Properly compare diff refs and diff positions when shas are truncated

app/models/commit.rb

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class Commit
   DIFF_HARD_LIMIT_LINES = 50000
 
   # The SHA can be between 7 and 40 hex characters.
-  COMMIT_SHA_PATTERN = '\h{7,40}'.freeze
+  MIN_SHA_LENGTH = 7
+  COMMIT_SHA_PATTERN = /\h{#{MIN_SHA_LENGTH},40}/.freeze
 
   def banzai_render_context(field)
     context = { pipeline: :single_line, project: self.project }
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class Commit
 
     # Truncate sha to 8 characters
     def truncate_sha(sha)
-      sha[0..7]
+      sha[0..MIN_SHA_LENGTH]
     end
 
     def max_diff_options
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ class Commit
   def self.reference_pattern
     @reference_pattern ||= %r{
       (?:#{Project.reference_pattern}#{reference_prefix})?
-      (?<commit>\h{7,40})
+      (?<commit>#{COMMIT_SHA_PATTERN})
     }x
   end
 
@@ -216,9 +217,9 @@ class Commit
     @raw.respond_to?(method, include_private) || super
   end
 
-  # Truncate sha to 8 characters
+  # Truncate sha to 7 characters
   def short_id
-    @raw.short_id(7)
+    @raw.short_id(MIN_SHA_LENGTH)
   end
 
   def diff_refs

lib/gitlab/diff/diff_refs.rb

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def ==(other)
         other.is_a?(self.class) &&
-          base_sha == other.base_sha &&
-          start_sha == other.start_sha &&
-          head_sha == other.head_sha
+          shas_equal?(base_sha, other.base_sha) &&
+          shas_equal?(start_sha, other.start_sha) &&
+          shas_equal?(head_sha, other.head_sha)
       end
 
       alias_method :eql?, :==
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ module Gitlab
           CompareService.new(project, head_sha).execute(project, start_sha, straight: straight)
         end
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def shas_equal?(sha1, sha2)
+        return true if sha1 == sha2
+        return false if sha1.nil? || sha2.nil?
+        return false unless sha1.class == sha2.class
+
+        length = [sha1.length, sha2.length].min
+
+        # If either of the shas is below 7 characters in length, we cannot be sure
+        # if they actually refer to the same commit because of hash collision.
+        return false if length < Commit::MIN_SHA_LENGTH
+
+        sha1[0, length] == sha2[0, length]
+      end
     end
   end
 end

lib/gitlab/diff/position.rb

@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ module Gitlab
         coder['attributes'] = self.to_h
       end
 
-      def key
-        @key ||= [base_sha, start_sha, head_sha, Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(old_path || ""), Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(new_path || ""), old_line, new_line]
-      end
-
       def ==(other)
-        other.is_a?(self.class) && key == other.key
+        other.is_a?(self.class) &&
+          other.diff_refs == diff_refs &&
+          other.old_path == old_path &&
+          other.new_path == new_path &&
+          other.old_line == old_line &&
+          other.new_line == new_line
       end
 
       def to_h