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[PATCH v2 12/18] refs: wrap top-level ref_dirs in ref_entries

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Date
Apr 26, 2012, 22:27 UTC
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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Make it turtles all the way down. This affects the loose and packed fields of ref_cache instances.

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

This change is not crucial, as it was in v1 of the patch series. Nevertheless I think that it improves the code consistency.

 refs.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 94b20a3..de14e75 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -607,26 +607,26 @@ static int is_refname_available(const char *refname, const char *oldrefname,
  */
 static struct ref_cache {
 	struct ref_cache *next;
-	char did_loose;
-	char did_packed;
-	struct ref_dir loose;
-	struct ref_dir packed;
+	struct ref_entry *loose;
+	struct ref_entry *packed;
 	/* The submodule name, or "" for the main repo. */
 	char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
 } *ref_cache;
 
 static void clear_packed_ref_cache(struct ref_cache *refs)
 {
-	if (refs->did_packed)
-		clear_ref_dir(&refs->packed);
-	refs->did_packed = 0;
+	if (refs->packed) {
+		free_ref_entry(refs->packed);
+		refs->packed = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static void clear_loose_ref_cache(struct ref_cache *refs)
 {
-	if (refs->did_loose)
-		clear_ref_dir(&refs->loose);
-	refs->did_loose = 0;
+	if (refs->loose) {
+		free_ref_entry(refs->loose);
+		refs->loose = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static struct ref_cache *create_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
@@ -740,22 +740,22 @@ static void read_packed_refs(FILE *f, struct ref_dir *dir)
 
 static struct ref_dir *get_packed_refs(struct ref_cache *refs)
 {
-	if (!refs->did_packed) {
+	if (!refs->packed) {
 		const char *packed_refs_file;
 		FILE *f;
 
+		refs->packed = create_dir_entry("");
 		if (*refs->name)
 			packed_refs_file = git_path_submodule(refs->name, "packed-refs");
 		else
 			packed_refs_file = git_path("packed-refs");
 		f = fopen(packed_refs_file, "r");
 		if (f) {
-			read_packed_refs(f, &refs->packed);
+			read_packed_refs(f, &refs->packed->u.subdir);
 			fclose(f);
 		}
-		refs->did_packed = 1;
 	}
-	return &refs->packed;
+	return &refs->packed->u.subdir;
 }
 
 void add_packed_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1)
@@ -833,12 +833,13 @@ static void get_ref_dir(struct ref_cache *refs, const char *dirname,
 
 static struct ref_dir *get_loose_refs(struct ref_cache *refs)
 {
-	if (!refs->did_loose) {
+	if (!refs->loose) {
+		refs->loose = create_dir_entry("");
 		get_ref_dir(refs, "refs/",
-			    &search_for_subdir(&refs->loose, "refs/", 1)->u.subdir);
-		refs->did_loose = 1;
+			    &search_for_subdir(&refs->loose->u.subdir,
+					       "refs/", 1)->u.subdir);
 	}
-	return &refs->loose;
+	return &refs->loose->u.subdir;
 }
 
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic refs. Only within reason, though */
-- 
1.7.10
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Message 20 of 26 in “Read loose references lazily”
  1. 00/18 Read loose references lazilymhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  2. 01/18 get_ref_dir(): return early if directory cannot be readmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  3. 02/18 get_ref_dir(): use a strbuf to hold refnamemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  4. 03/18 get_ref_dir(): rename "base" parameter to "dirname"mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  5. 04/18 get_ref_dir(): require that the dirname argument ends in '/'mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  6. 05/18 refs.c: extract function search_for_subdir()mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2012
  9. Michael HaggertyMay 4, 2012
  10. 06/18 get_ref_dir(): take the containing directory as argumentmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  11. 07/18 do_for_each_reflog(): return early on errormhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  12. 08/18 do_for_each_reflog(): use a strbuf to hold logfile namemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2012
  14. Michael HaggertyApr 27, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  16. Michael HaggertyMay 3, 2012
  17. 09/18 do_for_each_reflog(): reuse strbuf across recursive function callsmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  18. 10/18 bisect: copy filename string obtained from git_path()mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  19. 11/18 find_containing_dir(): use strbuf in implementation of this functionmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  20. 12/18 refs: wrap top-level ref_dirs in ref_entriesmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  21. 13/18 read_loose_refs(): rename function from get_ref_dir()mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  22. 14/18 get_ref_dir(): add function for getting a ref_dir from a ref_entrymhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  23. 15/18 search_for_subdir(): return (ref_dir *) instead of (ref_entry *)mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  24. 16/18 struct ref_dir: store a reference to the enclosing ref_cachemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  25. 17/18 read_loose_refs(): eliminate ref_cache argumentmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012
  26. 18/18 refs: read loose references lazilymhagger@alum.mit.edu, Apr 26, 2012

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