resolve_gitlink_ref(): implement using resolve_ref_recursively()

resolve_ref_recursively() can handle references in arbitrary files
reference stores, so use it to resolve "gitlink" (i.e., submodule)
references. Aside from removing redundant code, this allows submodule
lookups to benefit from the much more robust code that we use for
reading non-submodule references. And, since the code is now agnostic
about reference backends, it will work for any future references
backend (so move its definition to refs.c).

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 464fe71928..7b86b4eab5 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,30 @@ const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, int resolve_flags,
 				       resolve_flags, sha1, flags);
 }
 
+int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	int len = strlen(path);
+	struct strbuf submodule = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct ref_store *refs;
+	int flags;
+
+	while (len && path[len-1] == '/')
+		len--;
+	if (!len)
+		return -1;
+
+	strbuf_add(&submodule, path, len);
+	refs = get_ref_store(submodule.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&submodule);
+	if (!refs)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!resolve_ref_recursively(refs, refname, 0, sha1, &flags) ||
+	    is_null_sha1(sha1))
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* A pointer to the ref_store for the main repository: */
 static struct ref_store *main_ref_store;