From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> Instead, compute the value when it is needed. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> Edited-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 3ed9ea6..7a2f53f 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct ref_lock { struct lock_file *lk; unsigned char old_sha1[20]; int lock_fd; - int force_write; }; /* @@ -2318,8 +2317,6 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname, lock->ref_name = xstrdup(refname); lock->orig_ref_name = xstrdup(orig_refname); ref_file = git_path("%s", refname); - if ((flags & REF_NODEREF) && (type & REF_ISSYMREF)) - lock->force_write = 1; retry: switch (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) { @@ -3787,8 +3784,15 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction, struct ref_update *update = updates[i]; if (!is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) { - if (!update->lock->force_write && - !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) { + int overwriting_symref = ((update->type & REF_ISSYMREF) && + (update->flags & REF_NODEREF)); + + if (!overwriting_symref + && !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) { + /* + * The reference already has the desired + * value, so we don't need to write it. + */ unlock_ref(update->lock); update->lock = NULL; } else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1, -- 2.1.4 -- 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