Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2016, #10; Wed, 29)

[Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>]

On 30/06/16 00:22, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> 
> * mh/ref-store (2016-06-20) 38 commits
>  - refs: implement iteration over only per-worktree refs
>  - refs: make lock generic
>  - refs: add method to rename refs
>  - refs: add methods to init refs db
>  - refs: make delete_refs() virtual
>  - refs: add method for initial ref transaction commit
>  - refs: add methods for reflog
>  - refs: add method iterator_begin
>  - files_ref_iterator_begin(): take a ref_store argument
>  - split_symref_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - lock_ref_sha1_basic(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - lock_ref_for_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - commit_ref_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - lock_raw_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - repack_without_refs(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - refs: make peel_ref() virtual
>  - refs: make create_symref() virtual
>  - refs: make pack_refs() virtual
>  - refs: make verify_refname_available() virtual
>  - refs: make read_raw_ref() virtual
>  - resolve_gitlink_ref(): rename path parameter to submodule
>  - resolve_gitlink_ref(): avoid memory allocation in many cases
>  - resolve_gitlink_ref(): implement using resolve_ref_recursively()
>  - resolve_ref_recursively(): new function
>  - read_raw_ref(): take a (struct ref_store *) argument
>  - resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(): remove function
>  - resolve_packed_ref(): rename function from resolve_missing_loose_ref()
>  - refs: reorder definitions
>  - refs: add a transaction_commit() method
>  - {lock,commit,rollback}_packed_refs(): add files_ref_store arguments
>  - resolve_missing_loose_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - get_packed_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - add_packed_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
>  - refs: create a base class "ref_store" for files_ref_store
>  - refs: add a backend method structure
>  - refs: rename struct ref_cache to files_ref_store
>  - rename_ref_available(): add docstring
>  - resolve_gitlink_ref(): eliminate temporary variable
>  (this branch uses mh/ref-iterators and mh/split-under-lock; is tangled with mh/update-ref-errors.)
> 
>  The ref-store abstraction was introduced to the refs API so that we
>  can plug in different backends to store references.
> 
>  Is everybody happy with this version?
>  If so, will merge to 'next'.

A small fixup required for this one.

see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/298137

ATB,
Ramsay Jones