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[PATCH 4/6] Store extra_refs in a separate data structure

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Date
Dec 13, 2011, 20:06 UTC
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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Extra references really don't have much to do with real references, and we want to change how real references are handled. So hold extra references in a separate data structure.

Since extra references cannot be broken, don't store flags with them and don't pass the flags argument (a different "flags"!) to do_for_each_extra_ref().

Finally, current_ref is not useful while iterating through the extra_refs. In fact, peel_ref() doesn't even work for extra refs because they cannot be peeled themselves, and moreover they might coincidentally have the same name as a "real" reference. So explicitly set current_ref to NULL while iterating over extra_refs to avoid confusion.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---

Strictly speaking, this patch changes how an extra reference with an invalid SHA1 would be treated. In the old code, it would be skipped over (assuming DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN is not set). In the new code the SHA1 is not checked. However, from my understanding of how extra_refs are used, they should never have invalid SHA1s and so the old test is superfluous.

 refs.c |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 268bda9..843c530 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ static struct ref_cache {
 
 static struct ref_entry *current_ref;
 
-static struct ref_array extra_refs;
+static struct extra_ref {
+	struct extra_ref *next;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
+} *extra_refs;
 
 static void free_ref_array(struct ref_array *array)
 {
@@ -250,12 +254,21 @@ static void read_packed_refs(FILE *f, struct ref_array *array)
 
 void add_extra_ref(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	add_ref(name, sha1, 0, 0, &extra_refs, NULL);
+	int len = strlen(name) + 1;
+	struct extra_ref *entry = xmalloc(sizeof(struct extra_ref) + len);
+	hashcpy(entry->sha1, sha1);
+	memcpy(entry->name, name, len);
+	entry->next = extra_refs;
+	extra_refs = entry;
 }
 
 void clear_extra_refs(void)
 {
-	free_ref_array(&extra_refs);
+	while (extra_refs) {
+		struct extra_ref *entry = extra_refs;
+		extra_refs = entry->next;
+		free(entry);
+	}
 }
 
 static struct ref_array *get_packed_refs(const char *submodule)
@@ -694,13 +707,18 @@ fallback:
 }
 
 static int do_for_each_extra_ref(const char *base, each_ref_fn fn,
-				 int trim, int flags, void *cb_data)
+				 int trim, void *cb_data)
 {
-	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < extra_refs.nr; i++) {
-		int retval = do_one_ref(base, fn, trim, flags, cb_data, extra_refs.refs[i]);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
+	struct extra_ref *extra;
+
+	current_ref = NULL;
+	for (extra = extra_refs; extra; extra = extra->next) {
+		if (!prefixcmp(extra->name, base)) {
+			int retval = fn(extra->name + trim, extra->sha1,
+					0, cb_data);
+			if (retval)
+				return retval;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -712,7 +730,7 @@ static int do_for_each_ref(const char *submodule, const char *base, each_ref_fn
 	struct ref_array *packed = get_packed_refs(submodule);
 	struct ref_array *loose = get_loose_refs(submodule);
 
-	retval = do_for_each_extra_ref(base, fn, trim, flags, cb_data);
+	retval = do_for_each_extra_ref(base, fn, trim, cb_data);
 	if (retval)
 		goto end_each;
 
-- 
1.7.8
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  1. 0/6 Handle extra_refs separately from ref_cachesmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011
  2. 1/6 t5519: push two branches to alternate repomhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011
  3. 2/6 add_extra_ref(): remove flag argumentmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011
  4. 3/6 Extract a function do_for_each_extra_ref()mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011
  5. 4/6 Store extra_refs in a separate data structuremhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011
  6. 5/6 Omit extra_refs except when iterating using for_each_ref()mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011
  7. 6/6 do_for_each_extra_ref(): simplify signaturemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Dec 13, 2011

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