[PATCH] refs.c: get rid of force_write flag

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---

Notes:
    When this patch series is applied, you only have 3 occurences of force_write.
    
    1. In the struct as an undocumented int.
    2. In  lock_ref_sha1_basic:
    	if ((flags & REF_NODEREF) && (type & REF_ISSYMREF))
    		lock->force_write = 1;
    3: In ref_transaction_commit:
    	/* Perform updates first so live commits remain referenced */
    	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    		struct ref_update *update = updates[i];
    
    		if (!is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) {
    			if (!update->lock->force_write &&
    			    !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
    				unlock_ref(update->lock);
    				update->lock = NULL;
    			} else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
    						  update->msg)) {
    				update->lock = NULL; /* freed by write_ref_sha1 */
    				strbuf_addf(err, "Cannot update the ref '%s'.",
    					    update->refname);
    				ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR;
    				goto cleanup;
    			} else {
    				/* freed by write_ref_sha1(): */
    				update->lock = NULL;
    			}
    		}
    	}
    
    So maybe we can solve it even more elegant by omiting the first 2 occurences and
    directly check the type and flags in ref_transaction_commit.
    
    Maybe this makes sense to go on top of that series?
    
    Thanks,
    Stefan

 refs.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 3fcf342..ae24502 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct ref_lock {
 	struct lock_file *lk;
 	unsigned char old_sha1[20];
 	int lock_fd;
-	int force_write;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -2319,8 +2318,6 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
 	lock->ref_name = xstrdup(refname);
 	lock->orig_ref_name = xstrdup(orig_refname);
 	ref_file = git_path("%s", refname);
-	if ((flags & REF_NODEREF) && (type & REF_ISSYMREF))
-		lock->force_write = 1;
 
  retry:
 	switch (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) {
@@ -3788,8 +3785,10 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 		struct ref_update *update = updates[i];
 
 		if (!is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) {
-			if (!update->lock->force_write &&
-			    !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
+			/* Ignore symbolic links when told not to dereference */
+			if (!((update->type & REF_ISSYMREF)
+			      && (update->flags & REF_NODEREF))
+			    && !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
 				unlock_ref(update->lock);
 				update->lock = NULL;
 			} else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
-- 
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