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Diffstat (limited to 'refs/files-backend.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 6734f2a309..75dcc21ecb 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -3218,28 +3218,52 @@ static int files_reflog_expire(struct ref_store *ref_store, return -1; } -static int files_init_db(struct ref_store *ref_store, struct strbuf *err UNUSED) +static int files_init_db(struct ref_store *ref_store, + int flags, + struct strbuf *err UNUSED) { struct files_ref_store *refs = files_downcast(ref_store, REF_STORE_WRITE, "init_db"); struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT; /* - * Create .git/refs/{heads,tags} + * We need to create a "refs" dir in any case so that older versions of + * Git can tell that this is a repository. This serves two main purposes: + * + * - Clients will know to stop walking the parent-directory chain when + * detecting the Git repository. Otherwise they may end up detecting + * a Git repository in a parent directory instead. + * + * - Instead of failing to detect a repository with unknown reference + * format altogether, old clients will print an error saying that + * they do not understand the reference format extension. */ - files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/heads"); + strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/refs", ref_store->gitdir); safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1); + adjust_shared_perm(sb.buf); - strbuf_reset(&sb); - files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/tags"); - safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1); + /* + * There is no need to create directories for common refs when creating + * a worktree ref store. + */ + if (!(flags & REFS_INIT_DB_IS_WORKTREE)) { + /* + * Create .git/refs/{heads,tags} + */ + strbuf_reset(&sb); + files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/heads"); + safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1); + + strbuf_reset(&sb); + files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/tags"); + safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1); + } strbuf_release(&sb); return 0; } struct ref_storage_be refs_be_files = { - .next = NULL, .name = "files", .init = files_ref_store_create, .init_db = files_init_db, |