Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] refs: support obtaining ref_store for given dir
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Nov 26, 2025, 15:16 UTC
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Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
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> The refs subsystem uses the `get_main_ref_store()` to obtain the main > ref_store for a given repository. In the upcoming patches we also want > to create a ref_store for any given reference directory, which may exist > in arbitrary paths. For the files backend and the reftable backend, the > reference directory is generally the $GIT_DIR. > > To support such behavior, extract out the core logic for creating out > the ref_store from `get_main_ref_store()` into a new function > `get_ref_store_for_dir()` which can provide the ref_store for a > given (repository, directory, reference format) combination.
I am guessing that this is meant to work with the REF_URI thing, and the <path> part in REF_URI=<backend>:<path> corresponds to the "dir" parameter here.
Looks like a good no-op split.
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> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
> ---
> refs.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 965381367e..23f46867f2 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -2177,6 +2177,15 @@ void ref_store_release(struct ref_store *ref_store)
> free(ref_store->gitdir);
> }
>
> +static struct ref_store *get_ref_store_for_dir(struct repository *r,
> + char *dir,
> + enum ref_storage_format format)
> +{
> + struct ref_store *ref_store = ref_store_init(r, format, dir,
> + REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);
> + return maybe_debug_wrap_ref_store(dir, ref_store);
> +}
> +
> struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(struct repository *r)
> {
> if (r->refs_private)
> @@ -2185,9 +2194,7 @@ struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(struct repository *r)
> if (!r->gitdir)
> BUG("attempting to get main_ref_store outside of repository");
>
> - r->refs_private = ref_store_init(r, r->ref_storage_format,
> - r->gitdir, REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);
> - r->refs_private = maybe_debug_wrap_ref_store(r->gitdir, r->refs_private);
> + r->refs_private = get_ref_store_for_dir(r, r->gitdir, r->ref_storage_format);
> return r->refs_private;
> }