On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 4:05 AM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> [...] >> diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h >> index f732473e1d..dfa1817929 100644 >> --- a/refs/refs-internal.h >> +++ b/refs/refs-internal.h >> @@ -482,12 +482,11 @@ struct ref_store; >> /* refs backends */ >> >> /* >> - * Initialize the ref_store for the specified submodule, or for the >> - * main repository if submodule == NULL. These functions should call >> - * base_ref_store_init() to initialize the shared part of the >> - * ref_store and to record the ref_store for later lookup. >> + * Initialize the ref_store for the specified gitdir. These functions >> + * should call base_ref_store_init() to initialize the shared part of >> + * the ref_store and to record the ref_store for later lookup. > > Maybe mention that the function will make its own copy of `gitdir`? I would think that's the default/sane behavior and not need to be mentioned? A function that keeps a pointer even after it exits, now that's something that must be documented. -- Duy