Merge branch 'gp/maint-cvsserver' into maint
[git] / sha1_name.c
1 #include "cache.h"
2 #include "tag.h"
3 #include "commit.h"
4 #include "tree.h"
5 #include "blob.h"
6 #include "tree-walk.h"
7 #include "refs.h"
8
9 static int find_short_object_filename(int len, const char *name, unsigned char *sha1)
10 {
11         struct alternate_object_database *alt;
12         char hex[40];
13         int found = 0;
14         static struct alternate_object_database *fakeent;
15
16         if (!fakeent) {
17                 const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
18                 int objdir_len = strlen(objdir);
19                 int entlen = objdir_len + 43;
20                 fakeent = xmalloc(sizeof(*fakeent) + entlen);
21                 memcpy(fakeent->base, objdir, objdir_len);
22                 fakeent->name = fakeent->base + objdir_len + 1;
23                 fakeent->name[-1] = '/';
24         }
25         fakeent->next = alt_odb_list;
26
27         sprintf(hex, "%.2s", name);
28         for (alt = fakeent; alt && found < 2; alt = alt->next) {
29                 struct dirent *de;
30                 DIR *dir;
31                 sprintf(alt->name, "%.2s/", name);
32                 dir = opendir(alt->base);
33                 if (!dir)
34                         continue;
35                 while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
36                         if (strlen(de->d_name) != 38)
37                                 continue;
38                         if (memcmp(de->d_name, name + 2, len - 2))
39                                 continue;
40                         if (!found) {
41                                 memcpy(hex + 2, de->d_name, 38);
42                                 found++;
43                         }
44                         else if (memcmp(hex + 2, de->d_name, 38)) {
45                                 found = 2;
46                                 break;
47                         }
48                 }
49                 closedir(dir);
50         }
51         if (found == 1)
52                 return get_sha1_hex(hex, sha1) == 0;
53         return found;
54 }
55
56 static int match_sha(unsigned len, const unsigned char *a, const unsigned char *b)
57 {
58         do {
59                 if (*a != *b)
60                         return 0;
61                 a++;
62                 b++;
63                 len -= 2;
64         } while (len > 1);
65         if (len)
66                 if ((*a ^ *b) & 0xf0)
67                         return 0;
68         return 1;
69 }
70
71 static int find_short_packed_object(int len, const unsigned char *match, unsigned char *sha1)
72 {
73         struct packed_git *p;
74         const unsigned char *found_sha1 = NULL;
75         int found = 0;
76
77         prepare_packed_git();
78         for (p = packed_git; p && found < 2; p = p->next) {
79                 uint32_t num, last;
80                 uint32_t first = 0;
81                 open_pack_index(p);
82                 num = p->num_objects;
83                 last = num;
84                 while (first < last) {
85                         uint32_t mid = (first + last) / 2;
86                         const unsigned char *now;
87                         int cmp;
88
89                         now = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, mid);
90                         cmp = hashcmp(match, now);
91                         if (!cmp) {
92                                 first = mid;
93                                 break;
94                         }
95                         if (cmp > 0) {
96                                 first = mid+1;
97                                 continue;
98                         }
99                         last = mid;
100                 }
101                 if (first < num) {
102                         const unsigned char *now, *next;
103                        now = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, first);
104                         if (match_sha(len, match, now)) {
105                                 next = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, first+1);
106                                if (!next|| !match_sha(len, match, next)) {
107                                         /* unique within this pack */
108                                         if (!found) {
109                                                 found_sha1 = now;
110                                                 found++;
111                                         }
112                                         else if (hashcmp(found_sha1, now)) {
113                                                 found = 2;
114                                                 break;
115                                         }
116                                 }
117                                 else {
118                                         /* not even unique within this pack */
119                                         found = 2;
120                                         break;
121                                 }
122                         }
123                 }
124         }
125         if (found == 1)
126                 hashcpy(sha1, found_sha1);
127         return found;
128 }
129
130 #define SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND (-1)
131 #define SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS (-2)
132
133 static int find_unique_short_object(int len, char *canonical,
134                                     unsigned char *res, unsigned char *sha1)
135 {
136         int has_unpacked, has_packed;
137         unsigned char unpacked_sha1[20], packed_sha1[20];
138
139         prepare_alt_odb();
140         has_unpacked = find_short_object_filename(len, canonical, unpacked_sha1);
141         has_packed = find_short_packed_object(len, res, packed_sha1);
142         if (!has_unpacked && !has_packed)
