// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
package git
import (
"regexp"
"strings"
)
const (
// RemotePrefix is the base directory of the remotes information of git.
RemotePrefix = "refs/remotes/"
// PullPrefix is the base directory of the pull information of git.
PullPrefix = "refs/pull/"
pullLen = len(PullPrefix)
// refNamePatternInvalid is regular expression with unallowed characters in git reference name
// They cannot have ASCII control characters (i.e. bytes whose values are lower than \040, or \177 DEL), space, tilde ~, caret ^, or colon : anywhere.
// They cannot have question-mark ?, asterisk *, or open bracket [ anywhere
var refNamePatternInvalid = regexp.MustCompile(
`[\000-\037\177 \\~^:?*[]|` + // No absolutely invalid characters
`(?:^[/.])|` + // Not HasPrefix("/") or "."
`(?:/\.)|` + // no "/."
`(?:\.lock$)|(?:\.lock/)|` + // No ".lock/"" or ".lock" at the end
`(?:\.\.)|` + // no ".." anywhere
`(?://)|` + // no "//" anywhere
`(?:@{)|` + // no "@{"
`(?:[/.]$)|` + // no terminal '/' or '.'
`(?:^@$)`) // Not "@"
// IsValidRefPattern ensures that the provided string could be a valid reference
func IsValidRefPattern(name string) bool {
return !refNamePatternInvalid.MatchString(name)
}
func SanitizeRefPattern(name string) string {
return refNamePatternInvalid.ReplaceAllString(name, "_")
// Reference represents a Git ref.
type Reference struct {
Name string
repo *Repository
Object SHA1 // The id of this commit object
Type string
// Commit return the commit of the reference
func (ref *Reference) Commit() (*Commit, error) {
return ref.repo.getCommit(ref.Object)
// ShortName returns the short name of the reference
func (ref *Reference) ShortName() string {
return RefName(ref.Name).ShortName()
// RefGroup returns the group type of the reference
func (ref *Reference) RefGroup() string {
return RefName(ref.Name).RefGroup()
// RefName represents a git reference name
type RefName string
func (ref RefName) IsBranch() bool {
return strings.HasPrefix(string(ref), BranchPrefix)
func (ref RefName) IsTag() bool {
return strings.HasPrefix(string(ref), TagPrefix)
// ShortName returns the short name of the reference name
func (ref RefName) ShortName() string {
refName := string(ref)
if strings.HasPrefix(refName, BranchPrefix) {
return strings.TrimPrefix(refName, BranchPrefix)
if strings.HasPrefix(refName, TagPrefix) {
return strings.TrimPrefix(refName, TagPrefix)
if strings.HasPrefix(refName, RemotePrefix) {
return strings.TrimPrefix(refName, RemotePrefix)
if strings.HasPrefix(refName, PullPrefix) && strings.IndexByte(refName[pullLen:], '/') > -1 {
return refName[pullLen : strings.IndexByte(refName[pullLen:], '/')+pullLen]
return refName
func (ref RefName) RefGroup() string {
return "heads"
return "tags"
return "remotes"
return "pull"
return ""