Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] refs: support obtaining ref_store for given dir

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:16:15 -0800

Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]> writes:

> The refs subsystem uses the `get_main_ref_store()` to obtain the main
> ref_store for a given repository. In the upcoming patches we also want
> to create a ref_store for any given reference directory, which may exist
> in arbitrary paths. For the files backend and the reftable backend, the
> reference directory is generally the $GIT_DIR.
>
> To support such behavior, extract out the core logic for creating out
> the ref_store from `get_main_ref_store()` into a new function
> `get_ref_store_for_dir()` which can provide the ref_store for a
> given (repository, directory, reference format) combination.

I am guessing that this is meant to work with the REF_URI thing, and
the <path> part in REF_URI=<backend>:<path> corresponds to the "dir"
parameter here.

Looks like a good no-op split.

> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  refs.c | 13 ++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 965381367e..23f46867f2 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -2177,6 +2177,15 @@ void ref_store_release(struct ref_store *ref_store)
>  	free(ref_store->gitdir);
>  }
>  
> +static struct ref_store *get_ref_store_for_dir(struct repository *r,
> +					       char *dir,
> +					       enum ref_storage_format format)
> +{
> +	struct ref_store *ref_store = ref_store_init(r, format, dir,
> +						     REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);
> +	return maybe_debug_wrap_ref_store(dir, ref_store);
> +}
> +
>  struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(struct repository *r)
>  {
>  	if (r->refs_private)
> @@ -2185,9 +2194,7 @@ struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(struct repository *r)
>  	if (!r->gitdir)
>  		BUG("attempting to get main_ref_store outside of repository");
>  
> -	r->refs_private = ref_store_init(r, r->ref_storage_format,
> -					 r->gitdir, REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);
> -	r->refs_private = maybe_debug_wrap_ref_store(r->gitdir, r->refs_private);
> +	r->refs_private = get_ref_store_for_dir(r, r->gitdir, r->ref_storage_format);
>  	return r->refs_private;
>  }