Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`

> On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 01:26:31PM +0100, Karthik Nayak wrote:
>> For Git to recognize a directory as a Git directory, it requires the
>> directory to contain:
>>
>>   1. 'HEAD' file
>>   2. object/ directory
>
> s|object/|objects/|
>
>>   3. 'refs/' directory
>>
>> Here, #1 and #3 are part of the reference storage mechanism,
>> specifically the files backend. Since then, newer backends such as the
>> reftable backend have moved to using their own path ('reftable/') for
>> storing references. But to ensure git still recognizes the directory as
>
> s/git/Git/
>
>> a Git directory, we create stubs.
>>
>> There are two locations we create stubs:
>
> s/we/where &/
>
>> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
>> index 627b7f8698..32b4edaf2d 100644
>> --- a/refs.c
>> +++ b/refs.c
>> @@ -3402,3 +3402,27 @@ const char *ref_transaction_error_msg(enum ref_transaction_error err)
>>  		return "unknown failure";
>>  	}
>>  }
>> +
>> +void refs_create_refdir_stubs(struct repository *repo, const char *refdir,
>> +			      const char *refs_heads_msg)
>
> It's not really a message, but much rather its content, right?
>
> Patrick