Merge branch 'mh/split-under-lock'

Further preparatory work on the refs API before the pluggable
backend series can land.

* mh/split-under-lock: (33 commits)
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): only handle REF_NODEREF mode
  commit_ref_update(): remove the flags parameter
  lock_ref_for_update(): don't resolve symrefs
  lock_ref_for_update(): don't re-read non-symbolic references
  refs: resolve symbolic refs first
  ref_transaction_update(): check refname_is_safe() at a minimum
  unlock_ref(): move definition higher in the file
  lock_ref_for_update(): new function
  add_update(): initialize the whole ref_update
  verify_refname_available(): adjust constness in declaration
  refs: don't dereference on rename
  refs: allow log-only updates
  delete_branches(): use resolve_refdup()
  ref_transaction_commit(): correctly report close_ref() failure
  ref_transaction_create(): disallow recursive pruning
  refs: make error messages more consistent
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): remove unneeded local variable
  read_raw_ref(): move docstring to header file
  read_raw_ref(): improve docstring
  read_raw_ref(): rename symref argument to referent
  ...

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diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 2bf97cc..d559cf1 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1003,6 +1003,11 @@ int adjust_shared_perm(const char *path);
  * directory while we were working.  To be robust against this kind of
  * race, callers might want to try invoking the function again when it
  * returns SCLD_VANISHED.
+ *
+ * safe_create_leading_directories() temporarily changes path while it
+ * is working but restores it before returning.
+ * safe_create_leading_directories_const() doesn't modify path, even
+ * temporarily.
  */
 enum scld_error {
 	SCLD_OK = 0,