Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt: fix typo

[thirdparty/git.git] / sha1-name.c

#include "cache.h"
#include "config.h"
#include "tag.h"
#include "commit.h"
#include "tree.h"
#include "blob.h"
#include "tree-walk.h"
#include "refs.h"
#include "remote.h"
#include "dir.h"
#include "sha1-array.h"
#include "packfile.h"
#include "object-store.h"
#include "repository.h"
#include "midx.h"
#include "commit-reach.h"

static int get_oid_oneline(const char *, struct object_id *, struct commit_list *);

typedef int (*disambiguate_hint_fn)(const struct object_id *, void *);

struct disambiguate_state {
        int len; /* length of prefix in hex chars */
        char hex_pfx[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
        struct object_id bin_pfx;

        disambiguate_hint_fn fn;
        void *cb_data;
        struct object_id candidate;
        unsigned candidate_exists:1;
        unsigned candidate_checked:1;
        unsigned candidate_ok:1;
        unsigned disambiguate_fn_used:1;
        unsigned ambiguous:1;
        unsigned always_call_fn:1;
};

static void update_candidates(struct disambiguate_state *ds, const struct object_id *current)
{
        if (ds->always_call_fn) {
                ds->ambiguous = ds->fn(current, ds->cb_data) ? 1 : 0;
                return;
        }
        if (!ds->candidate_exists) {
                /* this is the first candidate */
                oidcpy(&ds->candidate, current);
                ds->candidate_exists = 1;
                return;
        } else if (oideq(&ds->candidate, current)) {
                /* the same as what we already have seen */
                return;
        }

        if (!ds->fn) {
                /* cannot disambiguate between ds->candidate and current */
                ds->ambiguous = 1;
                return;
        }

        if (!ds->candidate_checked) {
                ds->candidate_ok = ds->fn(&ds->candidate, ds->cb_data);
                ds->disambiguate_fn_used = 1;
                ds->candidate_checked = 1;
        }

        if (!ds->candidate_ok) {
                /* discard the candidate; we know it does not satisfy fn */
                oidcpy(&ds->candidate, current);
                ds->candidate_checked = 0;
                return;
        }

        /* if we reach this point, we know ds->candidate satisfies fn */
        if (ds->fn(current, ds->cb_data)) {
                /*
                 * if both current and candidate satisfy fn, we cannot
                 * disambiguate.
                 */
                ds->candidate_ok = 0;
                ds->ambiguous = 1;
        }

        /* otherwise, current can be discarded and candidate is still good */
}

static int match_sha(unsigned, const unsigned char *, const unsigned char *);

static void find_short_object_filename(struct disambiguate_state *ds)
{
        struct object_directory *odb;

        for (odb = the_repository->objects->odb;
             odb && !ds->ambiguous;
             odb = odb->next) {
                int pos;
                struct oid_array *loose_objects;

                loose_objects = odb_loose_cache(odb, &ds->bin_pfx);
                pos = oid_array_lookup(loose_objects, &ds->bin_pfx);
                if (pos < 0)
                        pos = -1 - pos;
                while (!ds->ambiguous && pos < loose_objects->nr) {
                        const struct object_id *oid;
                        oid = loose_objects->oid + pos;
                        if (!match_sha(ds->len, ds->bin_pfx.hash, oid->hash))
                                break;
                        update_candidates(ds, oid);
                        pos++;
                }
        }
}

static int match_sha(unsigned len, const unsigned char *a, const unsigned char *b)
{
        do {
                if (*a != *b)
                        return 0;
                a++;
                b++;
                len -= 2;
        } while (len > 1);
        if (len)
                if ((*a ^ *b) & 0xf0)
                        return 0;
        return 1;
}

static void unique_in_midx(struct multi_pack_index *m,
                           struct disambiguate_state *ds)
{
        uint32_t num, i, first = 0;
        const struct object_id *current = NULL;
        num = m->num_objects;

        if (!num)
                return;

        bsearch_midx(&ds->bin_pfx, m, &first);

        /*
         * At this point, "first" is the location of the lowest object
         * with an object name that could match "bin_pfx".  See if we have
         * 0, 1 or more objects that actually match(es).
         */
        for (i = first; i < num && !ds->ambiguous; i++) {
                struct object_id oid;
                current = nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, i);
                if (!match_sha(ds->len, ds->bin_pfx.hash, current->hash))
                        break;
                update_candidates(ds, current);
        }
}

static void unique_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
                           struct disambiguate_state *ds)
{
        uint32_t num, i, first = 0;
        const struct object_id *current = NULL;

        if (open_pack_index(p) || !p->num_objects)
                return;

        num = p->num_objects;
        bsearch_pack(&ds->bin_pfx, p, &first);

        /*
         * At this point, "first" is the location of the lowest object
         * with an object name that could match "bin_pfx".  See if we have
         * 0, 1 or more objects that actually match(es).
         */
        for (i = first; i < num && !ds->ambiguous; i++) {
                struct object_id oid;
                current = nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, i);
                if (!match_sha(ds->len, ds->bin_pfx.hash, current->hash))
                        break;
                update_candidates(ds, current);
        }
}

static void find_short_packed_object(struct disambiguate_state *ds)
{
        struct multi_pack_index *m;
        struct packed_git *p;

        for (m = get_multi_pack_index(the_repository); m && !ds->ambiguous;
             m = m->next)
                unique_in_midx(m, ds);
        for (p = get_packed_git(the_repository); p && !ds->ambiguous;
             p = p->next)
                unique_in_pack(p, ds);
}

static int finish_object_disambiguation(struct disambiguate_state *ds,
                                        struct object_id *oid)
{
        if (ds->ambiguous)
                return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;

        if (!ds->candidate_exists)
                return MISSING_OBJECT;

        if (!ds->candidate_checked)
                /*
                 * If this is the only candidate, there is no point
                 * calling the disambiguation hint callback.
                 *
                 * On the other hand, if the current candidate
                 * replaced an earlier candidate that did _not_ pass
                 * the disambiguation hint callback, then we do have
                 * more than one objects that match the short name
                 * given, so we should make sure this one matches;
                 * otherwise, if we discovered this one and the one
                 * that we previously discarded in the reverse order,
                 * we would end up showing different results in the
                 * same repository!
                 */
                ds->candidate_ok = (!ds->disambiguate_fn_used ||
                                    ds->fn(&ds->candidate, ds->cb_data));

        if (!ds->candidate_ok)
                return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;

        oidcpy(oid, &ds->candidate);
        return 0;
}

static int disambiguate_commit_only(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data_unused)
{
        int kind = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
        return kind == OBJ_COMMIT;
}

static int disambiguate_committish_only(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data_unused)
{
        struct object *obj;
        int kind;

        kind = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
        if (kind == OBJ_COMMIT)
                return 1;
        if (kind != OBJ_TAG)
                return 0;