143                 return SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND;
144         if (1 < has_unpacked || 1 < has_packed)
145                 return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;
146         if (has_unpacked != has_packed) {
147                 hashcpy(sha1, (has_packed ? packed_sha1 : unpacked_sha1));
148                 return 0;
149         }
150         /* Both have unique ones -- do they match? */
151         if (hashcmp(packed_sha1, unpacked_sha1))
152                 return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;
153         hashcpy(sha1, packed_sha1);
154         return 0;
155 }
156
157 static int get_short_sha1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1,
158                           int quietly)
159 {
160         int i, status;
161         char canonical[40];
162         unsigned char res[20];
163
164         if (len < MINIMUM_ABBREV || len > 40)
165                 return -1;
166         hashclr(res);
167         memset(canonical, 'x', 40);
168         for (i = 0; i < len ;i++) {
169                 unsigned char c = name[i];
170                 unsigned char val;
171                 if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
172                         val = c - '0';
173                 else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
174                         val = c - 'a' + 10;
175                 else if (c >= 'A' && c <='F') {
176                         val = c - 'A' + 10;
177                         c -= 'A' - 'a';
178                 }
179                 else
180                         return -1;
181                 canonical[i] = c;
182                 if (!(i & 1))
183                         val <<= 4;
184                 res[i >> 1] |= val;
185         }
186
187         status = find_unique_short_object(i, canonical, res, sha1);
188         if (!quietly && (status == SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS))
189                 return error("short SHA1 %.*s is ambiguous.", len, canonical);
190         return status;
191 }
192
193 const char *find_unique_abbrev(const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
194 {
195         int status, exists;
196         static char hex[41];
197
198         exists = has_sha1_file(sha1);
199         memcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
200         if (len == 40 || !len)
201                 return hex;
202         while (len < 40) {
203                 unsigned char sha1_ret[20];
204                 status = get_short_sha1(hex, len, sha1_ret, 1);
205                 if (exists
206                     ? !status
207                     : status == SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND) {
208                         hex[len] = 0;
209                         return hex;
210                 }
211                 len++;
212         }
213         return hex;
214 }
215
216 static int ambiguous_path(const char *path, int len)
217 {
218         int slash = 1;
219         int cnt;
220
221         for (cnt = 0; cnt < len; cnt++) {
222                 switch (*path++) {
223                 case '\0':
224                         break;
225                 case '/':
226                         if (slash)
227                                 break;
228                         slash = 1;
229                         continue;
230                 case '.':
231                         continue;
232                 default:
233                         slash = 0;
234                         continue;
235                 }
236                 break;
237         }
238         return slash;
239 }
240
241 /*
242  * *string and *len will only be substituted, and *string returned (for
243  * later free()ing) if the string passed in is of the form @{-<n>}.
244  */
245 static char *substitute_branch_name(const char **string, int *len)
246 {
247         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
248         int ret = interpret_branch_name(*string, &buf);
249
250         if (ret == *len) {
251                 size_t size;
252                 *string = strbuf_detach(&buf, &size);
253                 *len = size;
254                 return (char *)*string;
255         }
256
257         return NULL;
258 }
259
260 int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref)
261 {
262         char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(&str, &len);
263         const char **p, *r;
264         int refs_found = 0;
265
266         *ref = NULL;
267         for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++) {
268                 char fullref[PATH_MAX];
269                 unsigned char sha1_from_ref[20];
270                 unsigned char *this_result;
271                 int flag;
272
273                 this_result = refs_found ? sha1_from_ref : sha1;
274                 mksnpath(fullref, sizeof(fullref), *p, len, str);
275                 r = resolve_ref(fullref, this_result, 1, &flag);
276                 if (r) {
277                         if (!refs_found++)
278                                 *ref = xstrdup(r);
279                         if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
280                                 break;
281                 } else if ((flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
282                            (len != 4 || strcmp(str, "HEAD")))
283                         warning("ignoring dangling symref %s.", fullref);
284         }
285         free(last_branch);
286         return refs_found;
287 }
288
289 int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **log)
290 {
291         char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(&str, &len);
292         const char **p;
293         int logs_found = 0;
294
295         *log = NULL;
296         for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++) {
297                 struct stat st;
298                 unsigned char hash[20];
299                 char path[PATH_MAX];
300                 const char *ref, *it;
301
302                 mksnpath(path, sizeof(path), *p, len, str);
303                 ref = resolve_ref(path, hash, 1, NULL);
304                 if (!ref)
305                         continue;
306                 if (!stat(git_path("logs/%s", path), &st) &&
307                     S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
308                         it = path;
309                 else if (strcmp(ref, path) &&
310                          !stat(git_path("logs/%s", ref), &st) &&
311                          S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
312                         it = ref;
313                 else
314                         continue;
315                 if (!logs_found++) {
316                         *log = xstrdup(it);
317                         hashcpy(sha1, hash);
318                 }
319                 if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
320                         break;
321         }
322         free(last_branch);
323         return logs_found;
324 }
325
326 static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1);
327
328 static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
329 {
330         static const char *warning = "warning: refname '%.*s' is ambiguous.\n";
331         char *real_ref = NULL;
332         int refs_found = 0;
333         int at, reflog_len;
334
335         if (len == 40 && !get_sha1_hex(str, sha1))
336                 return 0;
337
338         /* basic@{time or number or -number} format to query ref-log */
339         reflog_len = at = 0;
340         if (len && str[len-1] == '}') {
341                 for (at = len-2; at >= 0; at--) {
342                         if (str[at] == '@' && str[at+1] == '{') {
343                                 reflog_len = (len-1) - (at+2);
344                                 len = at;
345                                 break;
346                         }
347                 }
348         }
349
350         /* Accept only unambiguous ref paths. */
351         if (len && ambiguous_path(str, len))
352                 return -1;
353
354         if (!len && reflog_len) {
355                 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
356                 int ret;
357                 /* try the @{-N} syntax for n-th checkout */
358                 ret = interpret_branch_name(str+at, &buf);
359                 if (ret > 0) {
360                         /* substitute this branch name and restart */
361                         return get_sha1_1(buf.buf, buf.len, sha1);
362                 } else if (ret == 0) {
363                         return -1;
364                 }
365                 /* allow "@{...}" to mean the current branch reflog */
366                 refs_found = dwim_ref("HEAD", 4, sha1, &real_ref);
367         } else if (reflog_len)
368                 refs_found = dwim_log(str, len, sha1, &real_ref);
369         else
370                 refs_found = dwim_ref(str, len, sha1, &real_ref);
371
372         if (!refs_found)
373                 return -1;
374
375         if (warn_ambiguous_refs && refs_found > 1)
376                 fprintf(stderr, warning, len, str);
377
378         if (reflog_len) {
379                 int nth, i;
380                 unsigned long at_time;
381                 unsigned long co_time;
382                 int co_tz, co_cnt;
383
384                 /* Is it asking for N-th entry, or approxidate? */
385                 for (i = nth = 0; 0 <= nth && i < reflog_len; i++) {
386                         char ch = str[at+2+i];
387                         if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
388                                 nth = nth * 10 + ch - '0';
389                         else
390                                 nth = -1;
391                 }
392                 if (100000000 <= nth) {
393                         at_time = nth;
394                         nth = -1;
395                 } else if (0 <= nth)
396                         at_time = 0;
397                 else {
398                         int errors = 0;
399                         char *tmp = xstrndup(str + at + 2, reflog_len);
400                         at_time = approxidate_careful(tmp, &errors);
401                         free(tmp);
402                         if (errors)
403                                 return -1;
404                 }
405                 if (read_ref_at(real_ref, at_time, nth, sha1, NULL,
406                                 &co_time, &co_tz, &co_cnt)) {
407                         if (at_time)
408                                 fprintf(stderr,
409                                         "warning: Log for '%.*s' only goes "
410                                         "back to %s.\n", len, str,
411                                         show_date(co_time, co_tz, DATE_RFC2822));
412                         else
413                                 fprintf(stderr,
414                                         "warning: Log for '%.*s' only has "
415                                         "%d entries.\n", len, str, co_cnt);
416                 }
417         }
418
419         free(real_ref);
420         return 0;
421 }
422
423 static int get_parent(const char *name, int len,
424                       unsigned char *result, int idx)
425 {
426         unsigned char sha1[20];
427         int ret = get_sha1_1(name, len, sha1);
428         struct commit *commit;
429         struct commit_list *p;
430
431         if (ret)
432                 return ret;
433         commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
434         if (!commit)
435                 return -1;
436         if (parse_commit(commit))
437                 return -1;
438         if (!idx) {
439                 hashcpy(result, commit->object.sha1);
440                 return 0;
441         }
442         p = commit->parents;
443         while (p) {
444                 if (!--idx) {
