Merge branch 'mh/packed-ref-store'

The "ref-store" code reorganization continues.

* mh/packed-ref-store: (32 commits)
  files-backend: cheapen refname_available check when locking refs
  packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink
  read_packed_refs(): die if `packed-refs` contains bogus data
  t3210: add some tests of bogus packed-refs file contents
  repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed refs
  commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()`
  clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held
  packed_refs_unlock(), packed_refs_is_locked(): new functions
  packed_refs_lock(): report errors via a `struct strbuf *err`
  packed_refs_lock(): function renamed from lock_packed_refs()
  commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from the lockfile
  commit_packed_refs(): report errors rather than dying
  packed_ref_store: make class into a subclass of `ref_store`
  packed-backend: new module for handling packed references
  packed_read_raw_ref(): new function, replacing `resolve_packed_ref()`
  packed_ref_store: support iteration
  packed_peel_ref(): new function, extracted from `files_peel_ref()`
  repack_without_refs(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  get_packed_ref(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  rollback_packed_refs(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  ...

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 192f9f8..4789106 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@
  */
 int refname_is_safe(const char *refname);
 
+/*
+ * Helper function: return true if refname, which has the specified
+ * oid and flags, can be resolved to an object in the database. If the
+ * referred-to object does not exist, emit a warning and return false.
+ */
+int ref_resolves_to_object(const char *refname,
+			   const struct object_id *oid,
+			   unsigned int flags);
+
 enum peel_status {
 	/* object was peeled successfully: */
 	PEEL_PEELED = 0,
@@ -655,6 +664,7 @@ struct ref_storage_be {
 };
 
 extern struct ref_storage_be refs_be_files;
+extern struct ref_storage_be refs_be_packed;
 
 /*
  * A representation of the reference store for the main repository or