From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, ps@pks.im, toon@iotcl.com,
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 4/6] refs: receive and use the reference storage payload
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:01:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260223-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v8-4-0509c132a203@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260223-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v8-0-0509c132a203@gmail.com>
An upcoming commit will add support for providing an URI via the
'extensions.refStorage' config. The URI will contain the reference
backend and a corresponding payload. The payload can be then used for
providing an alternate locations for the reference backend.
To prepare for this, modify the existing backends to accept such an
argument when initializing via the 'init()' function. Both the files
and reftable backends will parse the information to be filesystem paths
to store references. Given that no callers pass any payload yet this is
essentially a no-op change for now.
To enable this, provide a 'refs_compute_filesystem_location()' function
which will parse the current 'gitdir' and the 'payload' to provide the
final reference directory and common reference directory (if working in
a linked worktree).
The documentation and tests will be added alongside the extension of the
config variable.
Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
---
refs.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
refs/files-backend.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
refs/packed-backend.c | 5 +++++
refs/packed-backend.h | 1 +
refs/refs-internal.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
refs/reftable-backend.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
6 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index c83af63dc5..ba2573eb7a 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "abspath.h"
#include "advice.h"
#include "config.h"
#include "environment.h"
@@ -2290,7 +2291,7 @@ static struct ref_store *ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
if (!be)
BUG("reference backend is unknown");
- refs = be->init(repo, gitdir, flags);
+ refs = be->init(repo, NULL, gitdir, flags);
return refs;
}
@@ -3468,3 +3469,40 @@ const char *ref_transaction_error_msg(enum ref_transaction_error err)
return "unknown failure";
}
}
+
+void refs_compute_filesystem_location(const char *gitdir, const char *payload,
+ bool *is_worktree, struct strbuf *refdir,
+ struct strbuf *ref_common_dir)
+{
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ *is_worktree = get_common_dir_noenv(ref_common_dir, gitdir);
+
+ if (!payload) {
+ /*
+ * We can use the 'gitdir' as the 'refdir' without appending the
+ * worktree path, as the 'gitdir' here is already the worktree
+ * path and is different from 'commondir' denoted by 'ref_common_dir'.
+ */
+ strbuf_addstr(refdir, gitdir);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!is_absolute_path(payload)) {
+ strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/%s", ref_common_dir->buf, payload);
+ strbuf_realpath(ref_common_dir, sb.buf, 1);
+ } else {
+ strbuf_realpath(ref_common_dir, payload, 1);
+ }
+
+ strbuf_addbuf(refdir, ref_common_dir);
+
+ if (*is_worktree) {
+ const char *wt_id = strrchr(gitdir, '/');
+ if (!wt_id)
+ BUG("worktree path does not contain slash");
+ strbuf_addf(refdir, "/worktrees/%s", wt_id + 1);
+ }
+
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+}
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index d3f6423261..9cde3ba724 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -106,19 +106,24 @@ static void clear_loose_ref_cache(struct files_ref_store *refs)
* set of caches.
*/
static struct ref_store *files_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
+ const char *payload,
const char *gitdir,
unsigned int flags)
{
struct files_ref_store *refs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*refs));
struct ref_store *ref_store = (struct ref_store *)refs;
- struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf ref_common_dir = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf refdir = STRBUF_INIT;
+ bool is_worktree;
+
+ refs_compute_filesystem_location(gitdir, payload, &is_worktree, &refdir,
+ &ref_common_dir);
- base_ref_store_init(ref_store, repo, gitdir, &refs_be_files);
+ base_ref_store_init(ref_store, repo, refdir.buf, &refs_be_files);
refs->store_flags = flags;
- get_common_dir_noenv(&sb, gitdir);
- refs->gitcommondir = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+ refs->gitcommondir = strbuf_detach(&ref_common_dir, NULL);
refs->packed_ref_store =
- packed_ref_store_init(repo, refs->gitcommondir, flags);
+ packed_ref_store_init(repo, NULL, refs->gitcommondir, flags);
refs->log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo);
repo_config_get_bool(repo, "core.prefersymlinkrefs", &refs->prefer_symlink_refs);
@@ -126,6 +131,8 @@ static struct ref_store *files_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
chdir_notify_reparent("files-backend $GIT_COMMONDIR",
&refs->gitcommondir);
+ strbuf_release(&refdir);
+
return ref_store;
}
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.c b/refs/packed-backend.c
index 4ea0c12299..e7bb9f10f9 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.c
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.c
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ static size_t snapshot_hexsz(const struct snapshot *snapshot)
return snapshot->refs->base.repo->hash_algo->hexsz;
}
+/*
+ * Since packed-refs is only stored in the common dir, don't parse the
+ * payload and rely on the files-backend to set 'gitdir' correctly.