        /* We need to do this the hard way... */
        obj = deref_tag(the_repository, parse_object(the_repository, oid),
                        NULL, 0);
        if (obj && obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
                return 1;
        return 0;
}

static int disambiguate_tree_only(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data_unused)
{
        int kind = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
        return kind == OBJ_TREE;
}

static int disambiguate_treeish_only(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data_unused)
{
        struct object *obj;
        int kind;

        kind = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
        if (kind == OBJ_TREE || kind == OBJ_COMMIT)
                return 1;
        if (kind != OBJ_TAG)
                return 0;

        /* We need to do this the hard way... */
        obj = deref_tag(the_repository, parse_object(the_repository, oid),
                        NULL, 0);
        if (obj && (obj->type == OBJ_TREE || obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT))
                return 1;
        return 0;
}

static int disambiguate_blob_only(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data_unused)
{
        int kind = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
        return kind == OBJ_BLOB;
}

static disambiguate_hint_fn default_disambiguate_hint;

int set_disambiguate_hint_config(const char *var, const char *value)
{
        static const struct {
                const char *name;
                disambiguate_hint_fn fn;
        } hints[] = {
                { "none", NULL },
                { "commit", disambiguate_commit_only },
                { "committish", disambiguate_committish_only },
                { "tree", disambiguate_tree_only },
                { "treeish", disambiguate_treeish_only },
                { "blob", disambiguate_blob_only }
        };
        int i;

        if (!value)
                return config_error_nonbool(var);

        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hints); i++) {
                if (!strcasecmp(value, hints[i].name)) {
                        default_disambiguate_hint = hints[i].fn;
                        return 0;
                }
        }

        return error("unknown hint type for '%s': %s", var, value);
}

static int init_object_disambiguation(const char *name, int len,
                                      struct disambiguate_state *ds)
{
        int i;

        if (len < MINIMUM_ABBREV || len > the_hash_algo->hexsz)
                return -1;

        memset(ds, 0, sizeof(*ds));

        for (i = 0; i < len ;i++) {
                unsigned char c = name[i];
                unsigned char val;
                if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
                        val = c - '0';
                else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
                        val = c - 'a' + 10;
                else if (c >= 'A' && c <='F') {
                        val = c - 'A' + 10;
                        c -= 'A' - 'a';
                }
                else
                        return -1;
                ds->hex_pfx[i] = c;
                if (!(i & 1))
                        val <<= 4;
                ds->bin_pfx.hash[i >> 1] |= val;
        }

        ds->len = len;
        ds->hex_pfx[len] = '\0';
        prepare_alt_odb(the_repository);
        return 0;
}

static int show_ambiguous_object(const struct object_id *oid, void *data)
{
        const struct disambiguate_state *ds = data;
        struct strbuf desc = STRBUF_INIT;
        int type;

        if (ds->fn && !ds->fn(oid, ds->cb_data))
                return 0;

        type = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
        if (type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
                struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(the_repository, oid);
                if (commit) {
                        struct pretty_print_context pp = {0};
                        pp.date_mode.type = DATE_SHORT;
                        format_commit_message(commit, " %ad - %s", &desc, &pp);
                }
        } else if (type == OBJ_TAG) {
                struct tag *tag = lookup_tag(the_repository, oid);
                if (!parse_tag(tag) && tag->tag)
                        strbuf_addf(&desc, " %s", tag->tag);
        }

        advise("  %s %s%s",
               find_unique_abbrev(oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV),
               type_name(type) ? type_name(type) : "unknown type",
               desc.buf);

        strbuf_release(&desc);
        return 0;
}

static int collect_ambiguous(const struct object_id *oid, void *data)
{
        oid_array_append(data, oid);
        return 0;
}

static int sort_ambiguous(const void *a, const void *b)
{
        int a_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, a, NULL);
        int b_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, b, NULL);
        int a_type_sort;
        int b_type_sort;

        /*
         * Sorts by hash within the same object type, just as
         * oid_array_for_each_unique() would do.
         */
        if (a_type == b_type)
                return oidcmp(a, b);

        /*
         * Between object types show tags, then commits, and finally
         * trees and blobs.
         *
         * The object_type enum is commit, tree, blob, tag, but we
         * want tag, commit, tree blob. Cleverly (perhaps too
         * cleverly) do that with modulus, since the enum assigns 1 to
         * commit, so tag becomes 0.
         */
        a_type_sort = a_type % 4;
        b_type_sort = b_type % 4;
        return a_type_sort > b_type_sort ? 1 : -1;
}

static enum get_oid_result get_short_oid(const char *name, int len,
                                         struct object_id *oid,
                                         unsigned flags)
{
        int status;
        struct disambiguate_state ds;
        int quietly = !!(flags & GET_OID_QUIETLY);

        if (init_object_disambiguation(name, len, &ds) < 0)
                return -1;

        if (HAS_MULTI_BITS(flags & GET_OID_DISAMBIGUATORS))
                BUG("multiple get_short_oid disambiguator flags");

        if (flags & GET_OID_COMMIT)
                ds.fn = disambiguate_commit_only;
        else if (flags & GET_OID_COMMITTISH)
                ds.fn = disambiguate_committish_only;
        else if (flags & GET_OID_TREE)
                ds.fn = disambiguate_tree_only;
        else if (flags & GET_OID_TREEISH)
                ds.fn = disambiguate_treeish_only;
        else if (flags & GET_OID_BLOB)
                ds.fn = disambiguate_blob_only;
        else
                ds.fn = default_disambiguate_hint;

        find_short_object_filename(&ds);
        find_short_packed_object(&ds);
        status = finish_object_disambiguation(&ds, oid);

        /*
         * If we didn't find it, do the usual reprepare() slow-path,
         * since the object may have recently been added to the repository
         * or migrated from loose to packed.
         */
        if (status == MISSING_OBJECT) {
                reprepare_packed_git(the_repository);
                find_short_object_filename(&ds);
                find_short_packed_object(&ds);
                status = finish_object_disambiguation(&ds, oid);
        }

        if (!quietly && (status == SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS)) {
                struct oid_array collect = OID_ARRAY_INIT;

                error(_("short SHA1 %s is ambiguous"), ds.hex_pfx);

