2 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit.go b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit.go
index 503ce18..8c3896b 100644
--- a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit.go
+++ b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ var (
 	// targeting a non-existing object. This usually means the repository
 	// is corrupt.
 	ErrSymRefTargetNotFound = errors.New("symbolic reference target not found")
+	// ErrIsDir is returned when a reference file is attempting to be read,
+	// but the path specified is a directory.
+	ErrIsDir = errors.New("reference path is a directory")
 )
 
 // Options holds configuration for the storage.
@@ -946,6 +949,14 @@ func (d *DotGit) addRefFromHEAD(refs *[]*plumbing.Reference) error {
 
 func (d *DotGit) readReferenceFile(path, name string) (ref *plumbing.Reference, err error) {
 	path = d.fs.Join(path, d.fs.Join(strings.Split(name, "/")...))
+	st, err := d.fs.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if st.IsDir() {
+		return nil, ErrIsDir
+	}
+
 	f, err := d.fs.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go
index d57ff15..519f601 100644
--- a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go
+++ b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go
@@ -93,9 +93,15 @@ func testSetRefs(c *C, dir *DotGit) {
 	), nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
+	err = dir.SetRef(plumbing.NewReferenceFromStrings(
+		"refs/heads/feature/baz",
+		"e8d3ffab552895c19b9fcf7aa264d277cde33881",
+	), nil)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
 	refs, err := dir.Refs()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(refs, HasLen, 2)
+	c.Assert(refs, HasLen, 3)
 
 	ref := findReference(refs, "refs/heads/foo")
 	c.Assert(ref, NotNil)
@@ -108,6 +114,12 @@ func testSetRefs(c *C, dir *DotGit) {
 	ref = findReference(refs, "bar")
 	c.Assert(ref, IsNil)
 
+	_, err = dir.readReferenceFile(".", "refs/heads/feature/baz")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	_, err = dir.readReferenceFile(".", "refs/heads/feature")
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, ErrIsDir)
+
 	ref, err = dir.Ref("refs/heads/foo")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(ref, NotNil)