On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 5:16 PM Anders Kaseorg <andersk@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Storing the worktrees list in a static variable meant that > find_shared_symref() had to rebuild the list on each call (which is > inefficient when the call site is in a loop), and also that each call > invalidated the pointer returned by the previous call (which is > confusing). > > Instead, make it the caller’s responsibility to pass in the worktrees > list and manage its lifetime. > > Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@xxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c > @@ -1486,12 +1486,17 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd, struct shallow_info *si) > - const struct worktree *worktree = is_bare_repository() ? NULL : find_shared_symref("HEAD", name); > + struct worktree **worktrees = get_worktrees(); > + const struct worktree *worktree = > + is_bare_repository() ? > + NULL : > + find_shared_symref(worktrees, "HEAD", name); As far as I can see, this code only cares whether find_shared_symref() returned a result; it doesn't actually consult the returned worktree at all, thus it semantically considers `worktree` as a boolean, not as a `struct worktree`. I see in [7/8] that you do add an access to the `worktree.is_bare` field, but that also is used purely in a boolean fashion. If my understanding is correct, then it seems as if it would be cleaner and make for a much less noisy patch if you did this instead: struct worktree **worktrees = get_worktrees(); int has_worktree = 0; if (!is_bare_repository()) { struct worktree *w = find_shared_symref(worktrees, ...); has_worktree = !!w; } free_worktrees(worktrees); ... if (has_worktree) { ... } and in patch [7/8] augment that to: int is_worktree_bare = 0; if (!is_bare_repository()) { struct worktree *w = find_shared_symref(worktrees, ...); if (w) { has_worktree = 1; is_worktree_bare = w->is_bare; } } free_worktrees(worktrees); which would then allow you to... > if (!starts_with(name, "refs/") || check_refname_format(name + 5, 0)) { > rp_error("refusing to create funny ref '%s' remotely", name); > - return "funny refname"; > + ret = "funny refname"; > + goto out; > } ... drop this change and all the other similar changes to this file since `worktrees` gets cleaned up as soon as `has_worktree` and `is_worktree_bare` have been determined, so there's no need to introduce an `out` label just to clean up `worktrees` at the end of the function.