                /*
                 * We may still have ambiguity if we simply saw a series of
                 * candidates that did not satisfy our hint function. In
                 * that case, we still want to show them, so disable the hint
                 * function entirely.
                 */
                if (!ds.ambiguous)
                        ds.fn = NULL;

                advise(_("The candidates are:"));
                for_each_abbrev(ds.hex_pfx, collect_ambiguous, &collect);
                QSORT(collect.oid, collect.nr, sort_ambiguous);

                if (oid_array_for_each(&collect, show_ambiguous_object, &ds))
                        BUG("show_ambiguous_object shouldn't return non-zero");
                oid_array_clear(&collect);
        }

        return status;
}

int for_each_abbrev(const char *prefix, each_abbrev_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        struct oid_array collect = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
        struct disambiguate_state ds;
        int ret;

        if (init_object_disambiguation(prefix, strlen(prefix), &ds) < 0)
                return -1;

        ds.always_call_fn = 1;
        ds.fn = collect_ambiguous;
        ds.cb_data = &collect;
        find_short_object_filename(&ds);
        find_short_packed_object(&ds);

        ret = oid_array_for_each_unique(&collect, fn, cb_data);
        oid_array_clear(&collect);
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Return the slot of the most-significant bit set in "val". There are various
 * ways to do this quickly with fls() or __builtin_clzl(), but speed is
 * probably not a big deal here.
 */
static unsigned msb(unsigned long val)
{
        unsigned r = 0;
        while (val >>= 1)
                r++;
        return r;
}

struct min_abbrev_data {
        unsigned int init_len;
        unsigned int cur_len;
        char *hex;
        const struct object_id *oid;
};

static inline char get_hex_char_from_oid(const struct object_id *oid,
                                         unsigned int pos)
{
        static const char hex[] = "0123456789abcdef";

        if ((pos & 1) == 0)
                return hex[oid->hash[pos >> 1] >> 4];
        else
                return hex[oid->hash[pos >> 1] & 0xf];
}

static int extend_abbrev_len(const struct object_id *oid, void *cb_data)
{
        struct min_abbrev_data *mad = cb_data;

        unsigned int i = mad->init_len;
        while (mad->hex[i] && mad->hex[i] == get_hex_char_from_oid(oid, i))
                i++;

        if (i < GIT_MAX_RAWSZ && i >= mad->cur_len)
                mad->cur_len = i + 1;

        return 0;
}

static void find_abbrev_len_for_midx(struct multi_pack_index *m,
                                     struct min_abbrev_data *mad)
{
        int match = 0;
        uint32_t num, first = 0;
        struct object_id oid;
        const struct object_id *mad_oid;

        if (!m->num_objects)
                return;

        num = m->num_objects;
        mad_oid = mad->oid;
        match = bsearch_midx(mad_oid, m, &first);

        /*
         * first is now the position in the packfile where we would insert
         * mad->hash if it does not exist (or the position of mad->hash if
         * it does exist). Hence, we consider a maximum of two objects
         * nearby for the abbreviation length.
         */
        mad->init_len = 0;
        if (!match) {
                if (nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, first))
                        extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
        } else if (first < num - 1) {
                if (nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, first + 1))
                        extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
        }
        if (first > 0) {
                if (nth_midxed_object_oid(&oid, m, first - 1))
                        extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
        }
        mad->init_len = mad->cur_len;
}

static void find_abbrev_len_for_pack(struct packed_git *p,
                                     struct min_abbrev_data *mad)
{
        int match = 0;
        uint32_t num, first = 0;
        struct object_id oid;
        const struct object_id *mad_oid;

        if (open_pack_index(p) || !p->num_objects)
                return;

        num = p->num_objects;
        mad_oid = mad->oid;
        match = bsearch_pack(mad_oid, p, &first);

        /*
         * first is now the position in the packfile where we would insert
         * mad->hash if it does not exist (or the position of mad->hash if
         * it does exist). Hence, we consider a maximum of two objects
         * nearby for the abbreviation length.
         */
        mad->init_len = 0;
        if (!match) {
                if (nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, first))
                        extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
        } else if (first < num - 1) {
                if (nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, first + 1))
                        extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
        }
        if (first > 0) {
                if (nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, first - 1))
                        extend_abbrev_len(&oid, mad);
        }
        mad->init_len = mad->cur_len;
}

static void find_abbrev_len_packed(struct min_abbrev_data *mad)
{
        struct multi_pack_index *m;
        struct packed_git *p;

        for (m = get_multi_pack_index(the_repository); m; m = m->next)
                find_abbrev_len_for_midx(m, mad);
        for (p = get_packed_git(the_repository); p; p = p->next)
                find_abbrev_len_for_pack(p, mad);
}

int find_unique_abbrev_r(char *hex, const struct object_id *oid, int len)
{
        struct disambiguate_state ds;
        struct min_abbrev_data mad;
        struct object_id oid_ret;
        const unsigned hexsz = the_hash_algo->hexsz;

        if (len < 0) {
                unsigned long count = approximate_object_count();
                /*
                 * Add one because the MSB only tells us the highest bit set,
                 * not including the value of all the _other_ bits (so "15"
                 * is only one off of 2^4, but the MSB is the 3rd bit.
                 */
                len = msb(count) + 1;
                /*
                 * We now know we have on the order of 2^len objects, which
                 * expects a collision at 2^(len/2). But we also care about hex
                 * chars, not bits, and there are 4 bits per hex. So all
                 * together we need to divide by 2 and round up.
                 */
                len = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, 2);
                /*
                 * For very small repos, we stick with our regular fallback.
                 */
                if (len < FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV)
                        len = FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV;
        }

        oid_to_hex_r(hex, oid);
        if (len == hexsz || !len)
                return hexsz;

        mad.init_len = len;
        mad.cur_len = len;
        mad.hex = hex;
        mad.oid = oid;

        find_abbrev_len_packed(&mad);

        if (init_object_disambiguation(hex, mad.cur_len, &ds) < 0)
                return -1;

        ds.fn = extend_abbrev_len;
        ds.always_call_fn = 1;
        ds.cb_data = (void *)&mad;

        find_short_object_filename(&ds);
        (void)finish_object_disambiguation(&ds, &oid_ret);

        hex[mad.cur_len] = 0;
        return mad.cur_len;
}

const char *find_unique_abbrev(const struct object_id *oid, int len)
{
        static int bufno;
        static char hexbuffer[4][GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
        char *hex = hexbuffer[bufno];
        bufno = (bufno + 1) % ARRAY_SIZE(hexbuffer);
        find_unique_abbrev_r(hex, oid, len);
        return hex;
}

static int ambiguous_path(const char *path, int len)
{
        int slash = 1;
        int cnt;

