commit 2f46ecd27c3d285e0a82670ff8dc042db5e58d5d
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Sat Jul 12 10:05:00 2025 UTC

fix test failures related to clone -a introduced with previous commits

Use a dedicated flag to keep track of HEAD ref creation state, rather
than checking pe == NULL.

commit - 37de562ead5a95ca95e8779e7a8e218876166ff7
commit + 2f46ecd27c3d285e0a82670ff8dc042db5e58d5d
blob - e93728385f32d4085286df2430149d36ac1a6af1
blob + 80379bddab5170afe5c0e8cbb9bd21f4d8362982
--- got/got.c
+++ got/got.c
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ cmd_clone(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *jumphost = NULL, *identity_file = NULL;
 	int verbosity = 0, fetch_all_branches = 0, mirror_references = 0;
 	int bflag = 0, list_refs_only = 0;
-	int *pack_fds = NULL;
+	int *pack_fds = NULL, have_head_ref = 0;
 
 	RB_INIT(&refs);
 	RB_INIT(&symrefs);
@@ -1897,6 +1897,7 @@ cmd_clone(int argc, char *argv[])
 		got_ref_close(target_ref);
 		if (error)
 			goto done;
+		have_head_ref = 1;
 
 		if (mirror_references)
 			continue;
@@ -1935,7 +1936,7 @@ cmd_clone(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (error)
 			goto done;
 	}
-	if (pe == NULL) {
+	if (!have_head_ref) {
 		/*
 		 * We failed to set the HEAD reference. If we asked for
 		 * a set of wanted branches use the first of one of those
@@ -1959,6 +1960,7 @@ cmd_clone(int argc, char *argv[])
 			got_ref_close(target_ref);
 			if (error)
 				goto done;
+			have_head_ref = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -1966,7 +1968,7 @@ cmd_clone(int argc, char *argv[])
 		 * If we have no HEAD ref yet, set it to the first branch
 		 * which was fetched.
 		 */
-		if (pe == NULL) {
+		if (!have_head_ref) {
 			RB_FOREACH(pe, got_pathlist_head, &refs) {
 				const char *refname = pe->path;
 				struct got_reference *target_ref;