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:
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> For Git to recognize a directory as a Git directory, it requires the
> directory to contain:
>
> 1. 'HEAD' file
> 2. object/ directory
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> 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> a Git directory, we create stubs.
>
> There are two locations we create stubs:
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> 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
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>