Re: [PATCH 00/17] Fixes and improvements for ref consistency checks

From: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 10, 2026, 13:37 UTC
Message-ID: <aWJWCiTFQAZqDb9y@ArchLinux>
In-Reply-To: <20260109-pks-refs-verify-fixes-v1-0-3587dba18294@pks.im>

On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 01:39:29PM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> this patch series contains a bunch of fixes and improvements for ref
> consistency checks. It is structured as follows:
> 
>   - Patches 1 to 4 contain a couple of cleanups for the consistency
>     checks done by the "files" backend.
> 
>   - Patches 5 to 7 introduce checks for root refs for the "files"
>     backend.
> 
>   - Patches 9 to 14 introduce infrastructure for shared checks with the
>     "files" and "reftable" backend.
> 
>   - Patches 15 to 17 move some ref consistency checks that were still
>     driven by git-fsck(1) into `git refs verify`.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Patrick

I left some comments. In conclusion, I very appreciate the direction to share the common logic for both "files" backend and "reftable" backend. And also, we could check the correctness of `HEAD` to make the ref subsystem self-contained.

Thanks, Jialuo