Jens Lindström <jl@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Puzzled.... > > There is one reason why one would want to call delete_ref() even if > the ref itself was already fully deleted by repack_without_refs() > (because it was only packed) and that is that delete_ref() also > removes the ref log, if there is one. Ahh, ok, no longer puzzled---I completely forgot about that part. > We could refactor the deletion to > > 1) repack_without_refs() on all refs > 2) delete_ref() on still existing (loose) refs > 3) delete_ref_log() on all refs > > to let us only call delete_ref() on existing refs, and then keep the > current value check. I tend to agree that it is sufficient for the purpose of this topic to be loose about the check; the refactoring can come later, as part of the ref-transaction refactoring that is going on in a separate thread. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html