        for (cnt = 0; cnt < len; cnt++) {
                switch (*path++) {
                case '\0':
                        break;
                case '/':
                        if (slash)
                                break;
                        slash = 1;
                        continue;
                case '.':
                        continue;
                default:
                        slash = 0;
                        continue;
                }
                break;
        }
        return slash;
}

static inline int at_mark(const char *string, int len,
                          const char **suffix, int nr)
{
        int i;

        for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
                int suffix_len = strlen(suffix[i]);
                if (suffix_len <= len
                    && !strncasecmp(string, suffix[i], suffix_len))
                        return suffix_len;
        }
        return 0;
}

static inline int upstream_mark(const char *string, int len)
{
        const char *suffix[] = { "@{upstream}", "@{u}" };
        return at_mark(string, len, suffix, ARRAY_SIZE(suffix));
}

static inline int push_mark(const char *string, int len)
{
        const char *suffix[] = { "@{push}" };
        return at_mark(string, len, suffix, ARRAY_SIZE(suffix));
}

static enum get_oid_result get_oid_1(const char *name, int len, struct object_id *oid, unsigned lookup_flags);
static int interpret_nth_prior_checkout(const char *name, int namelen, struct strbuf *buf);

static int get_oid_basic(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid,
                          unsigned int flags)
{
        static const char *warn_msg = "refname '%.*s' is ambiguous.";
        static const char *object_name_msg = N_(
        "Git normally never creates a ref that ends with 40 hex characters\n"
        "because it will be ignored when you just specify 40-hex. These refs\n"
        "may be created by mistake. For example,\n"
        "\n"
        "  git checkout -b $br $(git rev-parse ...)\n"
        "\n"
        "where \"$br\" is somehow empty and a 40-hex ref is created. Please\n"
        "examine these refs and maybe delete them. Turn this message off by\n"
        "running \"git config advice.objectNameWarning false\"");
        struct object_id tmp_oid;
        char *real_ref = NULL;
        int refs_found = 0;
        int at, reflog_len, nth_prior = 0;

        if (len == the_hash_algo->hexsz && !get_oid_hex(str, oid)) {
                if (warn_ambiguous_refs && warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity) {
                        refs_found = dwim_ref(str, len, &tmp_oid, &real_ref);
                        if (refs_found > 0) {
                                warning(warn_msg, len, str);
                                if (advice_object_name_warning)
                                        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", _(object_name_msg));
                        }
                        free(real_ref);
                }
                return 0;
        }

        /* basic@{time or number or -number} format to query ref-log */
        reflog_len = at = 0;
        if (len && str[len-1] == '}') {
                for (at = len-4; at >= 0; at--) {
                        if (str[at] == '@' && str[at+1] == '{') {
                                if (str[at+2] == '-') {
                                        if (at != 0)
                                                /* @{-N} not at start */
                                                return -1;
                                        nth_prior = 1;
                                        continue;
                                }
                                if (!upstream_mark(str + at, len - at) &&
                                    !push_mark(str + at, len - at)) {
                                        reflog_len = (len-1) - (at+2);
                                        len = at;
                                }
                                break;
                        }
                }
        }

        /* Accept only unambiguous ref paths. */
        if (len && ambiguous_path(str, len))
                return -1;

        if (nth_prior) {
                struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
                int detached;

                if (interpret_nth_prior_checkout(str, len, &buf) > 0) {
                        detached = (buf.len == the_hash_algo->hexsz && !get_oid_hex(buf.buf, oid));
                        strbuf_release(&buf);
                        if (detached)
                                return 0;
                }
        }

        if (!len && reflog_len)
                /* allow "@{...}" to mean the current branch reflog */
                refs_found = dwim_ref("HEAD", 4, oid, &real_ref);
        else if (reflog_len)
                refs_found = dwim_log(str, len, oid, &real_ref);
        else
                refs_found = dwim_ref(str, len, oid, &real_ref);

        if (!refs_found)
                return -1;

        if (warn_ambiguous_refs && !(flags & GET_OID_QUIETLY) &&
            (refs_found > 1 ||
             !get_short_oid(str, len, &tmp_oid, GET_OID_QUIETLY)))
                warning(warn_msg, len, str);

        if (reflog_len) {
                int nth, i;
                timestamp_t at_time;
                timestamp_t co_time;
                int co_tz, co_cnt;

                /* Is it asking for N-th entry, or approxidate? */
                for (i = nth = 0; 0 <= nth && i < reflog_len; i++) {
                        char ch = str[at+2+i];
                        if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
                                nth = nth * 10 + ch - '0';
                        else
                                nth = -1;
                }
                if (100000000 <= nth) {
                        at_time = nth;
                        nth = -1;
                } else if (0 <= nth)
                        at_time = 0;
                else {
                        int errors = 0;
                        char *tmp = xstrndup(str + at + 2, reflog_len);
                        at_time = approxidate_careful(tmp, &errors);
                        free(tmp);
                        if (errors) {
                                free(real_ref);
                                return -1;
                        }
                }
                if (read_ref_at(real_ref, flags, at_time, nth, oid, NULL,
                                &co_time, &co_tz, &co_cnt)) {
                        if (!len) {
                                if (starts_with(real_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
                                        str = real_ref + 11;
                                        len = strlen(real_ref + 11);
                                } else {
                                        /* detached HEAD */
                                        str = "HEAD";
                                        len = 4;
                                }
                        }
                        if (at_time) {
                                if (!(flags & GET_OID_QUIETLY)) {
                                        warning("Log for '%.*s' only goes "
                                                "back to %s.", len, str,
                                                show_date(co_time, co_tz, DATE_MODE(RFC2822)));
                                }
                        } else {
                                if (flags & GET_OID_QUIETLY) {
                                        exit(128);
                                }
                                die("Log for '%.*s' only has %d entries.",
                                    len, str, co_cnt);
                        }
                }
        }

        free(real_ref);
        return 0;
}

static enum get_oid_result get_parent(const char *name, int len,
                                      struct object_id *result, int idx)
{
        struct object_id oid;
        enum get_oid_result ret = get_oid_1(name, len, &oid,
                                            GET_OID_COMMITTISH);
        struct commit *commit;
        struct commit_list *p;

        if (ret)
                return ret;
        commit = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &oid);
        if (parse_commit(commit))
                return MISSING_OBJECT;
        if (!idx) {
                oidcpy(result, &commit->object.oid);
                return FOUND;
        }
        p = commit->parents;
        while (p) {
                if (!--idx) {
                        oidcpy(result, &p->item->object.oid);
                        return FOUND;
                }
                p = p->next;
        }
        return MISSING_OBJECT;
}