445                         hashcpy(result, p->item->object.sha1);
446                         return 0;
447                 }
448                 p = p->next;
449         }
450         return -1;
451 }
452
453 static int get_nth_ancestor(const char *name, int len,
454                             unsigned char *result, int generation)
455 {
456         unsigned char sha1[20];
457         struct commit *commit;
458         int ret;
459
460         ret = get_sha1_1(name, len, sha1);
461         if (ret)
462                 return ret;
463         commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
464         if (!commit)
465                 return -1;
466
467         while (generation--) {
468                 if (parse_commit(commit) || !commit->parents)
469                         return -1;
470                 commit = commit->parents->item;
471         }
472         hashcpy(result, commit->object.sha1);
473         return 0;
474 }
475
476 struct object *peel_to_type(const char *name, int namelen,
477                             struct object *o, enum object_type expected_type)
478 {
479         if (name && !namelen)
480                 namelen = strlen(name);
481         if (!o) {
482                 unsigned char sha1[20];
483                 if (get_sha1_1(name, namelen, sha1))
484                         return NULL;
485                 o = parse_object(sha1);
486         }
487         while (1) {
488                 if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
489                         return NULL;
490                 if (o->type == expected_type)
491                         return o;
492                 if (o->type == OBJ_TAG)
493                         o = ((struct tag*) o)->tagged;
494                 else if (o->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
495                         o = &(((struct commit *) o)->tree->object);
496                 else {
497                         if (name)
498                                 error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object "
499                                       "dereferences to %s type",
500                                       namelen, name, typename(expected_type),
501                                       typename(o->type));
502                         return NULL;
503                 }
504         }
505 }
506
507 static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
508 {
509         unsigned char outer[20];
510         const char *sp;
511         unsigned int expected_type = 0;
512         struct object *o;
513
514         /*
515          * "ref^{type}" dereferences ref repeatedly until you cannot
516          * dereference anymore, or you get an object of given type,
517          * whichever comes first.  "ref^{}" means just dereference
518          * tags until you get a non-tag.  "ref^0" is a shorthand for
519          * "ref^{commit}".  "commit^{tree}" could be used to find the
520          * top-level tree of the given commit.
521          */
522         if (len < 4 || name[len-1] != '}')
523                 return -1;
524
525         for (sp = name + len - 1; name <= sp; sp--) {
526                 int ch = *sp;
527                 if (ch == '{' && name < sp && sp[-1] == '^')
528                         break;
529         }
530         if (sp <= name)
531                 return -1;
532
533         sp++; /* beginning of type name, or closing brace for empty */
534         if (!strncmp(commit_type, sp, 6) && sp[6] == '}')
535                 expected_type = OBJ_COMMIT;
536         else if (!strncmp(tree_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}')
537                 expected_type = OBJ_TREE;
538         else if (!strncmp(blob_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}')
539                 expected_type = OBJ_BLOB;
540         else if (sp[0] == '}')
541                 expected_type = OBJ_NONE;
542         else
543                 return -1;
544
545         if (get_sha1_1(name, sp - name - 2, outer))
546                 return -1;
547
548         o = parse_object(outer);
549         if (!o)
550                 return -1;
551         if (!expected_type) {
552                 o = deref_tag(o, name, sp - name - 2);
553                 if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
554                         return -1;
555                 hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
556         }
557         else {
558                 /*
559                  * At this point, the syntax look correct, so
560                  * if we do not get the needed object, we should
561                  * barf.
562                  */
563                 o = peel_to_type(name, len, o, expected_type);
564                 if (o) {
565                         hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
566                         return 0;
567                 }
568                 return -1;
569         }
570         return 0;
571 }
572
573 static int get_describe_name(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
574 {
575         const char *cp;
576
577         for (cp = name + len - 1; name + 2 <= cp; cp--) {
578                 char ch = *cp;
579                 if (hexval(ch) & ~0377) {
580                         /* We must be looking at g in "SOMETHING-g"
581                          * for it to be describe output.
582                          */
583                         if (ch == 'g' && cp[-1] == '-') {
584                                 cp++;
585                                 len -= cp - name;
586                                 return get_short_sha1(cp, len, sha1, 1);
587                         }
588                 }
589         }
590         return -1;
591 }
592
593 static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
594 {
595         int ret, has_suffix;
596         const char *cp;
597
598         /*
599          * "name~3" is "name^^^", "name~" is "name~1", and "name^" is "name^1".
