repository: create disable_replace_refs()

Several builtins depend on being able to disable the replace references
so we actually operate on each object individually. These currently do
so by directly mutating the 'read_replace_refs' global.

A future change will move this global into a different place, so it will
be necessary to change all of these lines. However, we can simplify that
transition by abstracting the purpose of these global assignments with a
method call.

We will need to keep this read_replace_refs global forever, as we want
to make sure that we never use replace refs throughout the life of the
process if this method is called. Future changes may present a
repository-scoped version of the variable to represent that repository's
core.useReplaceRefs config value, but a zero-valued read_replace_refs
will always override such a setting.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/replace-object.h b/replace-object.h
index 500482b02b..7786d4152b 100644
--- a/replace-object.h
+++ b/replace-object.h
@@ -48,4 +48,12 @@ static inline const struct object_id *lookup_replace_object(struct repository *r
 	return do_lookup_replace_object(r, oid);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Some commands override config and environment settings for using
+ * replace references. Use this method to disable the setting and ensure
+ * those other settings will not override this choice. This applies
+ * globally to all in-process repositories.
+ */
+void disable_replace_refs(void);
+
 #endif /* REPLACE_OBJECT_H */