libfetchers/git-utils: Be more correct about validating refnames#14253
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Turns out there's a much better API for this that doesn't have the footguns of the previous method. isLegalRefName is somewhat of a misnomer, since it's mainly used to validate user inputs that can be either references, branch names, psedorefs or tags.
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## Bug fixes (crashes) - Fix segfaults from `toView()` when compiled with newer nixpkgs (NixOS/nix#14154) - Fix use-after-move in `DerivationGoal::repairClosure` and `SampleStack` (NixOS/nix#14086) - Fix assertion failure on partially valid derivation outputs (NixOS/nix#14137) - Fix `RestrictedStore::addDependency` recursion causing crashes (NixOS/nix#14729) - Fix crash on flakerefs containing newlines (NixOS/nix#14450) ## Bug fixes (functionality) - Fix fakeSSH check breaking SSH copies with `user@host` format (NixOS/nix#14150) - Fix `builtins.dirOf` regression from Nix 2.23 (NixOS/nix#14515) - Restore missing `isAllowed` check in `ChrootLinuxDerivationBuilder` (NixOS/nix#14531) - Fix curl with c-ares failing to resolve DNS in sandbox on macOS (NixOS/nix#14792) - Fix tarball percent decoding for `file://` URIs (NixOS/nix#14729) - `exportReferencesGraph`: Handle heterogeneous arrays (NixOS/nix#13861) - Fix filesystem ops in store optimization (NixOS/nix#14676) ## Bug fixes (output) - Fix double-quoting of paths in logs (NixOS/nix#14210) - Include path in world-writable error messages (NixOS/nix#14785) ## Improvements - Better git refnames validation (NixOS/nix#14253) - Use pure/restricted eval for help pages (NixOS/nix#14156) - Improve store-reference compatibility with IPv6 ZoneId literals (NixOS/nix#14134) - Correct `build-dir` error in manual (NixOS/nix#14745) ## Build system - Add mdbook 0.5 support (NixOS/nix#14690) - Drop legacy Apple SDK pattern (NixOS/nix#13976) https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.31.3
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Changelog of fixes: ## Bug fixes (crashes) - Fix segfaults from `toView()` when compiled with newer nixpkgs (NixOS/nix#14154) - Fix use-after-move in `DerivationGoal::repairClosure` and `SampleStack` (NixOS/nix#14086) - Fix assertion failure on partially valid derivation outputs (NixOS/nix#14137) - Fix `RestrictedStore::addDependency` recursion causing crashes (NixOS/nix#14729) - Fix crash on flakerefs containing newlines (NixOS/nix#14450) ## Bug fixes (functionality) - Fix fakeSSH check breaking SSH copies with `user@host` format (NixOS/nix#14150) - Fix `builtins.dirOf` regression from Nix 2.23 (NixOS/nix#14515) - Restore missing `isAllowed` check in `ChrootLinuxDerivationBuilder` (NixOS/nix#14531) - Fix curl with c-ares failing to resolve DNS in sandbox on macOS (NixOS/nix#14792) - Fix tarball percent decoding for `file://` URIs (NixOS/nix#14729) - `exportReferencesGraph`: Handle heterogeneous arrays (NixOS/nix#13861) - Fix filesystem ops in store optimization (NixOS/nix#14676) ## Bug fixes (output) - Fix double-quoting of paths in logs (NixOS/nix#14210) - Include path in world-writable error messages (NixOS/nix#14785) ## Improvements - Better git refnames validation (NixOS/nix#14253) - Use pure/restricted eval for help pages (NixOS/nix#14156) - Improve store-reference compatibility with IPv6 ZoneId literals (NixOS/nix#14134) - Correct `build-dir` error in manual (NixOS/nix#14745) ## Build system - Add mdbook 0.5 support (NixOS/nix#14690) - Drop legacy Apple SDK pattern (NixOS/nix#13976) https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.31.3
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Changelog of fixes: ## Bug fixes (crashes) - Fix segfaults from `toView()` when compiled with newer nixpkgs (NixOS/nix#14154) - Fix use-after-move in `DerivationGoal::repairClosure` and `SampleStack` (NixOS/nix#14086) - Fix assertion failure on partially valid derivation outputs (NixOS/nix#14137) - Fix `RestrictedStore::addDependency` recursion causing crashes (NixOS/nix#14729) - Fix crash on flakerefs containing newlines (NixOS/nix#14450) ## Bug fixes (functionality) - Fix fakeSSH check breaking SSH copies with `user@host` format (NixOS/nix#14150) - Fix `builtins.dirOf` regression from Nix 2.23 (NixOS/nix#14515) - Restore missing `isAllowed` check in `ChrootLinuxDerivationBuilder` (NixOS/nix#14531) - Fix curl with c-ares failing to resolve DNS in sandbox on macOS (NixOS/nix#14792) - Fix tarball percent decoding for `file://` URIs (NixOS/nix#14729) - `exportReferencesGraph`: Handle heterogeneous arrays (NixOS/nix#13861) - Fix filesystem ops in store optimization (NixOS/nix#14676) ## Bug fixes (output) - Fix double-quoting of paths in logs (NixOS/nix#14210) - Include path in world-writable error messages (NixOS/nix#14785) ## Improvements - Better git refnames validation (NixOS/nix#14253) - Use pure/restricted eval for help pages (NixOS/nix#14156) - Improve store-reference compatibility with IPv6 ZoneId literals (NixOS/nix#14134) - Correct `build-dir` error in manual (NixOS/nix#14745) ## Build system - Add mdbook 0.5 support (NixOS/nix#14690) - Drop legacy Apple SDK pattern (NixOS/nix#13976) https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.31.3
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Motivation
Turns out there's a much better API for this that doesn't have the
footguns of the previous method.
isLegalRefNameis somewhat of a misnomer, since it's mainly used tovalidate user inputs that can be either references, branch names,
psedorefs or tags.
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Resolves #14252
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