+ */
struct ref_store *packed_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
+ const char *payload UNUSED,
const char *gitdir,
unsigned int store_flags)
{
diff --git a/refs/packed-backend.h b/refs/packed-backend.h
index 9481d5e7c2..2c2377a356 100644
--- a/refs/packed-backend.h
+++ b/refs/packed-backend.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct ref_transaction;
*/
struct ref_store *packed_ref_store_init(struct repository *repo,
+ const char *payload,
const char *gitdir,
unsigned int store_flags);
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index c7d2a6e50b..4fb8fdb872 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ struct ref_store;
* the ref_store and to record the ref_store for later lookup.
*/
typedef struct ref_store *ref_store_init_fn(struct repository *repo,
+ const char *payload,
const char *gitdir,
unsigned int flags);
/*
@@ -666,4 +667,17 @@ enum ref_transaction_error refs_verify_refnames_available(struct ref_store *refs
unsigned int initial_transaction,
struct strbuf *err);
+/*
+ * Given a gitdir and the reference storage payload provided, retrieve the
+ * 'refdir' and 'ref_common_dir'. The former is where references should be
+ * stored for the current worktree, the latter is the common reference
+ * directory if working with a linked worktree. If working with the main
+ * worktree, both values will be the same.
+ *
+ * This is used by backends that store references in the repository directly.
+ */
+void refs_compute_filesystem_location(const char *gitdir, const char *payload,
+ bool *is_worktree, struct strbuf *refdir,
+ struct strbuf *ref_common_dir);
+
#endif /* REFS_REFS_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index 6ce7f9bb8e..0e220d6bb5 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -372,18 +372,24 @@ static int reftable_be_fsync(int fd)
}
static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
+ const char *payload,
const char *gitdir,
unsigned int store_flags)
{
struct reftable_ref_store *refs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*refs));
+ struct strbuf ref_common_dir = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf refdir = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
- int is_worktree;
+ bool is_worktree;
mode_t mask;
mask = umask(0);
umask(mask);
- base_ref_store_init(&refs->base, repo, gitdir, &refs_be_reftable);
+ refs_compute_filesystem_location(gitdir, payload, &is_worktree, &refdir,
+ &ref_common_dir);
+
+ base_ref_store_init(&refs->base, repo, refdir.buf, &refs_be_reftable);
strmap_init(&refs->worktree_backends);
refs->store_flags = store_flags;
refs->log_all_ref_updates = repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates(repo);
@@ -419,14 +425,11 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
/*
* Set up the main reftable stack that is hosted in GIT_COMMON_DIR.
* This stack contains both the shared and the main worktree refs.
- *
- * Note that we don't try to resolve the path in case we have a
- * worktree because `get_common_dir_noenv()` already does it for us.
*/
- is_worktree = get_common_dir_noenv(&path, gitdir);
+ strbuf_addbuf(&path, &ref_common_dir);
if (!is_worktree) {
strbuf_reset(&path);
- strbuf_realpath(&path, gitdir, 0);
+ strbuf_realpath(&path, ref_common_dir.buf, 0);
}
strbuf_addstr(&path, "/reftable");
refs->err = reftable_backend_init(&refs->main_backend, path.buf,
@@ -443,10 +446,9 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
* do it efficiently.
