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

> 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?
> [...]