static enum get_oid_result get_nth_ancestor(const char *name, int len,
                                            struct object_id *result,
                                            int generation)
{
        struct object_id oid;
        struct commit *commit;
        int ret;

        ret = get_oid_1(name, len, &oid, GET_OID_COMMITTISH);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
        commit = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &oid);
        if (!commit)
                return MISSING_OBJECT;

        while (generation--) {
                if (parse_commit(commit) || !commit->parents)
                        return MISSING_OBJECT;
                commit = commit->parents->item;
        }
        oidcpy(result, &commit->object.oid);
        return FOUND;
}

struct object *peel_to_type(const char *name, int namelen,
                            struct object *o, enum object_type expected_type)
{
        if (name && !namelen)
                namelen = strlen(name);
        while (1) {
                if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(the_repository, &o->oid)))
                        return NULL;
                if (expected_type == OBJ_ANY || o->type == expected_type)
                        return o;
                if (o->type == OBJ_TAG)
                        o = ((struct tag*) o)->tagged;
                else if (o->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
                        o = &(get_commit_tree(((struct commit *)o))->object);
                else {
                        if (name)
                                error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object "
                                      "dereferences to %s type",
                                      namelen, name, type_name(expected_type),
                                      type_name(o->type));
                        return NULL;
                }
        }
}

static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, struct object_id *oid,
                      unsigned lookup_flags)
{
        struct object_id outer;
        const char *sp;
        unsigned int expected_type = 0;
        struct object *o;

        /*
         * "ref^{type}" dereferences ref repeatedly until you cannot
         * dereference anymore, or you get an object of given type,
         * whichever comes first.  "ref^{}" means just dereference
         * tags until you get a non-tag.  "ref^0" is a shorthand for
         * "ref^{commit}".  "commit^{tree}" could be used to find the
         * top-level tree of the given commit.
         */
        if (len < 4 || name[len-1] != '}')
                return -1;

        for (sp = name + len - 1; name <= sp; sp--) {
                int ch = *sp;
                if (ch == '{' && name < sp && sp[-1] == '^')
                        break;
        }
        if (sp <= name)
                return -1;

        sp++; /* beginning of type name, or closing brace for empty */
        if (starts_with(sp, "commit}"))
                expected_type = OBJ_COMMIT;
        else if (starts_with(sp, "tag}"))
                expected_type = OBJ_TAG;
        else if (starts_with(sp, "tree}"))
                expected_type = OBJ_TREE;
        else if (starts_with(sp, "blob}"))
                expected_type = OBJ_BLOB;
        else if (starts_with(sp, "object}"))
                expected_type = OBJ_ANY;
        else if (sp[0] == '}')
                expected_type = OBJ_NONE;
        else if (sp[0] == '/')
                expected_type = OBJ_COMMIT;
        else
                return -1;

        lookup_flags &= ~GET_OID_DISAMBIGUATORS;
        if (expected_type == OBJ_COMMIT)
                lookup_flags |= GET_OID_COMMITTISH;
        else if (expected_type == OBJ_TREE)
                lookup_flags |= GET_OID_TREEISH;

        if (get_oid_1(name, sp - name - 2, &outer, lookup_flags))
                return -1;

        o = parse_object(the_repository, &outer);
        if (!o)
                return -1;
        if (!expected_type) {
                o = deref_tag(the_repository, o, name, sp - name - 2);
                if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(the_repository, &o->oid)))
                        return -1;
                oidcpy(oid, &o->oid);
                return 0;
        }

        /*
         * At this point, the syntax look correct, so
         * if we do not get the needed object, we should
         * barf.
         */
        o = peel_to_type(name, len, o, expected_type);
        if (!o)
                return -1;

        oidcpy(oid, &o->oid);
        if (sp[0] == '/') {
                /* "$commit^{/foo}" */
                char *prefix;
                int ret;
                struct commit_list *list = NULL;

                /*
                 * $commit^{/}. Some regex implementation may reject.
                 * We don't need regex anyway. '' pattern always matches.
                 */
                if (sp[1] == '}')
                        return 0;

                prefix = xstrndup(sp + 1, name + len - 1 - (sp + 1));
                commit_list_insert((struct commit *)o, &list);
                ret = get_oid_oneline(prefix, oid, list);
                free(prefix);
                return ret;
        }
        return 0;
}

static int get_describe_name(const char *name, int len, struct object_id *oid)
{
        const char *cp;
        unsigned flags = GET_OID_QUIETLY | GET_OID_COMMIT;

        for (cp = name + len - 1; name + 2 <= cp; cp--) {
                char ch = *cp;
                if (!isxdigit(ch)) {
                        /* We must be looking at g in "SOMETHING-g"
                         * for it to be describe output.
                         */
                        if (ch == 'g' && cp[-1] == '-') {
                                cp++;
                                len -= cp - name;
                                return get_short_oid(cp, len, oid, flags);
                        }
                }
        }
        return -1;
}

static enum get_oid_result get_oid_1(const char *name, int len,
                                     struct object_id *oid,
                                     unsigned lookup_flags)
{
        int ret, has_suffix;
        const char *cp;

        /*
         * "name~3" is "name^^^", "name~" is "name~1", and "name^" is "name^1".
         */
        has_suffix = 0;
        for (cp = name + len - 1; name <= cp; cp--) {
                int ch = *cp;
                if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
                        continue;
                if (ch == '~' || ch == '^')
                        has_suffix = ch;
                break;
        }

        if (has_suffix) {
                int num = 0;
                int len1 = cp - name;
                cp++;
                while (cp < name + len)
                        num = num * 10 + *cp++ - '0';
                if (!num && len1 == len - 1)
                        num = 1;
                if (has_suffix == '^')
                        return get_parent(name, len1, oid, num);
                /* else if (has_suffix == '~') -- goes without saying */
                return get_nth_ancestor(name, len1, oid, num);
        }

        ret = peel_onion(name, len, oid, lookup_flags);
        if (!ret)
                return FOUND;

        ret = get_oid_basic(name, len, oid, lookup_flags);
        if (!ret)
                return FOUND;

        /* It could be describe output that is "SOMETHING-gXXXX" */
        ret = get_describe_name(name, len, oid);
        if (!ret)
                return FOUND;

        return get_short_oid(name, len, oid, lookup_flags);
}

/*
 * This interprets names like ':/Initial revision of "git"' by searching
 * through history and returning the first commit whose message starts
 * the given regular expression.
 *
 * For negative-matching, prefix the pattern-part with '!-', like: ':/!-WIP'.
 *
 * For a literal '!' character at the beginning of a pattern, you have to repeat
 * that, like: ':/!!foo'
 *
 * For future extension, all other sequences beginning with ':/!' are reserved.
 */

/* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
#define ONELINE_SEEN (1u<<20)

static int handle_one_ref(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid,
                          int flag, void *cb_data)
{
        struct commit_list **list = cb_data;
        struct object *object = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
        if (!object)
                return 0;
        if (object->type == OBJ_TAG) {
                object = deref_tag(the_repository, object, path,
                                   strlen(path));
                if (!object)
                        return 0;
        }
        if (object->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
                return 0;
        commit_list_insert((struct commit *)object, list);
        return 0;
}

static int get_oid_oneline(const char *prefix, struct object_id *oid,
                            struct commit_list *list)
{
        struct commit_list *backup = NULL, *l;
        int found = 0;
        int negative = 0;
        regex_t regex;

        if (prefix[0] == '!') {
                prefix++;

                if (prefix[0] == '-') {
                        prefix++;
                        negative = 1;
                } else if (prefix[0] != '!') {
                        return -1;
                }
        }

        if (regcomp(&regex, prefix, REG_EXTENDED))
                return -1;

        for (l = list; l; l = l->next) {
                l->item->object.flags |= ONELINE_SEEN;
                commit_list_insert(l->item, &backup);
        }
        while (list) {
                const char *p, *buf;
                struct commit *commit;
                int matches;

                commit = pop_most_recent_commit(&list, ONELINE_SEEN);
                if (!parse_object(the_repository, &commit->object.oid))
                        continue;
                buf = get_commit_buffer(commit, NULL);
                p = strstr(buf, "\n\n");
                matches = negative ^ (p && !regexec(&regex, p + 2, 0, NULL, 0));
                unuse_commit_buffer(commit, buf);

                if (matches) {
                        oidcpy(oid, &commit->object.oid);
                        found = 1;
                        break;
                }
        }
        regfree(&regex);
        free_commit_list(list);
        for (l = backup; l; l = l->next)
                clear_commit_marks(l->item, ONELINE_SEEN);
        free_commit_list(backup);
        return found ? 0 : -1;
}

struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata {
        int remaining;
        struct strbuf buf;
};

static int grab_nth_branch_switch(struct object_id *ooid, struct object_id *noid,
                                  const char *email, timestamp_t timestamp, int tz,
                                  const char *message, void *cb_data)
{
        struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata *cb = cb_data;
        const char *match = NULL, *target = NULL;
        size_t len;

        if (skip_prefix(message, "checkout: moving from ", &match))
                target = strstr(match, " to ");

        if (!match || !target)
                return 0;
        if (--(cb->remaining) == 0) {
                len = target - match;
                strbuf_reset(&cb->buf);
                strbuf_add(&cb->buf, match, len);
                return 1; /* we are done */
        }
        return 0;
}

/*
 * Parse @{-N} syntax, return the number of characters parsed
 * if successful; otherwise signal an error with negative value.
 */
static int interpret_nth_prior_checkout(const char *name, int namelen,
                                        struct strbuf *buf)
{
        long nth;
        int retval;
        struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata cb;
        const char *brace;
        char *num_end;

        if (namelen < 4)
                return -1;
        if (name[0] != '@' || name[1] != '{' || name[2] != '-')
                return -1;
        brace = memchr(name, '}', namelen);
        if (!brace)
                return -1;
        nth = strtol(name + 3, &num_end, 10);
        if (num_end != brace)
                return -1;
        if (nth <= 0)
                return -1;
        cb.remaining = nth;
        strbuf_init(&cb.buf, 20);

        retval = 0;
        if (0 < for_each_reflog_ent_reverse("HEAD", grab_nth_branch_switch, &cb)) {
                strbuf_reset(buf);
                strbuf_addbuf(buf, &cb.buf);
                retval = brace - name + 1;
        }

        strbuf_release(&cb.buf);
        return retval;
}

int get_oid_mb(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct commit *one, *two;
        struct commit_list *mbs;
        struct object_id oid_tmp;
        const char *dots;
        int st;

        dots = strstr(name, "...");
        if (!dots)
                return get_oid(name, oid);
        if (dots == name)
                st = get_oid("HEAD", &oid_tmp);
        else {
                struct strbuf sb;
                strbuf_init(&sb, dots - name);
                strbuf_add(&sb, name, dots - name);
                st = get_oid_committish(sb.buf, &oid_tmp);
                strbuf_release(&sb);
        }
        if (st)
                return st;
        one = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, &oid_tmp, 0);
        if (!one)
                return -1;

        if (get_oid_committish(dots[3] ? (dots + 3) : "HEAD", &oid_tmp))
                return -1;
        two = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, &oid_tmp, 0);
        if (!two)
                return -1;
        mbs = get_merge_bases(one, two);
        if (!mbs || mbs->next)
                st = -1;
        else {
                st = 0;
                oidcpy(oid, &mbs->item->object.oid);
        }
        free_commit_list(mbs);
        return st;
}

/* parse @something syntax, when 'something' is not {.*} */
static int interpret_empty_at(const char *name, int namelen, int len, struct strbuf *buf)
{
        const char *next;

        if (len || name[1] == '{')
                return -1;

        /* make sure it's a single @, or @@{.*}, not @foo */
        next = memchr(name + len + 1, '@', namelen - len - 1);
        if (next && next[1] != '{')
                return -1;
        if (!next)
                next = name + namelen;
        if (next != name + 1)
                return -1;

        strbuf_reset(buf);
        strbuf_add(buf, "HEAD", 4);
        return 1;
}

static int reinterpret(const char *name, int namelen, int len,
                       struct strbuf *buf, unsigned allowed)
{
        /* we have extra data, which might need further processing */
        struct strbuf tmp = STRBUF_INIT;
        int used = buf->len;
        int ret;

        strbuf_add(buf, name + len, namelen - len);
        ret = interpret_branch_name(buf->buf, buf->len, &tmp, allowed);
        /* that data was not interpreted, remove our cruft */
        if (ret < 0) {
                strbuf_setlen(buf, used);
                return len;
        }
        strbuf_reset(buf);
        strbuf_addbuf(buf, &tmp);
        strbuf_release(&tmp);
        /* tweak for size of {-N} versus expanded ref name */
        return ret - used + len;
}

static void set_shortened_ref(struct strbuf *buf, const char *ref)
{
        char *s = shorten_unambiguous_ref(ref, 0);
        strbuf_reset(buf);
        strbuf_addstr(buf, s);
        free(s);
}