*/
if (is_worktree) {
- strbuf_reset(&path);
- strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/reftable", gitdir);
+ strbuf_addstr(&refdir, "/reftable");
- refs->err = reftable_backend_init(&refs->worktree_backend, path.buf,
+ refs->err = reftable_backend_init(&refs->worktree_backend, refdir.buf,
&refs->write_options);
if (refs->err)
goto done;
@@ -456,6 +458,8 @@ static struct ref_store *reftable_be_init(struct repository *repo,
done:
assert(refs->err != REFTABLE_API_ERROR);
+ strbuf_release(&ref_common_dir);
+ strbuf_release(&refdir);
strbuf_release(&path);
return &refs->base;
}
--
2.53.GIT
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2025-11-19 21:48 [PATCH 0/2] refs: allow setting the reference directory Karthik Nayak
2025-11-19 21:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] refs: support obtaining ref_store for given dir Karthik Nayak
2025-11-20 19:05 ` Justin Tobler
2025-11-21 11:18 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-19 21:48 ` [PATCH 2/2] refs: add GIT_REF_URI to specify reference backend and directory Karthik Nayak
2025-11-19 22:13 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-11-19 23:01 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-20 10:00 ` Jean-Noël Avila
2025-11-21 11:21 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-20 19:38 ` Justin Tobler
2025-11-24 13:23 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-21 13:42 ` Toon Claes
2025-11-21 16:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-24 13:25 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-26 13:11 ` Toon Claes
2025-11-24 13:26 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-12-01 13:28 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-02 22:21 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-23 4:29 ` [PATCH 0/2] refs: allow setting the reference directory Junio C Hamano
2025-12-01 13:19 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-02 10:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-02 15:29 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-26 11:11 ` [PATCH v2 " Karthik Nayak
2025-11-26 11:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] refs: support obtaining ref_store for given dir Karthik Nayak
2025-11-26 15:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 11:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] refs: add GIT_REF_URI to specify reference backend and directory Karthik Nayak
2025-11-26 16:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-27 14:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-11-27 20:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-27 21:45 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-12-01 11:24 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] refs: allow setting the reference directory Karthik Nayak
2025-12-01 11:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] refs: support obtaining ref_store for given dir Karthik Nayak
2025-12-01 11:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] refs: add GIT_REF_URI to specify reference backend and directory Karthik Nayak
2026-01-05 15:13 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] refs: allow setting the reference directory Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-05 20:13 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-01-20 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-22 12:36 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-02 12:26 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] " Karthik Nayak
2026-02-02 12:26 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] refs: allow reference location in refstorage config Karthik Nayak
2026-02-06 14:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 12:25 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-02 12:26 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-06 14:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 11:21 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-02 12:26 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] refs: parse and use the reference storage payload Karthik Nayak
2026-02-06 14:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 12:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-02 12:26 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend Karthik Nayak
2026-02-06 14:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 12:53 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-06 14:33 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] refs: allow setting the reference directory Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-06 17:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 12:53 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 15:58 ` [PATCH v5 " Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 15:58 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 15:58 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] refs: forward and use the reference storage payload Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 16:34 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 10:09 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-10 22:46 ` Jeff King
2026-02-13 14:45 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-15 9:12 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 15:58 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] refs: allow reference location in refstorage config Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 16:34 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 13:02 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-10 22:44 ` Jeff King
2026-02-11 10:27 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 15:58 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend Karthik Nayak
2026-02-09 16:34 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] refs: allow setting the reference directory Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 18:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 13:02 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-10 15:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 0/6] " Karthik Nayak
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-17 7:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 9:15 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] refs: receive and use the reference storage payload Karthik Nayak
2026-02-17 7:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 9:16 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] refs: move out stub modification to generic layer Karthik Nayak
2026-02-17 7:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 9:29 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-18 14:21 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-19 9:31 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] refs: allow reference location in refstorage config Karthik Nayak
2026-02-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend Karthik Nayak
2026-02-17 7:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 9:32 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-17 10:15 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 15:27 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-19 9:35 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] refs: allow setting the reference directory Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] refs: move out stub modification to generic layer Karthik Nayak
2026-02-20 15:21 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] refs: receive and use the reference storage payload Karthik Nayak
2026-02-20 15:32 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-22 20:12 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] refs: allow reference location in refstorage config Karthik Nayak
2026-02-20 15:36 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-20 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-22 20:15 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 9:38 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend Karthik Nayak
2026-02-19 15:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 9:15 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 8:01 ` [PATCH v8 0/6] refs: allow setting the reference directory Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 8:01 ` [PATCH v8 1/6] setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 8:01 ` [PATCH v8 2/6] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 8:01 ` [PATCH v8 3/6] refs: move out stub modification to generic layer Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 8:01 ` Karthik Nayak [this message]
2026-02-23 8:01 ` [PATCH v8 5/6] refs: allow reference location in refstorage config Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 17:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 13:09 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-24 13:20 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 15:05 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 8:01 ` [PATCH v8 6/6] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 8:50 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-25 9:41 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 10:54 ` [PATCH v8 0/6] refs: allow setting the reference directory Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23 13:37 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-23 20:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 9:42 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 " Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 1/6] setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 2/6] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 3/6] refs: move out stub modification to generic layer Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 4/6] refs: receive and use the reference storage payload Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 5/6] refs: allow reference location in refstorage config Karthik Nayak
2026-02-25 17:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 9:40 ` [PATCH v9 6/6] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend Karthik Nayak
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