Merge branch 'mh/packed-ref-store'

The "ref-store" code reorganization continues.

* mh/packed-ref-store: (32 commits)
  files-backend: cheapen refname_available check when locking refs
  packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink
  read_packed_refs(): die if `packed-refs` contains bogus data
  t3210: add some tests of bogus packed-refs file contents
  repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed refs
  commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()`
  clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held
  packed_refs_unlock(), packed_refs_is_locked(): new functions
  packed_refs_lock(): report errors via a `struct strbuf *err`
  packed_refs_lock(): function renamed from lock_packed_refs()
  commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from the lockfile
  commit_packed_refs(): report errors rather than dying
  packed_ref_store: make class into a subclass of `ref_store`
  packed-backend: new module for handling packed references
  packed_read_raw_ref(): new function, replacing `resolve_packed_ref()`
  packed_ref_store: support iteration
  packed_peel_ref(): new function, extracted from `files_peel_ref()`
  repack_without_refs(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  get_packed_ref(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  rollback_packed_refs(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter
  ...

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index fe4c59aa8b..3d549a8970 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -174,6 +174,24 @@ int refname_is_safe(const char *refname)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return true if refname, which has the specified oid and flags, can
+ * be resolved to an object in the database. If the referred-to object
+ * does not exist, emit a warning and return false.
+ */
+int ref_resolves_to_object(const char *refname,
+			   const struct object_id *oid,
+			   unsigned int flags)
+{
+	if (flags & REF_ISBROKEN)
+		return 0;
+	if (!has_sha1_file(oid->hash)) {
+		error("%s does not point to a valid object!", refname);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 char *refs_resolve_refdup(struct ref_store *refs,
 			  const char *refname, int resolve_flags,
 			  unsigned char *sha1, int *flags)