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Diffstat (limited to 'setup.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | setup.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -1926,23 +1926,8 @@ void create_reference_database(unsigned int ref_storage_format, struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; int reinit = is_reinit(); - /* - * 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. - */ - safe_create_dir(git_path("refs"), 1); - adjust_shared_perm(git_path("refs")); - repo_set_ref_storage_format(the_repository, ref_storage_format); - if (refs_init_db(&err)) + if (refs_init_db(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), 0, &err)) die("failed to set up refs db: %s", err.buf); /* |