600          */
601         has_suffix = 0;
602         for (cp = name + len - 1; name <= cp; cp--) {
603                 int ch = *cp;
604                 if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
605                         continue;
606                 if (ch == '~' || ch == '^')
607                         has_suffix = ch;
608                 break;
609         }
610
611         if (has_suffix) {
612                 int num = 0;
613                 int len1 = cp - name;
614                 cp++;
615                 while (cp < name + len)
616                         num = num * 10 + *cp++ - '0';
617                 if (!num && len1 == len - 1)
618                         num = 1;
619                 if (has_suffix == '^')
620                         return get_parent(name, len1, sha1, num);
621                 /* else if (has_suffix == '~') -- goes without saying */
622                 return get_nth_ancestor(name, len1, sha1, num);
623         }
624
625         ret = peel_onion(name, len, sha1);
626         if (!ret)
627                 return 0;
628
629         ret = get_sha1_basic(name, len, sha1);
630         if (!ret)
631                 return 0;
632
633         /* It could be describe output that is "SOMETHING-gXXXX" */
634         ret = get_describe_name(name, len, sha1);
635         if (!ret)
636                 return 0;
637
638         return get_short_sha1(name, len, sha1, 0);
639 }
640
641 static int handle_one_ref(const char *path,
642                 const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
643 {
644         struct commit_list **list = cb_data;
645         struct object *object = parse_object(sha1);
646         if (!object)
647                 return 0;
648         if (object->type == OBJ_TAG) {
649                 object = deref_tag(object, path, strlen(path));
650                 if (!object)
651                         return 0;
652         }
653         if (object->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
654                 return 0;
655         insert_by_date((struct commit *)object, list);
656         return 0;
657 }
658
659 /*
660  * This interprets names like ':/Initial revision of "git"' by searching
661  * through history and returning the first commit whose message starts
662  * with the given string.
663  *
664  * For future extension, ':/!' is reserved. If you want to match a message
665  * beginning with a '!', you have to repeat the exclamation mark.
666  */
667
668 #define ONELINE_SEEN (1u<<20)
669 static int get_sha1_oneline(const char *prefix, unsigned char *sha1)
670 {
671         struct commit_list *list = NULL, *backup = NULL, *l;
672         int retval = -1;
673         char *temp_commit_buffer = NULL;
674
675         if (prefix[0] == '!') {
676                 if (prefix[1] != '!')
677                         die ("Invalid search pattern: %s", prefix);
678                 prefix++;
679         }
680         for_each_ref(handle_one_ref, &list);
681         for (l = list; l; l = l->next)
682                 commit_list_insert(l->item, &backup);
683         while (list) {
684                 char *p;
685                 struct commit *commit;
686                 enum object_type type;
687                 unsigned long size;
688
689                 commit = pop_most_recent_commit(&list, ONELINE_SEEN);
690                 if (!parse_object(commit->object.sha1))
691                         continue;
692                 free(temp_commit_buffer);
693                 if (commit->buffer)
694                         p = commit->buffer;
695                 else {
696                         p = read_sha1_file(commit->object.sha1, &type, &size);
697                         if (!p)
698                                 continue;
699                         temp_commit_buffer = p;
700                 }
701                 if (!(p = strstr(p, "\n\n")))
702                         continue;
703                 if (!prefixcmp(p + 2, prefix)) {
704                         hashcpy(sha1, commit->object.sha1);
705                         retval = 0;
706                         break;
707                 }
708         }
709         free(temp_commit_buffer);
710         free_commit_list(list);
711         for (l = backup; l; l = l->next)
712                 clear_commit_marks(l->item, ONELINE_SEEN);
713         return retval;
714 }
715
716 struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata {
717         long cnt, alloc;
718         struct strbuf *buf;
719 };
720
721 static int grab_nth_branch_switch(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
722                                   const char *email, unsigned long timestamp, int tz,
723                                   const char *message, void *cb_data)
724 {
725         struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata *cb = cb_data;
726         const char *match = NULL, *target = NULL;
727         size_t len;
728         int nth;
729
730         if (!prefixcmp(message, "checkout: moving from ")) {
731                 match = message + strlen("checkout: moving from ");
732                 target = strstr(match, " to ");
733         }
734
735         if (!match || !target)
736                 return 0;
737
738         len = target - match;
739         nth = cb->cnt++ % cb->alloc;
740         strbuf_reset(&cb->buf[nth]);
741         strbuf_add(&cb->buf[nth], match, len);
742         return 0;
743 }
744
745 /*
746  * This reads "@{-N}" syntax, finds the name of the Nth previous
747  * branch we were on, and places the name of the branch in the given
748  * buf and returns the number of characters parsed if successful.
