Subject: [PATCH v5 1/2] fetch: extract out reference committing logic

From: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:38:36 +0100

The `do_fetch()` function contains the core of the `git-fetch(1)` logic.
Part of this is to fetch and store references. This is done by

  1. Creating a reference transaction (non-atomic mode uses batched
     updates).
  2. Adding individual reference updates to the transaction.
  3. Committing the transaction.
  4. When using batched updates, handling the rejected updates.

The following commit, will fix a bug wherein fetching tags with
conflicts was causing other reference updates to fail. Fixing this
requires utilizing this logic in different regions of the function.

In preparation of the follow up commit, extract the committing and
rejection handling logic into a separate function called
`commit_ref_transaction()`.

Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/fetch.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index c7ff3480fb..f90179040b 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1686,6 +1686,36 @@ static void ref_transaction_rejection_handler(const char *refname,
 	*data->retcode = 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Commit the reference transaction. If it isn't an atomic transaction, handle
+ * rejected updates as part of using batched updates.
+ */
+static int commit_ref_transaction(struct ref_transaction **transaction,
+				  bool is_atomic, const char *remote_name,
+				  struct strbuf *err)
+{
+	int retcode = ref_transaction_commit(*transaction, err);
+	if (retcode)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (!is_atomic) {
+		struct ref_rejection_data data = {
+			.conflict_msg_shown = 0,
+			.remote_name = remote_name,
+			.retcode = &retcode,
+		};
+
+		ref_transaction_for_each_rejected_update(*transaction,
+							 ref_transaction_rejection_handler,
+							 &data);
+	}
+
+out:
+	ref_transaction_free(*transaction);
+	*transaction = NULL;
+	return retcode;
+}
+
 static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 		    struct refspec *rs,
 		    const struct fetch_config *config)
@@ -1858,33 +1888,10 @@ static int do_fetch(struct transport *transport,
 	if (retcode)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	retcode = ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err);
-	if (retcode) {
-		/*
-		 * Explicitly handle transaction cleanup to avoid
-		 * aborting an already closed transaction.
-		 */
-		ref_transaction_free(transaction);
-		transaction = NULL;
+	retcode = commit_ref_transaction(&transaction, atomic_fetch,
+					 transport->remote->name, &err);
+	if (retcode)
 		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
-	if (!atomic_fetch) {
-		struct ref_rejection_data data = {
-			.retcode = &retcode,
-			.conflict_msg_shown = 0,
-			.remote_name = transport->remote->name,
-		};
-
-		ref_transaction_for_each_rejected_update(transaction,
-							 ref_transaction_rejection_handler,
-							 &data);
-		if (retcode) {
-			ref_transaction_free(transaction);
-			transaction = NULL;
-			goto cleanup;
-		}
-	}
 
 	commit_fetch_head(&fetch_head);

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