static int branch_interpret_allowed(const char *refname, unsigned allowed)
{
        if (!allowed)
                return 1;

        if ((allowed & INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL) &&
            starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/"))
                return 1;
        if ((allowed & INTERPRET_BRANCH_REMOTE) &&
            starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/"))
                return 1;

        return 0;
}

static int interpret_branch_mark(const char *name, int namelen,
                                 int at, struct strbuf *buf,
                                 int (*get_mark)(const char *, int),
                                 const char *(*get_data)(struct branch *,
                                                         struct strbuf *),
                                 unsigned allowed)
{
        int len;
        struct branch *branch;
        struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
        const char *value;

        len = get_mark(name + at, namelen - at);
        if (!len)
                return -1;

        if (memchr(name, ':', at))
                return -1;

        if (at) {
                char *name_str = xmemdupz(name, at);
                branch = branch_get(name_str);
                free(name_str);
        } else
                branch = branch_get(NULL);

        value = get_data(branch, &err);
        if (!value)
                die("%s", err.buf);

        if (!branch_interpret_allowed(value, allowed))
                return -1;

        set_shortened_ref(buf, value);
        return len + at;
}

int interpret_branch_name(const char *name, int namelen, struct strbuf *buf,
                          unsigned allowed)
{
        char *at;
        const char *start;
        int len;

        if (!namelen)
                namelen = strlen(name);

        if (!allowed || (allowed & INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL)) {
                len = interpret_nth_prior_checkout(name, namelen, buf);
                if (!len) {
                        return len; /* syntax Ok, not enough switches */
                } else if (len > 0) {
                        if (len == namelen)
                                return len; /* consumed all */
                        else
                                return reinterpret(name, namelen, len, buf, allowed);
                }
        }

        for (start = name;
             (at = memchr(start, '@', namelen - (start - name)));
             start = at + 1) {

                if (!allowed || (allowed & INTERPRET_BRANCH_HEAD)) {
                        len = interpret_empty_at(name, namelen, at - name, buf);
                        if (len > 0)
                                return reinterpret(name, namelen, len, buf,
                                                   allowed);
                }

                len = interpret_branch_mark(name, namelen, at - name, buf,
                                            upstream_mark, branch_get_upstream,
                                            allowed);
                if (len > 0)
                        return len;

                len = interpret_branch_mark(name, namelen, at - name, buf,
                                            push_mark, branch_get_push,
                                            allowed);
                if (len > 0)
                        return len;
        }

        return -1;
}

void strbuf_branchname(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name, unsigned allowed)
{
        int len = strlen(name);
        int used = interpret_branch_name(name, len, sb, allowed);

        if (used < 0)
                used = 0;
        strbuf_add(sb, name + used, len - used);
}

int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name)
{
        if (startup_info->have_repository)
                strbuf_branchname(sb, name, INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL);
        else
                strbuf_addstr(sb, name);

        /*
         * This splice must be done even if we end up rejecting the
         * name; builtin/branch.c::copy_or_rename_branch() still wants
         * to see what the name expanded to so that "branch -m" can be
         * used as a tool to correct earlier mistakes.
         */
        strbuf_splice(sb, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);

        if (*name == '-' ||
            !strcmp(sb->buf, "refs/heads/HEAD"))
                return -1;

        return check_refname_format(sb->buf, 0);
}

/*
 * This is like "get_oid_basic()", except it allows "object ID expressions",
 * notably "xyz^" for "parent of xyz"
 */
int get_oid(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object_context unused;
        return get_oid_with_context(the_repository, name, 0, oid, &unused);
}


/*
 * Many callers know that the user meant to name a commit-ish by
 * syntactical positions where the object name appears.  Calling this
 * function allows the machinery to disambiguate shorter-than-unique
 * abbreviated object names between commit-ish and others.
 *
 * Note that this does NOT error out when the named object is not a
 * commit-ish. It is merely to give a hint to the disambiguation
 * machinery.
 */
int get_oid_committish(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object_context unused;
        return get_oid_with_context(the_repository,
                                    name, GET_OID_COMMITTISH,
                                    oid, &unused);
}

int get_oid_treeish(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object_context unused;
        return get_oid_with_context(the_repository,
                                    name, GET_OID_TREEISH,
                                    oid, &unused);
}

int get_oid_commit(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object_context unused;
        return get_oid_with_context(the_repository,
                                    name, GET_OID_COMMIT,
                                    oid, &unused);
}

int get_oid_tree(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object_context unused;
        return get_oid_with_context(the_repository,
                                    name, GET_OID_TREE,
                                    oid, &unused);
}

int get_oid_blob(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object_context unused;
        return get_oid_with_context(the_repository,
                                    name, GET_OID_BLOB,
                                    oid, &unused);
}

/* Must be called only when object_name:filename doesn't exist. */
static void diagnose_invalid_oid_path(const char *prefix,
                                      const char *filename,
                                      const struct object_id *tree_oid,
                                      const char *object_name,
                                      int object_name_len)
{
        struct object_id oid;
        unsigned mode;

        if (!prefix)
                prefix = "";

        if (file_exists(filename))
                die("Path '%s' exists on disk, but not in '%.*s'.",
                    filename, object_name_len, object_name);
        if (is_missing_file_error(errno)) {
                char *fullname = xstrfmt("%s%s", prefix, filename);

                if (!get_tree_entry(tree_oid, fullname, &oid, &mode)) {
                        die("Path '%s' exists, but not '%s'.\n"
                            "Did you mean '%.*s:%s' aka '%.*s:./%s'?",
                            fullname,
                            filename,
                            object_name_len, object_name,
                            fullname,
                            object_name_len, object_name,
                            filename);
                }
                die("Path '%s' does not exist in '%.*s'",
                    filename, object_name_len, object_name);
        }
}

/* Must be called only when :stage:filename doesn't exist. */
static void diagnose_invalid_index_path(struct index_state *istate,
                                        int stage,
                                        const char *prefix,
                                        const char *filename)
{
        const struct cache_entry *ce;
        int pos;
        unsigned namelen = strlen(filename);
        struct strbuf fullname = STRBUF_INIT;

        if (!prefix)
                prefix = "";

        /* Wrong stage number? */
        pos = index_name_pos(istate, filename, namelen);
        if (pos < 0)
                pos = -pos - 1;
        if (pos < istate->cache_nr) {
                ce = istate->cache[pos];
                if (ce_namelen(ce) == namelen &&
                    !memcmp(ce->name, filename, namelen))
                        die("Path '%s' is in the index, but not at stage %d.\n"
                            "Did you mean ':%d:%s'?",
                            filename, stage,
                            ce_stage(ce), filename);
        }