749  *
750  * If the input is not of the accepted format, it returns a negative
751  * number to signal an error.
752  *
753  * If the input was ok but there are not N branch switches in the
754  * reflog, it returns 0.
755  */
756 int interpret_branch_name(const char *name, struct strbuf *buf)
757 {
758         long nth;
759         int i, retval;
760         struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata cb;
761         const char *brace;
762         char *num_end;
763
764         if (name[0] != '@' || name[1] != '{' || name[2] != '-')
765                 return -1;
766         brace = strchr(name, '}');
767         if (!brace)
768                 return -1;
769         nth = strtol(name+3, &num_end, 10);
770         if (num_end != brace)
771                 return -1;
772         if (nth <= 0)
773                 return -1;
774         cb.alloc = nth;
775         cb.buf = xmalloc(nth * sizeof(struct strbuf));
776         for (i = 0; i < nth; i++)
777                 strbuf_init(&cb.buf[i], 20);
778         cb.cnt = 0;
779         retval = 0;
780         for_each_recent_reflog_ent("HEAD", grab_nth_branch_switch, 40960, &cb);
781         if (cb.cnt < nth) {
782                 cb.cnt = 0;
783                 for_each_reflog_ent("HEAD", grab_nth_branch_switch, &cb);
784         }
785         if (cb.cnt < nth)
786                 goto release_return;
787         i = cb.cnt % nth;
788         strbuf_reset(buf);
789         strbuf_add(buf, cb.buf[i].buf, cb.buf[i].len);
790         retval = brace-name+1;
791
792 release_return:
793         for (i = 0; i < nth; i++)
794                 strbuf_release(&cb.buf[i]);
795         free(cb.buf);
796
797         return retval;
798 }
799
800 /*
801  * This is like "get_sha1_basic()", except it allows "sha1 expressions",
802  * notably "xyz^" for "parent of xyz"
803  */
804 int get_sha1(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1)
805 {
806         unsigned unused;
807         return get_sha1_with_mode(name, sha1, &unused);
808 }
809
810 int get_sha1_with_mode(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1, unsigned *mode)
811 {
812         int ret, bracket_depth;
813         int namelen = strlen(name);
814         const char *cp;
815
816         *mode = S_IFINVALID;
817         ret = get_sha1_1(name, namelen, sha1);
818         if (!ret)
819                 return ret;
820         /* sha1:path --> object name of path in ent sha1
821          * :path -> object name of path in index
822          * :[0-3]:path -> object name of path in index at stage
823          */
824         if (name[0] == ':') {
825                 int stage = 0;
826                 struct cache_entry *ce;
827                 int pos;
828                 if (namelen > 2 && name[1] == '/')
829                         return get_sha1_oneline(name + 2, sha1);
830                 if (namelen < 3 ||
831                     name[2] != ':' ||
832                     name[1] < '0' || '3' < name[1])
833                         cp = name + 1;
834                 else {
835                         stage = name[1] - '0';
836                         cp = name + 3;
837                 }
838                 namelen = namelen - (cp - name);
839                 if (!active_cache)
840                         read_cache();
841                 pos = cache_name_pos(cp, namelen);
842                 if (pos < 0)
843                         pos = -pos - 1;
844                 while (pos < active_nr) {
845                         ce = active_cache[pos];
846                         if (ce_namelen(ce) != namelen ||
847                             memcmp(ce->name, cp, namelen))
848                                 break;
849                         if (ce_stage(ce) == stage) {
850                                 hashcpy(sha1, ce->sha1);
851                                 *mode = ce->ce_mode;
852                                 return 0;
853                         }
854                         pos++;
855                 }
856                 return -1;
857         }
858         for (cp = name, bracket_depth = 0; *cp; cp++) {
859                 if (*cp == '{')
860                         bracket_depth++;
861                 else if (bracket_depth && *cp == '}')
862                         bracket_depth--;
863                 else if (!bracket_depth && *cp == ':')
864                         break;
865         }
866         if (*cp == ':') {
867                 unsigned char tree_sha1[20];
868                 if (!get_sha1_1(name, cp-name, tree_sha1))
869                         return get_tree_entry(tree_sha1, cp+1, sha1,
870                                               mode);
871         }
872         return ret;
873 }