On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c > @@ -1609,9 +1609,6 @@ static struct ref_store_hash_entry *alloc_ref_store_hash_entry( > -/* A pointer to the ref_store for the main repository: */ > -static struct ref_store *main_ref_store; > diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h > @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ struct repository { > */ > struct object_store objects; > > + /* > + * The store in which the refs are hold. > + */ > + struct ref_store *main_ref_store; Do items moved to the 'repository' structure need to be freed when the 'repository' itself is freed? Is that being done by a different patch? If so, it would ease review burden for the freeing to happen in the same patch in which the item is moved to the 'repository'.