXISTENT_REF;
@@ -1241,13 +1253,8 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error prepare_single_update(struct reftable_ref_stor
 
 			new_update->parent_update = u;
 
-			/*
-			 * Change the symbolic ref update to log only. Also, it
-			 * doesn't need to check its old OID value, as that will be
-			 * done when new_update is processed.
-			 */
+			/* Change the symbolic ref update to log only. */
 			u->flags |= REF_LOG_ONLY | REF_NO_DEREF;
-			u->flags &= ~REF_HAVE_OLD;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1271,7 +1278,8 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error prepare_single_update(struct reftable_ref_stor
 		ret = ref_update_check_old_target(referent->buf, u, err);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-	} else if ((u->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) && !oideq(&current_oid, &u->old_oid)) {
+	} else if ((u->flags & (REF_LOG_ONLY | REF_HAVE_OLD)) == REF_HAVE_OLD &&
+		   !oideq(&current_oid, &u->old_oid)) {
 		if (is_null_oid(&u->old_oid)) {
 			strbuf_addf(err, _("cannot lock ref '%s': "
 					   "reference already exists"),