[PATCH v2 09/12] builtin/show-ref: ensure mutual exclusiveness of subcommands

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

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The git-show-ref(1) command has three different modes, of which one is
implicit and the other two can be chosen explicitly by passing a flag.
But while these modes are standalone and cause us to execute completely
separate code paths, we gladly accept the case where a user asks for
both `--exclude-existing` and `--verify` at the same time even though it
is not obvious what will happen. Spoiler: we ignore `--verify` and
execute the `--exclude-existing` mode.

Let's explicitly detect this invalid usage and die in case both modes
were requested.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 builtin/show-ref.c  | 4 ++++
 t/t1403-show-ref.sh | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 87bc45d2d13..1768aef77b3 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ int cmd_show_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, show_ref_options,
 			     show_ref_usage, 0);
 
+	if ((!!exclude_existing_opts.enabled + !!verify) > 1)
+		die(_("only one of '%s' or '%s' can be given"),
+		    "--exclude-existing", "--verify");
+
 	if (exclude_existing_opts.enabled)
 		return cmd_show_ref__exclude_existing(&exclude_existing_opts);
 	else if (verify)
diff --git a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
index 9252a581abf..4a90a88e05d 100755
--- a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh
@@ -196,4 +196,9 @@ test_expect_success 'show-ref --verify with dangling ref' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'show-ref sub-modes are mutually exclusive' '
+	test_must_fail git show-ref --verify --exclude-existing 2>err &&
+	grep "only one of ${SQ}--exclude-existing${SQ} or ${SQ}--verify${SQ} can be given" err
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.42.0


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