If we are deleting the reference, then we don't need to read the reference's old value. It doesn't provide any race safety, because the value read just before the delete is no "better" than the value that would be read under lock during the delete. And even if the reference previously didn't exist, we can call delete_ref() on it if we don't provide an old_sha1 value. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fast-import.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c index 6378726..d7ed065 100644 --- a/fast-import.c +++ b/fast-import.c @@ -1692,13 +1692,13 @@ static int update_branch(struct branch *b) unsigned char old_sha1[20]; struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; - if (read_ref(b->name, old_sha1)) - hashclr(old_sha1); if (is_null_sha1(b->sha1)) { if (b->delete) - delete_ref(b->name, old_sha1, 0); + delete_ref(b->name, NULL, 0); return 0; } + if (read_ref(b->name, old_sha1)) + hashclr(old_sha1); if (!force_update && !is_null_sha1(old_sha1)) { struct commit *old_cmit, *new_cmit; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in