        /* Confusion between relative and absolute filenames? */
        strbuf_addstr(&fullname, prefix);
        strbuf_addstr(&fullname, filename);
        pos = index_name_pos(istate, fullname.buf, fullname.len);
        if (pos < 0)
                pos = -pos - 1;
        if (pos < istate->cache_nr) {
                ce = istate->cache[pos];
                if (ce_namelen(ce) == fullname.len &&
                    !memcmp(ce->name, fullname.buf, fullname.len))
                        die("Path '%s' is in the index, but not '%s'.\n"
                            "Did you mean ':%d:%s' aka ':%d:./%s'?",
                            fullname.buf, filename,
                            ce_stage(ce), fullname.buf,
                            ce_stage(ce), filename);
        }

        if (file_exists(filename))
                die("Path '%s' exists on disk, but not in the index.", filename);
        if (is_missing_file_error(errno))
                die("Path '%s' does not exist (neither on disk nor in the index).",
                    filename);

        strbuf_release(&fullname);
}


static char *resolve_relative_path(const char *rel)
{
        if (!starts_with(rel, "./") && !starts_with(rel, "../"))
                return NULL;

        if (!is_inside_work_tree())
                die("relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree.");

        /* die() inside prefix_path() if resolved path is outside worktree */
        return prefix_path(startup_info->prefix,
                           startup_info->prefix ? strlen(startup_info->prefix) : 0,
                           rel);
}

static enum get_oid_result get_oid_with_context_1(struct repository *repo,
                                  const char *name,
                                  unsigned flags,
                                  const char *prefix,
                                  struct object_id *oid,
                                  struct object_context *oc)
{
        int ret, bracket_depth;
        int namelen = strlen(name);
        const char *cp;
        int only_to_die = flags & GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE;

        if (only_to_die)
                flags |= GET_OID_QUIETLY;

        memset(oc, 0, sizeof(*oc));
        oc->mode = S_IFINVALID;
        strbuf_init(&oc->symlink_path, 0);
        ret = get_oid_1(name, namelen, oid, flags);
        if (!ret)
                return ret;
        /*
         * sha1:path --> object name of path in ent sha1
         * :path -> object name of absolute path in index
         * :./path -> object name of path relative to cwd in index
         * :[0-3]:path -> object name of path in index at stage
         * :/foo -> recent commit matching foo
         */
        if (name[0] == ':') {
                int stage = 0;
                const struct cache_entry *ce;
                char *new_path = NULL;
                int pos;
                if (!only_to_die && namelen > 2 && name[1] == '/') {
                        struct commit_list *list = NULL;

                        for_each_ref(handle_one_ref, &list);
                        head_ref(handle_one_ref, &list);
                        commit_list_sort_by_date(&list);
                        return get_oid_oneline(name + 2, oid, list);
                }
                if (namelen < 3 ||
                    name[2] != ':' ||
                    name[1] < '0' || '3' < name[1])
                        cp = name + 1;
                else {
                        stage = name[1] - '0';
                        cp = name + 3;
                }
                new_path = resolve_relative_path(cp);
                if (!new_path) {
                        namelen = namelen - (cp - name);
                } else {
                        cp = new_path;
                        namelen = strlen(cp);
                }

                if (flags & GET_OID_RECORD_PATH)
                        oc->path = xstrdup(cp);

                if (!repo->index->cache)
                        repo_read_index(the_repository);
                pos = index_name_pos(repo->index, cp, namelen);
                if (pos < 0)
                        pos = -pos - 1;
                while (pos < repo->index->cache_nr) {
                        ce = repo->index->cache[pos];
                        if (ce_namelen(ce) != namelen ||
                            memcmp(ce->name, cp, namelen))
                                break;
                        if (ce_stage(ce) == stage) {
                                oidcpy(oid, &ce->oid);
                                oc->mode = ce->ce_mode;
                                free(new_path);
                                return 0;
                        }
                        pos++;
                }
                if (only_to_die && name[1] && name[1] != '/')
                        diagnose_invalid_index_path(repo->index, stage, prefix, cp);
                free(new_path);
                return -1;
        }
        for (cp = name, bracket_depth = 0; *cp; cp++) {
                if (*cp == '{')
                        bracket_depth++;
                else if (bracket_depth && *cp == '}')
                        bracket_depth--;
                else if (!bracket_depth && *cp == ':')
                        break;
        }
        if (*cp == ':') {
                struct object_id tree_oid;
                int len = cp - name;
                unsigned sub_flags = flags;

                sub_flags &= ~GET_OID_DISAMBIGUATORS;
                sub_flags |= GET_OID_TREEISH;

                if (!get_oid_1(name, len, &tree_oid, sub_flags)) {
                        const char *filename = cp+1;
                        char *new_filename = NULL;

                        new_filename = resolve_relative_path(filename);
                        if (new_filename)
                                filename = new_filename;
                        if (flags & GET_OID_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS) {
                                ret = get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks(&tree_oid,
                                        filename, oid, &oc->symlink_path,
                                        &oc->mode);
                        } else {
                                ret = get_tree_entry(&tree_oid, filename, oid,
                                                     &oc->mode);
                                if (ret && only_to_die) {
                                        diagnose_invalid_oid_path(prefix,
                                                                   filename,
                                                                   &tree_oid,
                                                                   name, len);
                                }
                        }
                        if (flags & GET_OID_RECORD_PATH)
                                oc->path = xstrdup(filename);

                        free(new_filename);
                        return ret;
                } else {
                        if (only_to_die)
                                die("Invalid object name '%.*s'.", len, name);
                }
        }
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Call this function when you know "name" given by the end user must
 * name an object but it doesn't; the function _may_ die with a better
 * diagnostic message than "no such object 'name'", e.g. "Path 'doc' does not
 * exist in 'HEAD'" when given "HEAD:doc", or it may return in which case
 * you have a chance to diagnose the error further.
 */
void maybe_die_on_misspelt_object_name(const char *name, const char *prefix)
{
        struct object_context oc;
        struct object_id oid;
        get_oid_with_context_1(the_repository, name, GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE,
                               prefix, &oid, &oc);
}

enum get_oid_result get_oid_with_context(struct repository *repo,
                                         const char *str,
                                         unsigned flags,
                                         struct object_id *oid,
                                         struct object_context *oc)
{
        if (flags & GET_OID_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS && flags & GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE)
                BUG("incompatible flags for get_sha1_with_context");
        return get_oid_with_context_1(repo, str, flags, NULL, oid, oc);
}