rebase: verify commit parameter

If the user specifies a base commit to switch to, check if it actually references a commit right away to avoid getting confused later on when it turns out to be an invalid object. Reported-by: LeSeulArtichaut <leseulartichaut@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

René Scharfe committed Jan 1, 2021 at 00:55 UTC ca5120c339de883c3f22161316416c91655651ab
1 file changed +3 -1
builtin/rebase.c
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index eeca53382f..d0f112ffc2 100644 --- a/builtin/rebase.c +++ b/builtin/rebase.c @@ -1906,7 +1906,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) die_if_checked_out(buf.buf, 1); options.head_name = xstrdup(buf.buf); /* If not is it a valid ref (branch or commit)? */ - } else if (!get_oid(branch_name, &options.orig_head)) + } else if (!get_oid(branch_name, &options.orig_head) && + lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, + &options.orig_head)) options.head_name = NULL; else die(_("fatal: no such branch/commit '%s'"),