This is the second iteration of a patch series that prepares the ground for separating out a `packed_ref_store` and then for changing `packed-refs` to be read using `mmap()`. Thanks to Peff, Junio, Stefan, Brandon, and Johannes for their feedback about v1 [1]. I think I have addressed all of your comments. Changes since v1: * Since v1, branch `bc/object-id` has been merged to `next`, and it has lots of conflicts with these changes. So I rebased this branch onto a merge of `master` and `bc/object-id`. (I hope this makes Junio's job easier.) This unfortunately causes a bit of tbdiff noise between v1 and v2. * Patch [01/25]: in t3600, register the `test_when_finished` command before executing `chmod a-w`. * Patch [04/25] (new patch): convert a few `die("internal error: ...")` to `die("BUG: ...")`. * Patch [05/25]: Use `strlen()` rather than `memchr()` to check the trim length, and `die()` rather than skipping if it is longer than the reference name. * Patch [08/25]: Name the log message arguments `msg` for consistency with existing code. * Patch [10/25]: Rename the new member from `packlock` to `packed_refs_lock`. * Patch [13/25] (new patch): Move the check for valid `transaction->state` from `files_transaction_commit()` to `ref_transaction_commit()`. * Patch [14/25]: * Add more sanity checks of `transaction->state`. * Don't add `ref_transaction_finish()` to the public API. Instead, teach `ref_transaction_commit()` to do the right thing whether or not `ref_transaction_prepare()` has been called. * Add and improve docstrings. * Allow `ref_transaction_abort()` to be called even before `ref_transaction_prepare()` (in which case it just calls `ref_transaction_free()`). * Lots of improvements to commit messages and comments, mostly to clarify points that reviewers asked about. These changes (along with the merge commit that they are based on) are also available as branch `packed-ref-store-prep` in my GitHub fork [2]. If you'd like to see a preview of the rest of the changes (which works but is not yet polished), checkout the `mmap-packed-refs` branch from the same place. Michael [1] http://public-inbox.org/git/cover.1495014840.git.mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ [2] https://github.com/mhagger/git Jeff King (1): ref-filter: limit traversal to prefix Michael Haggerty (24): t3600: clean up permissions test properly refs.h: clarify docstring for the ref_transaction_update()-related fns ref_iterator_begin_fn(): fix docstring files-backend: use `die("BUG: ...")`, not `die("internal error: ...")` prefix_ref_iterator: don't trim too much refs_ref_iterator_begin(): don't check prefixes redundantly refs: use `size_t` indexes when iterating over ref transaction updates ref_store: take a `msg` parameter when deleting references lockfile: add a new method, is_lock_file_locked() files-backend: move `lock` member to `files_ref_store` files_ref_store: put the packed files lock directly in this struct files_transaction_cleanup(): new helper function ref_transaction_commit(): check for valid `transaction->state` ref_transaction_prepare(): new optional step for reference updates ref_update_reject_duplicates(): expose function to whole refs module ref_update_reject_duplicates(): use `size_t` rather than `int` ref_update_reject_duplicates(): add a sanity check should_pack_ref(): new function, extracted from `files_pack_refs()` get_packed_ref_cache(): assume "packed-refs" won't change while locked read_packed_refs(): do more of the work of reading packed refs read_packed_refs(): report unexpected fopen() failures refs_ref_iterator_begin(): handle `GIT_REF_PARANOIA` create_ref_entry(): remove `check_name` option cache_ref_iterator_begin(): avoid priming unneeded directories builtin/fetch.c | 2 +- builtin/remote.c | 4 +- lockfile.h | 8 ++ ref-filter.c | 64 ++++++++- refs.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++-- refs.h | 149 +++++++++++++++----- refs/files-backend.c | 302 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- refs/iterator.c | 18 ++- refs/ref-cache.c | 100 ++++++++++++-- refs/ref-cache.h | 6 +- refs/refs-internal.h | 62 +++++++-- t/helper/test-ref-store.c | 3 +- t/t1405-main-ref-store.sh | 2 +- t/t1406-submodule-ref-store.sh | 2 +- t/t3600-rm.sh | 4 +- 15 files changed, 658 insertions(+), 203 deletions(-) -- 2.11.0