Revert "Merge branch 'repo-write-ref-client-prep' into 'master'"revert-b655a4a7

This reverts merge request !15712

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 5183a216c53..3440c01b356 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   def change_head(branch)
     if repository.branch_exists?(branch)
       repository.before_change_head
-      repository.write_ref('HEAD', "refs/heads/#{branch}", force: true)
+      repository.write_ref('HEAD', "refs/heads/#{branch}")
       repository.copy_gitattributes(branch)
       repository.after_change_head
       reload_default_branch
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 387428d90a6..a34f5e5439b 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class Repository
   attr_accessor :full_path, :disk_path, :project, :is_wiki
 
   delegate :ref_name_for_sha, to: :raw_repository
-  delegate :write_ref, to: :raw_repository
 
   CreateTreeError = Class.new(StandardError)
 
@@ -256,10 +255,11 @@ class Repository
 
     # This will still fail if the file is corrupted (e.g. 0 bytes)
     begin
-      write_ref(keep_around_ref_name(sha), sha, force: true)
-    rescue Gitlab::Git::Repository::GitError => ex
-      # Necessary because https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/20156
-      return true if ex.message =~ /Failed to create locked file/ && ex.message =~ /File exists/
+      write_ref(keep_around_ref_name(sha), sha)
+    rescue Rugged::ReferenceError => ex
+      Rails.logger.error "Unable to create #{REF_KEEP_AROUND} reference for repository #{path}: #{ex}"
+    rescue Rugged::OSError => ex
+      raise unless ex.message =~ /Failed to create locked file/ && ex.message =~ /File exists/
 
       Rails.logger.error "Unable to create #{REF_KEEP_AROUND} reference for repository #{path}: #{ex}"
     end
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ class Repository
     ref_exists?(keep_around_ref_name(sha))
   end
 
+  def write_ref(ref_path, sha)
+    rugged.references.create(ref_path, sha, force: true)
+  end
+
   def diverging_commit_counts(branch)
     root_ref_hash = raw_repository.commit(root_ref).id
     cache.fetch(:"diverging_commit_counts_#{branch.name}") do
@@ -1015,7 +1019,7 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def create_ref(ref, ref_path)
-    write_ref(ref_path, ref)
+    raw_repository.write_ref(ref_path, ref)
   end
 
   def ls_files(ref)