Subject: [PATCH v4 2/4] ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'

From: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:18:38 +0200

The 'find_ref_entry' function is no longer used, so remove it.

Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
---
 refs/ref-cache.c | 14 --------------
 refs/ref-cache.h |  7 -------
 2 files changed, 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs/ref-cache.c b/refs/ref-cache.c
index c1f1bab1d5..8aaffa8c6b 100644
--- a/refs/ref-cache.c
+++ b/refs/ref-cache.c
@@ -194,20 +194,6 @@ static struct ref_dir *find_containing_dir(struct ref_dir *dir,
 	return dir;
 }
 
-struct ref_entry *find_ref_entry(struct ref_dir *dir, const char *refname)
-{
-	int entry_index;
-	struct ref_entry *entry;
-	dir = find_containing_dir(dir, refname);
-	if (!dir)
-		return NULL;
-	entry_index = search_ref_dir(dir, refname, strlen(refname));
-	if (entry_index == -1)
-		return NULL;
-	entry = dir->entries[entry_index];
-	return (entry->flag & REF_DIR) ? NULL : entry;
-}
-
 /*
  * Emit a warning and return true iff ref1 and ref2 have the same name
  * and the same oid. Die if they have the same name but different
diff --git a/refs/ref-cache.h b/refs/ref-cache.h
index 5f04e518c3..f635d2d824 100644
--- a/refs/ref-cache.h
+++ b/refs/ref-cache.h
@@ -201,13 +201,6 @@ void free_ref_cache(struct ref_cache *cache);
  */
 void add_entry_to_dir(struct ref_dir *dir, struct ref_entry *entry);
 
-/*
- * Find the value entry with the given name in dir, sorting ref_dirs
- * and recursing into subdirectories as necessary.  If the name is not
- * found or it corresponds to a directory entry, return NULL.
- */
-struct ref_entry *find_ref_entry(struct ref_dir *dir, const char *refname);
-
 /*
  * Start iterating over references in `cache`. If `prefix` is
  * specified, only include references whose names start with that

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