Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/12] refs/files: remove unused REF_DELETING in lock_ref_oid_basic()

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:17:50 -0700

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <[email-masked]> writes:

> The lock_ref_oid_basic() function has gradually been by most callers
> no longer performing a low-level "acquire lock, update and release",

Something is missing after "has gradually been", isn't it?
"replaced", perhaps?