1 files changed, 0 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index a743da4c1e..979cee884a 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -1494,73 +1494,6 @@ static void unlock_ref(struct ref_lock *lock)
 	free(lock);
 }
 
-#define MAXREFLEN (1024)
-
-static int resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(struct files_ref_store *refs,
-					 const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1,
-					 int recursion)
-{
-	int fd, len;
-	char buffer[128], *p;
-	char *path;
-
-	if (recursion > SYMREF_MAXDEPTH || strlen(refname) > MAXREFLEN)
-		return -1;
-	path = *refs->base.submodule
-		? git_pathdup_submodule(refs->base.submodule, "%s", refname)
-		: git_pathdup("%s", refname);
-	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-	free(path);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		unsigned int flags;
-
-		return resolve_packed_ref(refs, refname, sha1, &flags);
-	}
-
-	len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
-	close(fd);
-	if (len < 0)
-		return -1;
-	while (len && isspace(buffer[len-1]))
-		len--;
-	buffer[len] = 0;
-
-	/* Was it a detached head or an old-fashioned symlink? */
-	if (!get_sha1_hex(buffer, sha1))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Symref? */
-	if (strncmp(buffer, "ref:", 4))
-		return -1;
-	p = buffer + 4;
-	while (isspace(*p))
-		p++;
-
-	return resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(refs, p, sha1, recursion+1);
-}
-
-int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-	int len = strlen(path);
-	struct strbuf submodule = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct files_ref_store *refs;
-
-	while (len && path[len-1] == '/')
-		len--;
-	if (!len)
-		return -1;
-
-	strbuf_add(&submodule, path, len);
-	refs = get_files_ref_store(submodule.buf, "resolve_gitlink_ref");
-	if (!refs) {
-		strbuf_release(&submodule);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	strbuf_release(&submodule);
-
-	return resolve_gitlink_ref_recursive(refs, refname, sha1, 0);
-}
-
 /*
  * Lock refname, without following symrefs, and set *lock_p to point
  * at a newly-allocated lock object. Fill in lock->old_oid, referent,