Re: [PATCH 0/5] refs: remove functions without ref store

> On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 11:24:11AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> > 
> > > Though maybe an even more radical proposal: now that read_ref_full(),
> > > etc, are gone, and we have only refs_read_ref_full(), could/should we
> > > shorten the latter to drop the "refs_" prefix?
> > 
> > I view it as a good longer-term goal.  But I also view it as an
> > orthogonal issue to the transition.
> 
> Personally, I'd prefer to keep the `refs_` prefix. This may be personal
> preference, but I find it way easier to reason about code when there are
> prefixes for our functions that clearly indicate the subsystem they
> belong to.
> 
> It's also in line with how other subsystems behave. Everything relating
> to strbufs has a `strbuf_` prefix, attr-related code has `attr_` or
> `git_attr_`, mem-pool has `mem_pool_`. So ref-related code having a
> `ref_` prefix just feels natural to me.