Merge branch 'mh/replace-refs-variable-rename'

* mh/replace-refs-variable-rename:
  Document some functions defined in object.c
  Add docstrings for lookup_replace_object() and do_lookup_replace_object()
  rename read_replace_refs to check_replace_refs

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 00ba6bf..b66cb49 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -581,7 +581,17 @@ extern size_t packed_git_limit;
 extern size_t delta_base_cache_limit;
 extern unsigned long big_file_threshold;
 extern unsigned long pack_size_limit_cfg;
-extern int read_replace_refs;
+
+/*
+ * Do replace refs need to be checked this run?  This variable is
+ * initialized to true unless --no-replace-object is used or
+ * $GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS is set, but is set to false by some
+ * commands that do not want replace references to be active.  As an
+ * optimization it is also set to false if replace references have
+ * been sought but there were none.
+ */
+extern int check_replace_refs;
+
 extern int fsync_object_files;
 extern int core_preload_index;
 extern int core_apply_sparse_checkout;
@@ -808,13 +818,26 @@ static inline void *read_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type *
 {
 	return read_sha1_file_extended(sha1, type, size, LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT);
 }
+
+/*
+ * This internal function is only declared here for the benefit of
+ * lookup_replace_object().  Please do not call it directly.
+ */
 extern const unsigned char *do_lookup_replace_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
+
+/*
+ * If object sha1 should be replaced, return the replacement object's
+ * name (replaced recursively, if necessary).  The return value is
+ * either sha1 or a pointer to a permanently-allocated value.  When
+ * object replacement is suppressed, always return sha1.
+ */
 static inline const unsigned char *lookup_replace_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	if (!read_replace_refs)
+	if (!check_replace_refs)
 		return sha1;
 	return do_lookup_replace_object(sha1);
 }
+
 static inline const unsigned char *lookup_replace_object_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned flag)
 {
 	if (!(flag & LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT))