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/*
 * The backend-independent part of the reference module.
 */

#include "cache.h"
#include "config.h"
#include "hashmap.h"
#include "lockfile.h"
#include "iterator.h"
#include "refs.h"
#include "refs/refs-internal.h"
#include "run-command.h"
#include "object-store.h"
#include "object.h"
#include "tag.h"
#include "submodule.h"
#include "worktree.h"
#include "argv-array.h"
#include "repository.h"
#include "sigchain.h"

/*
 * List of all available backends
 */
static struct ref_storage_be *refs_backends = &refs_be_files;

static struct ref_storage_be *find_ref_storage_backend(const char *name)
{
        struct ref_storage_be *be;
        for (be = refs_backends; be; be = be->next)
                if (!strcmp(be->name, name))
                        return be;
        return NULL;
}

int ref_storage_backend_exists(const char *name)
{
        return find_ref_storage_backend(name) != NULL;
}

/*
 * How to handle various characters in refnames:
 * 0: An acceptable character for refs
 * 1: End-of-component
 * 2: ., look for a preceding . to reject .. in refs
 * 3: {, look for a preceding @ to reject @{ in refs
 * 4: A bad character: ASCII control characters, and
 *    ":", "?", "[", "\", "^", "~", SP, or TAB
 * 5: *, reject unless REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN is set
 */
static unsigned char refname_disposition[256] = {
        1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
        4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
        4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1,
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4,
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 4, 0, 4, 0,
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 4, 4
};

/*
 * Try to read one refname component from the front of refname.
 * Return the length of the component found, or -1 if the component is
 * not legal.  It is legal if it is something reasonable to have under
 * ".git/refs/"; We do not like it if:
 *
 * - it begins with ".", or
 * - it has double dots "..", or
 * - it has ASCII control characters, or
 * - it has ":", "?", "[", "\", "^", "~", SP, or TAB anywhere, or
 * - it has "*" anywhere unless REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN is set, or
 * - it ends with a "/", or
 * - it ends with ".lock", or
 * - it contains a "@{" portion
 *
 * When sanitized is not NULL, instead of rejecting the input refname
 * as an error, try to come up with a usable replacement for the input
 * refname in it.
 */
static int check_refname_component(const char *refname, int *flags,
                                   struct strbuf *sanitized)
{
        const char *cp;
        char last = '\0';
        size_t component_start = 0; /* garbage - not a reasonable initial value */

        if (sanitized)
                component_start = sanitized->len;

        for (cp = refname; ; cp++) {
                int ch = *cp & 255;
                unsigned char disp = refname_disposition[ch];

                if (sanitized && disp != 1)
                        strbuf_addch(sanitized, ch);

                switch (disp) {
                case 1:
                        goto out;
                case 2:
                        if (last == '.') { /* Refname contains "..". */
                                if (sanitized)
                                        /* collapse ".." to single "." */
                                        strbuf_setlen(sanitized, sanitized->len - 1);
                                else
                                        return -1;
                        }
                        break;
                case 3:
                        if (last == '@') { /* Refname contains "@{". */
                                if (sanitized)
                                        sanitized->buf[sanitized->len-1] = '-';
                                else
                                        return -1;
                        }
                        break;
                case 4:
                        /* forbidden char */
                        if (sanitized)
                                sanitized->buf[sanitized->len-1] = '-';
                        else
                                return -1;
                        break;
                case 5:
                        if (!(*flags & REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN)) {
                                /* refspec can't be a pattern */
                                if (sanitized)
                                        sanitized->buf[sanitized->len-1] = '-';
                                else
                                        return -1;
                        }

                        /*
                         * Unset the pattern flag so that we only accept
                         * a single asterisk for one side of refspec.
                         */
                        *flags &= ~ REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN;
                        break;
                }
                last = ch;
        }
out:
        if (cp == refname)
                return 0; /* Component has zero length. */

        if (refname[0] == '.') { /* Component starts with '.'. */
                if (sanitized)
                        sanitized->buf[component_start] = '-';
                else
                        return -1;
        }
        if (cp - refname >= LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN &&
            !memcmp(cp - LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN, LOCK_SUFFIX, LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN)) {
                if (!sanitized)
                        return -1;
                /* Refname ends with ".lock". */
                while (strbuf_strip_suffix(sanitized, LOCK_SUFFIX)) {
                        /* try again in case we have .lock.lock */
                }
        }
        return cp - refname;
}

static int check_or_sanitize_refname(const char *refname, int flags,
                                     struct strbuf *sanitized)
{
        int component_len, component_count = 0;

        if (!strcmp(refname, "@")) {
                /* Refname is a single character '@'. */
                if (sanitized)
                        strbuf_addch(sanitized, '-');
                else
                        return -1;
        }

        while (1) {
                if (sanitized && sanitized->len)
                        strbuf_complete(sanitized, '/');

                /* We are at the start of a path component. */
                component_len = check_refname_component(refname, &flags,
                                                        sanitized);
                if (sanitized && component_len == 0)
                        ; /* OK, omit empty component */
                else if (component_len <= 0)
                        return -1;

                component_count++;
                if (refname[component_len] == '\0')
                        break;
                /* Skip to next component. */
                refname += component_len + 1;
        }

        if (refname[component_len - 1] == '.') {
                /* Refname ends with '.'. */
                if (sanitized)
                        ; /* omit ending dot */
                else
                        return -1;
        }
        if (!(flags & REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL) && component_count < 2)
                return -1; /* Refname has only one component. */
        return 0;
}

int check_refname_format(const char *refname, int flags)
{
        return check_or_sanitize_refname(refname, flags, NULL);
}

void sanitize_refname_component(const char *refname, struct strbuf *out)
{
        if (check_or_sanitize_refname(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL, out))
                BUG("sanitizing refname '%s' check returned error", refname);
}

int refname_is_safe(const char *refname)
{
        const char *rest;

        if (skip_prefix(refname, "refs/", &rest)) {
                char *buf;
                int result;
                size_t restlen = strlen(rest);

                /* rest must not be empty, or start or end with "/" */
                if (!restlen || *rest == '/' || rest[restlen - 1] == '/')
                        return 0;

                /*
                 * Does the refname try to escape refs/?
                 * For example: refs/foo/../bar is safe but refs/foo/../../bar
                 * is not.
                 */
                buf = xmallocz(restlen);
                result = !normalize_path_copy(buf, rest) && !strcmp(buf, rest);
                free(buf);
                return result;
        }

        do {
                if (!isupper(*refname) && *refname != '_')
                        return 0;
                refname++;
        } while (*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_object_file(oid)) {
                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,
                          struct object_id *oid, int *flags)
{
        const char *result;

        result = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(refs, refname, resolve_flags,
                                         oid, flags);
        return xstrdup_or_null(result);
}

char *resolve_refdup(const char *refname, int resolve_flags,
                     struct object_id *oid, int *flags)
{
        return refs_resolve_refdup(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
                                   refname, resolve_flags,
                                   oid, flags);
}

/* The argument to filter_refs */
struct ref_filter {
        const char *pattern;
        const char *prefix;
        each_ref_fn *fn;
        void *cb_data;
};

int refs_read_ref_full(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname,
                       int resolve_flags, struct object_id *oid, int *flags)
{
        if (refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(refs, refname, resolve_flags, oid, flags))
                return 0;
        return -1;
}

int read_ref_full(const char *refname, int resolve_flags, struct object_id *oid, int *flags)
{
        return refs_read_ref_full(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname,
                                  resolve_flags, oid, flags);
}

int read_ref(const char *refname, struct object_id *oid)
{
        return read_ref_full(refname, RESOLVE_REF_READING, oid, NULL);
}

static int refs_ref_exists(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname)
{
        return !!refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(refs, refname, RESOLVE_REF_READING, NULL, NULL);
}

int ref_exists(const char *refname)
{
        return refs_ref_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname);
}

static int filter_refs(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
                           int flags, void *data)
{
        struct ref_filter *filter = (struct ref_filter *)data;

        if (wildmatch(filter->pattern, refname, 0))
                return 0;
        if (filter->prefix)
                skip_prefix(refname, filter->prefix, &refname);
        return filter->fn(refname, oid, flags, filter->cb_data);
}

enum peel_status peel_object(const struct object_id *name, struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct object *o = lookup_unknown_object(name);

        if (o->type == OBJ_NONE) {
                int type = oid_object_info(the_repository, name, NULL);
                if (type < 0 || !object_as_type(o, type, 0))
                        return PEEL_INVALID;
        }

        if (o->type != OBJ_TAG)
                return PEEL_NON_TAG;

        o = deref_tag_noverify(o);
        if (!o)
                return PEEL_INVALID;

        oidcpy(oid, &o->oid);
        return PEEL_PEELED;
}

struct warn_if_dangling_data {
        FILE *fp;
        const char *refname;
        const struct string_list *refnames;
        const char *msg_fmt;
};

static int warn_if_dangling_symref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
                                   int flags, void *cb_data)
{
        struct warn_if_dangling_data *d = cb_data;
        const char *resolves_to;

        if (!(flags & REF_ISSYMREF))
                return 0;

        resolves_to = resolve_ref_unsafe(refname, 0, NULL, NULL);
        if (!resolves_to
            || (d->refname
                ? strcmp(resolves_to, d->refname)
                : !string_list_has_string(d->refnames, resolves_to))) {
                return 0;
        }

        fprintf(d->fp, d->msg_fmt, refname);
        fputc('\n', d->fp);
        return 0;
}

void warn_dangling_symref(FILE *fp, const char *msg_fmt, const char *refname)
{
        struct warn_if_dangling_data data;

        data.fp = fp;
        data.refname = refname;
        data.refnames = NULL;
        data.msg_fmt = msg_fmt;
        for_each_rawref(warn_if_dangling_symref, &data);
}

void warn_dangling_symrefs(FILE *fp, const char *msg_fmt, const struct string_list *refnames)
{
        struct warn_if_dangling_data data;

        data.fp = fp;
        data.refname = NULL;
        data.refnames = refnames;
        data.msg_fmt = msg_fmt;
        for_each_rawref(warn_if_dangling_symref, &data);
}

int refs_for_each_tag_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/tags/", fn, cb_data);
}

int for_each_tag_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_tag_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/heads/", fn, cb_data);
}

int for_each_branch_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_branch_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_ref_in(refs, "refs/remotes/", fn, cb_data);
}

int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_remote_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

int head_ref_namespaced(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ret = 0;
        struct object_id oid;
        int flag;

        strbuf_addf(&buf, "%sHEAD", get_git_namespace());
        if (!read_ref_full(buf.buf, RESOLVE_REF_READING, &oid, &flag))
                ret = fn(buf.buf, &oid, flag, cb_data);
        strbuf_release(&buf);

        return ret;
}

void normalize_glob_ref(struct string_list_item *item, const char *prefix,
                        const char *pattern)
{
        struct strbuf normalized_pattern = STRBUF_INIT;

        if (*pattern == '/')
                BUG("pattern must not start with '/'");

        if (prefix) {
                strbuf_addstr(&normalized_pattern, prefix);
        }
        else if (!starts_with(pattern, "refs/"))
                strbuf_addstr(&normalized_pattern, "refs/");
        strbuf_addstr(&normalized_pattern, pattern);
        strbuf_strip_suffix(&normalized_pattern, "/");

        item->string = strbuf_detach(&normalized_pattern, NULL);
        item->util = has_glob_specials(pattern) ? NULL : item->string;
        strbuf_release(&normalized_pattern);
}

int for_each_glob_ref_in(each_ref_fn fn, const char *pattern,
        const char *prefix, void *cb_data)
{
        struct strbuf real_pattern = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct ref_filter filter;
        int ret;

        if (!prefix && !starts_with(pattern, "refs/"))
                strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, "refs/");
        else if (prefix)
                strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, prefix);
        strbuf_addstr(&real_pattern, pattern);

        if (!has_glob_specials(pattern)) {
                /* Append implied '/' '*' if not present. */
                strbuf_complete(&real_pattern, '/');
                /* No need to check for '*', there is none. */
                strbuf_addch(&real_pattern, '*');
        }

        filter.pattern = real_pattern.buf;
        filter.prefix = prefix;
        filter.fn = fn;
        filter.cb_data = cb_data;
        ret = for_each_ref(filter_refs, &filter);

        strbuf_release(&real_pattern);
        return ret;
}

int for_each_glob_ref(each_ref_fn fn, const char *pattern, void *cb_data)
{
        return for_each_glob_ref_in(fn, pattern, NULL, cb_data);
}

const char *prettify_refname(const char *name)
{
        if (skip_prefix(name, "refs/heads/", &name) ||
            skip_prefix(name, "refs/tags/", &name) ||
            skip_prefix(name, "refs/remotes/", &name))
                ; /* nothing */
        return name;
}

static const char *ref_rev_parse_rules[] = {
        "%.*s",
        "refs/%.*s",
        "refs/tags/%.*s",
        "refs/heads/%.*s",
        "refs/remotes/%.*s",
        "refs/remotes/%.*s/HEAD",
        NULL
};

#define NUM_REV_PARSE_RULES (ARRAY_SIZE(ref_rev_parse_rules) - 1)

/*
 * Is it possible that the caller meant full_name with abbrev_name?
 * If so return a non-zero value to signal "yes"; the magnitude of
 * the returned value gives the precedence used for disambiguation.
 *
 * If abbrev_name cannot mean full_name, return 0.
 */
int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name, const char *full_name)
{
        const char **p;
        const int abbrev_name_len = strlen(abbrev_name);
        const int num_rules = NUM_REV_PARSE_RULES;

        for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++)
                if (!strcmp(full_name, mkpath(*p, abbrev_name_len, abbrev_name)))
                        return &ref_rev_parse_rules[num_rules] - p;

        return 0;
}

/*
 * Given a 'prefix' expand it by the rules in 'ref_rev_parse_rules' and add
 * the results to 'prefixes'
 */
void expand_ref_prefix(struct argv_array *prefixes, const char *prefix)
{
        const char **p;
        int len = strlen(prefix);

        for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++)
                argv_array_pushf(prefixes, *p, len, prefix);
}

char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r)
{
        const char *config_key = "init.defaultbranch";
        const char *config_display_key = "init.defaultBranch";
        char *ret = NULL, *full_ref;

        if (repo_config_get_string(r, config_key, &ret) < 0)
                die(_("could not retrieve `%s`"), config_display_key);

        if (!ret)
                ret = xstrdup("master");

        full_ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", ret);
        if (check_refname_format(full_ref, 0))
                die(_("invalid branch name: %s = %s"), config_display_key, ret);
        free(full_ref);

        return ret;
}

const char *git_default_branch_name(void)
{
        static char *ret;

        if (!ret)
                ret = repo_default_branch_name(the_repository);

        return ret;
}

/*
 * *string and *len will only be substituted, and *string returned (for
 * later free()ing) if the string passed in is a magic short-hand form
 * to name a branch.
 */
static char *substitute_branch_name(struct repository *r,
                                    const char **string, int *len)
{
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ret = repo_interpret_branch_name(r, *string, *len, &buf, 0);

        if (ret == *len) {
                size_t size;
                *string = strbuf_detach(&buf, &size);
                *len = size;
                return (char *)*string;
        }

        return NULL;
}

int repo_dwim_ref(struct repository *r, const char *str, int len,
                  struct object_id *oid, char **ref)
{
        char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(r, &str, &len);
        int   refs_found  = expand_ref(r, str, len, oid, ref);
        free(last_branch);
        return refs_found;
}

int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **ref)
{
        return repo_dwim_ref(the_repository, str, len, oid, ref);
}

int expand_ref(struct repository *repo, const char *str, int len,
               struct object_id *oid, char **ref)
{
        const char **p, *r;
        int refs_found = 0;
        struct strbuf fullref = STRBUF_INIT;

        *ref = NULL;
        for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++) {
                struct object_id oid_from_ref;
                struct object_id *this_result;
                int flag;

                this_result = refs_found ? &oid_from_ref : oid;
                strbuf_reset(&fullref);
                strbuf_addf(&fullref, *p, len, str);
                r = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(get_main_ref_store(repo),
                                            fullref.buf, RESOLVE_REF_READING,
                                            this_result, &flag);
                if (r) {
                        if (!refs_found++)
                                *ref = xstrdup(r);
                        if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
                                break;
                } else if ((flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && strcmp(fullref.buf, "HEAD")) {
                        warning(_("ignoring dangling symref %s"), fullref.buf);
                } else if ((flag & REF_ISBROKEN) && strchr(fullref.buf, '/')) {
                        warning(_("ignoring broken ref %s"), fullref.buf);
                }
        }
        strbuf_release(&fullref);
        return refs_found;
}

int repo_dwim_log(struct repository *r, const char *str, int len,
                  struct object_id *oid, char **log)
{
        struct ref_store *refs = get_main_ref_store(r);
        char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(r, &str, &len);
        const char **p;
        int logs_found = 0;
        struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;

        *log = NULL;
        for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++) {
                struct object_id hash;
                const char *ref, *it;

                strbuf_reset(&path);
                strbuf_addf(&path, *p, len, str);
                ref = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(refs, path.buf,
                                              RESOLVE_REF_READING,
                                              &hash, NULL);
                if (!ref)
                        continue;
                if (refs_reflog_exists(refs, path.buf))
                        it = path.buf;
                else if (strcmp(ref, path.buf) &&
                         refs_reflog_exists(refs, ref))
                        it = ref;
                else
                        continue;
                if (!logs_found++) {
                        *log = xstrdup(it);
                        oidcpy(oid, &hash);
                }
                if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
                        break;
        }
        strbuf_release(&path);
        free(last_branch);
        return logs_found;
}

int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **log)
{
        return repo_dwim_log(the_repository, str, len, oid, log);
}

static int is_per_worktree_ref(const char *refname)
{
        return !strcmp(refname, "HEAD") ||
                starts_with(refname, "refs/worktree/") ||
                starts_with(refname, "refs/bisect/") ||
                starts_with(refname, "refs/rewritten/");
}

static int is_pseudoref_syntax(const char *refname)
{
        const char *c;

        for (c = refname; *c; c++) {
                if (!isupper(*c) && *c != '-' && *c != '_')
                        return 0;
        }

        return 1;
}

static int is_main_pseudoref_syntax(const char *refname)
{
        return skip_prefix(refname, "main-worktree/", &refname) &&
                *refname &&
                is_pseudoref_syntax(refname);
}

static int is_other_pseudoref_syntax(const char *refname)
{
        if (!skip_prefix(refname, "worktrees/", &refname))
                return 0;
        refname = strchr(refname, '/');
        if (!refname || !refname[1])
                return 0;
        return is_pseudoref_syntax(refname + 1);
}

enum ref_type ref_type(const char *refname)
{
        if (is_per_worktree_ref(refname))
                return REF_TYPE_PER_WORKTREE;
        if (is_pseudoref_syntax(refname))
                return REF_TYPE_PSEUDOREF;
        if (is_main_pseudoref_syntax(refname))
                return REF_TYPE_MAIN_PSEUDOREF;
        if (is_other_pseudoref_syntax(refname))
                return REF_TYPE_OTHER_PSEUDOREF;
        return REF_TYPE_NORMAL;
}

long get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms(void)
{
        static int configured = 0;

        /* The default timeout is 100 ms: */
        static int timeout_ms = 100;

        if (!configured) {
                git_config_get_int("core.filesreflocktimeout", &timeout_ms);
                configured = 1;
        }

        return timeout_ms;
}

static int write_pseudoref(const char *pseudoref, const struct object_id *oid,
                           const struct object_id *old_oid, struct strbuf *err)
{
        const char *filename;
        int fd;
        struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ret = -1;

        if (!oid)
                return 0;

        strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s\n", oid_to_hex(oid));

        filename = git_path("%s", pseudoref);
        fd = hold_lock_file_for_update_timeout(&lock, filename, 0,
                                               get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms());
        if (fd < 0) {
                strbuf_addf(err, _("could not open '%s' for writing: %s"),
                            filename, strerror(errno));
                goto done;
        }

        if (old_oid) {
                struct object_id actual_old_oid;

                if (read_ref(pseudoref, &actual_old_oid)) {
                        if (!is_null_oid(old_oid)) {
                                strbuf_addf(err, _("could not read ref '%s'"),
                                            pseudoref);
                                rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                                goto done;
                        }
                } else if (is_null_oid(old_oid)) {
                        strbuf_addf(err, _("ref '%s' already exists"),
                                    pseudoref);
                        rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                        goto done;
                } else if (!oideq(&actual_old_oid, old_oid)) {
                        strbuf_addf(err, _("unexpected object ID when writing '%s'"),
                                    pseudoref);
                        rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                        goto done;
                }
        }

        if (write_in_full(fd, buf.buf, buf.len) < 0) {
                strbuf_addf(err, _("could not write to '%s'"), filename);
                rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                goto done;
        }

        commit_lock_file(&lock);
        ret = 0;
done:
        strbuf_release(&buf);
        return ret;
}

static int delete_pseudoref(const char *pseudoref, const struct object_id *old_oid)
{
        const char *filename;

        filename = git_path("%s", pseudoref);

        if (old_oid && !is_null_oid(old_oid)) {
                struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
                int fd;
                struct object_id actual_old_oid;

                fd = hold_lock_file_for_update_timeout(
                                &lock, filename, 0,
                                get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms());
                if (fd < 0) {
                        error_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"),
                                    filename);
                        return -1;
                }
                if (read_ref(pseudoref, &actual_old_oid))
                        die(_("could not read ref '%s'"), pseudoref);
                if (!oideq(&actual_old_oid, old_oid)) {
                        error(_("unexpected object ID when deleting '%s'"),
                              pseudoref);
                        rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                        return -1;
                }

                unlink(filename);
                rollback_lock_file(&lock);
        } else {
                unlink(filename);
        }

        return 0;
}

int refs_delete_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *msg,
                    const char *refname,
                    const struct object_id *old_oid,
                    unsigned int flags)
{
        struct ref_transaction *transaction;
        struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;

        if (ref_type(refname) == REF_TYPE_PSEUDOREF) {
                assert(refs == get_main_ref_store(the_repository));
                return delete_pseudoref(refname, old_oid);
        }

        transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs, &err);
        if (!transaction ||
            ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, old_oid,
                                   flags, msg, &err) ||
            ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) {
                error("%s", err.buf);
                ref_transaction_free(transaction);
                strbuf_release(&err);
                return 1;
        }
        ref_transaction_free(transaction);
        strbuf_release(&err);
        return 0;
}

int delete_ref(const char *msg, const char *refname,
               const struct object_id *old_oid, unsigned int flags)
{
        return refs_delete_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), msg, refname,
                               old_oid, flags);
}

void copy_reflog_msg(struct strbuf *sb, const char *msg)
{
        char c;
        int wasspace = 1;

        strbuf_addch(sb, '\t');
        while ((c = *msg++)) {
                if (wasspace && isspace(c))
                        continue;
                wasspace = isspace(c);
                if (wasspace)
                        c = ' ';
                strbuf_addch(sb, c);
        }
        strbuf_rtrim(sb);
}

int should_autocreate_reflog(const char *refname)
{
        switch (log_all_ref_updates) {
        case LOG_REFS_ALWAYS:
                return 1;
        case LOG_REFS_NORMAL:
                return starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/") ||
                        starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/") ||
                        starts_with(refname, "refs/notes/") ||
                        !strcmp(refname, "HEAD");
        default:
                return 0;
        }
}

int is_branch(const char *refname)
{
        return !strcmp(refname, "HEAD") || starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/");
}

struct read_ref_at_cb {
        const char *refname;
        timestamp_t at_time;
        int cnt;
        int reccnt;
        struct object_id *oid;
        int found_it;

        struct object_id ooid;
        struct object_id noid;
        int tz;
        timestamp_t date;
        char **msg;
        timestamp_t *cutoff_time;
        int *cutoff_tz;
        int *cutoff_cnt;
};

static int read_ref_at_ent(struct object_id *ooid, struct object_id *noid,
                const char *email, timestamp_t timestamp, int tz,
                const char *message, void *cb_data)
{
        struct read_ref_at_cb *cb = cb_data;

        cb->reccnt++;
        cb->tz = tz;
        cb->date = timestamp;

        if (timestamp <= cb->at_time || cb->cnt == 0) {
                if (cb->msg)
                        *cb->msg = xstrdup(message);
                if (cb->cutoff_time)
                        *cb->cutoff_time = timestamp;
                if (cb->cutoff_tz)
                        *cb->cutoff_tz = tz;
                if (cb->cutoff_cnt)
                        *cb->cutoff_cnt = cb->reccnt - 1;
                /*
                 * we have not yet updated cb->[n|o]oid so they still
                 * hold the values for the previous record.
                 */
                if (!is_null_oid(&cb->ooid)) {
                        oidcpy(cb->oid, noid);
                        if (!oideq(&cb->ooid, noid))
                                warning(_("log for ref %s has gap after %s"),
                                        cb->refname, show_date(cb->date, cb->tz, DATE_MODE(RFC2822)));
                }
                else if (cb->date == cb->at_time)
                        oidcpy(cb->oid, noid);
                else if (!oideq(noid, cb->oid))
                        warning(_("log for ref %s unexpectedly ended on %s"),
                                cb->refname, show_date(cb->date, cb->tz,
                                                       DATE_MODE(RFC2822)));
                oidcpy(&cb->ooid, ooid);
                oidcpy(&cb->noid, noid);
                cb->found_it = 1;
                return 1;
        }
        oidcpy(&cb->ooid, ooid);
        oidcpy(&cb->noid, noid);
        if (cb->cnt > 0)
                cb->cnt--;
        return 0;
}

static int read_ref_at_ent_oldest(struct object_id *ooid, struct object_id *noid,
                                  const char *email, timestamp_t timestamp,
                                  int tz, const char *message, void *cb_data)
{
        struct read_ref_at_cb *cb = cb_data;

        if (cb->msg)
                *cb->msg = xstrdup(message);
        if (cb->cutoff_time)
                *cb->cutoff_time = timestamp;
        if (cb->cutoff_tz)
                *cb->cutoff_tz = tz;
        if (cb->cutoff_cnt)
                *cb->cutoff_cnt = cb->reccnt;
        oidcpy(cb->oid, ooid);
        if (is_null_oid(cb->oid))
                oidcpy(cb->oid, noid);
        /* We just want the first entry */
        return 1;
}

int read_ref_at(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname,
                unsigned int flags, timestamp_t at_time, int cnt,
                struct object_id *oid, char **msg,
                timestamp_t *cutoff_time, int *cutoff_tz, int *cutoff_cnt)
{
        struct read_ref_at_cb cb;

        memset(&cb, 0, sizeof(cb));
        cb.refname = refname;
        cb.at_time = at_time;
        cb.cnt = cnt;
        cb.msg = msg;
        cb.cutoff_time = cutoff_time;
        cb.cutoff_tz = cutoff_tz;
        cb.cutoff_cnt = cutoff_cnt;
        cb.oid = oid;

        refs_for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(refs, refname, read_ref_at_ent, &cb);

        if (!cb.reccnt) {
                if (flags & GET_OID_QUIETLY)
                        exit(128);
                else
                        die(_("log for %s is empty"), refname);
        }
        if (cb.found_it)
                return 0;

        refs_for_each_reflog_ent(refs, refname, read_ref_at_ent_oldest, &cb);

        return 1;
}

struct ref_transaction *ref_store_transaction_begin(struct ref_store *refs,
                                                    struct strbuf *err)
{
        struct ref_transaction *tr;
        assert(err);

        tr = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_transaction));
        tr->ref_store = refs;
        return tr;
}

struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err)
{
        return ref_store_transaction_begin(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), err);
}

void ref_transaction_free(struct ref_transaction *transaction)
{
        size_t i;

        if (!transaction)
                return;

        switch (transaction->state) {
        case REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN:
        case REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED:
                /* OK */
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_PREPARED:
                BUG("free called on a prepared reference transaction");
                break;
        default:
                BUG("unexpected reference transaction state");
                break;
        }

        for (i = 0; i < transaction->nr; i++) {
                free(transaction->updates[i]->msg);
                free(transaction->updates[i]);
        }
        free(transaction->updates);
        free(transaction);
}

struct ref_update *ref_transaction_add_update(
                struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                const char *refname, unsigned int flags,
                const struct object_id *new_oid,
                const struct object_id *old_oid,
                const char *msg)
{
        struct ref_update *update;

        if (transaction->state != REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN)
                BUG("update called for transaction that is not open");

        FLEX_ALLOC_STR(update, refname, refname);
        ALLOC_GROW(transaction->updates, transaction->nr + 1, transaction->alloc);
        transaction->updates[transaction->nr++] = update;

        update->flags = flags;

        if (flags & REF_HAVE_NEW)
                oidcpy(&update->new_oid, new_oid);
        if (flags & REF_HAVE_OLD)
                oidcpy(&update->old_oid, old_oid);
        update->msg = xstrdup_or_null(msg);
        return update;
}

int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                           const char *refname,
                           const struct object_id *new_oid,
                           const struct object_id *old_oid,
                           unsigned int flags, const char *msg,
                           struct strbuf *err)
{
        assert(err);

        if ((new_oid && !is_null_oid(new_oid)) ?
            check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL) :
            !refname_is_safe(refname)) {
                strbuf_addf(err, _("refusing to update ref with bad name '%s'"),
                            refname);
                return -1;
        }

        if (flags & ~REF_TRANSACTION_UPDATE_ALLOWED_FLAGS)
                BUG("illegal flags 0x%x passed to ref_transaction_update()", flags);

        flags |= (new_oid ? REF_HAVE_NEW : 0) | (old_oid ? REF_HAVE_OLD : 0);

        ref_transaction_add_update(transaction, refname, flags,
                                   new_oid, old_oid, msg);
        return 0;
}

int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                           const char *refname,
                           const struct object_id *new_oid,
                           unsigned int flags, const char *msg,
                           struct strbuf *err)
{
        if (!new_oid || is_null_oid(new_oid))
                BUG("create called without valid new_oid");
        return ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname, new_oid,
                                      &null_oid, flags, msg, err);
}

int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                           const char *refname,
                           const struct object_id *old_oid,
                           unsigned int flags, const char *msg,
                           struct strbuf *err)
{
        if (old_oid && is_null_oid(old_oid))
                BUG("delete called with old_oid set to zeros");
        return ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname,
                                      &null_oid, old_oid,
                                      flags, msg, err);
}

int ref_transaction_verify(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                           const char *refname,
                           const struct object_id *old_oid,
                           unsigned int flags,
                           struct strbuf *err)
{
        if (!old_oid)
                BUG("verify called with old_oid set to NULL");
        return ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname,
                                      NULL, old_oid,
                                      flags, NULL, err);
}

int refs_update_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *msg,
                    const char *refname, const struct object_id *new_oid,
                    const struct object_id *old_oid, unsigned int flags,
                    enum action_on_err onerr)
{
        struct ref_transaction *t = NULL;
        struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ret = 0;

        if (ref_type(refname) == REF_TYPE_PSEUDOREF) {
                assert(refs == get_main_ref_store(the_repository));
                ret = write_pseudoref(refname, new_oid, old_oid, &err);
        } else {
                t = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs, &err);
                if (!t ||
                    ref_transaction_update(t, refname, new_oid, old_oid,
                                           flags, msg, &err) ||
                    ref_transaction_commit(t, &err)) {
                        ret = 1;
                        ref_transaction_free(t);
                }
        }
        if (ret) {
                const char *str = _("update_ref failed for ref '%s': %s");

                switch (onerr) {
                case UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR:
                        error(str, refname, err.buf);
                        break;
                case UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR:
                        die(str, refname, err.buf);
                        break;
                case UPDATE_REFS_QUIET_ON_ERR:
                        break;
                }
                strbuf_release(&err);
                return 1;
        }
        strbuf_release(&err);
        if (t)
                ref_transaction_free(t);
        return 0;
}

int update_ref(const char *msg, const char *refname,
               const struct object_id *new_oid,
               const struct object_id *old_oid,
               unsigned int flags, enum action_on_err onerr)
{
        return refs_update_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), msg, refname, new_oid,
                               old_oid, flags, onerr);
}

char *refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
                                   const char *refname, int strict)
{
        int i;
        static char **scanf_fmts;
        static int nr_rules;
        char *short_name;
        struct strbuf resolved_buf = STRBUF_INIT;

        if (!nr_rules) {
                /*
                 * Pre-generate scanf formats from ref_rev_parse_rules[].
                 * Generate a format suitable for scanf from a
                 * ref_rev_parse_rules rule by interpolating "%s" at the
                 * location of the "%.*s".
                 */
                size_t total_len = 0;
                size_t offset = 0;

                /* the rule list is NULL terminated, count them first */
                for (nr_rules = 0; ref_rev_parse_rules[nr_rules]; nr_rules++)
                        /* -2 for strlen("%.*s") - strlen("%s"); +1 for NUL */
                        total_len += strlen(ref_rev_parse_rules[nr_rules]) - 2 + 1;

                scanf_fmts = xmalloc(st_add(st_mult(sizeof(char *), nr_rules), total_len));

                offset = 0;
                for (i = 0; i < nr_rules; i++) {
                        assert(offset < total_len);
                        scanf_fmts[i] = (char *)&scanf_fmts[nr_rules] + offset;
                        offset += xsnprintf(scanf_fmts[i], total_len - offset,
                                            ref_rev_parse_rules[i], 2, "%s") + 1;
                }
        }

        /* bail out if there are no rules */
        if (!nr_rules)
                return xstrdup(refname);

        /* buffer for scanf result, at most refname must fit */
        short_name = xstrdup(refname);

        /* skip first rule, it will always match */
        for (i = nr_rules - 1; i > 0 ; --i) {
                int j;
                int rules_to_fail = i;
                int short_name_len;

                if (1 != sscanf(refname, scanf_fmts[i], short_name))
                        continue;

                short_name_len = strlen(short_name);

                /*
                 * in strict mode, all (except the matched one) rules
                 * must fail to resolve to a valid non-ambiguous ref
                 */
                if (strict)
                        rules_to_fail = nr_rules;

                /*
                 * check if the short name resolves to a valid ref,
                 * but use only rules prior to the matched one
                 */
                for (j = 0; j < rules_to_fail; j++) {
                        const char *rule = ref_rev_parse_rules[j];

                        /* skip matched rule */
                        if (i == j)
                                continue;

                        /*
                         * the short name is ambiguous, if it resolves
                         * (with this previous rule) to a valid ref
                         * read_ref() returns 0 on success
                         */
                        strbuf_reset(&resolved_buf);
                        strbuf_addf(&resolved_buf, rule,
                                    short_name_len, short_name);
                        if (refs_ref_exists(refs, resolved_buf.buf))
                                break;
                }

                /*
                 * short name is non-ambiguous if all previous rules
                 * haven't resolved to a valid ref
                 */
                if (j == rules_to_fail) {
                        strbuf_release(&resolved_buf);
                        return short_name;
                }
        }

        strbuf_release(&resolved_buf);
        free(short_name);
        return xstrdup(refname);
}

char *shorten_unambiguous_ref(const char *refname, int strict)
{
        return refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
                                            refname, strict);
}

static struct string_list *hide_refs;

int parse_hide_refs_config(const char *var, const char *value, const char *section)
{
        const char *key;
        if (!strcmp("transfer.hiderefs", var) ||
            (!parse_config_key(var, section, NULL, NULL, &key) &&
             !strcmp(key, "hiderefs"))) {
                char *ref;
                int len;

                if (!value)
                        return config_error_nonbool(var);
                ref = xstrdup(value);
                len = strlen(ref);
                while (len && ref[len - 1] == '/')
                        ref[--len] = '\0';
                if (!hide_refs) {
                        hide_refs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*hide_refs));
                        hide_refs->strdup_strings = 1;
                }
                string_list_append(hide_refs, ref);
        }
        return 0;
}

int ref_is_hidden(const char *refname, const char *refname_full)
{
        int i;

        if (!hide_refs)
                return 0;
        for (i = hide_refs->nr - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                const char *match = hide_refs->items[i].string;
                const char *subject;
                int neg = 0;
                const char *p;

                if (*match == '!') {
                        neg = 1;
                        match++;
                }

                if (*match == '^') {
                        subject = refname_full;
                        match++;
                } else {
                        subject = refname;
                }

                /* refname can be NULL when namespaces are used. */
                if (subject &&
                    skip_prefix(subject, match, &p) &&
                    (!*p || *p == '/'))
                        return !neg;
        }
        return 0;
}

const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *dirname,
                                const struct string_list *extras,
                                const struct string_list *skip)
{
        int pos;

        if (!extras)
                return NULL;

        /*
         * Look at the place where dirname would be inserted into
         * extras. If there is an entry at that position that starts
         * with dirname (remember, dirname includes the trailing
         * slash) and is not in skip, then we have a conflict.
         */
        for (pos = string_list_find_insert_index(extras, dirname, 0);
             pos < extras->nr; pos++) {
                const char *extra_refname = extras->items[pos].string;

                if (!starts_with(extra_refname, dirname))
                        break;

                if (!skip || !string_list_has_string(skip, extra_refname))
                        return extra_refname;
        }
        return NULL;
}

int refs_rename_ref_available(struct ref_store *refs,
                              const char *old_refname,
                              const char *new_refname)
{
        struct string_list skip = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
        struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ok;

        string_list_insert(&skip, old_refname);
        ok = !refs_verify_refname_available(refs, new_refname,
                                            NULL, &skip, &err);
        if (!ok)
                error("%s", err.buf);

        string_list_clear(&skip, 0);
        strbuf_release(&err);
        return ok;
}

int refs_head_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        struct object_id oid;
        int flag;

        if (!refs_read_ref_full(refs, "HEAD", RESOLVE_REF_READING,
                                &oid, &flag))
                return fn("HEAD", &oid, flag, cb_data);

        return 0;
}

int head_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_head_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
                struct ref_store *refs,
                const char *prefix, int trim, int flags)
{
        struct ref_iterator *iter;

        if (ref_paranoia < 0)
                ref_paranoia = git_env_bool("GIT_REF_PARANOIA", 0);
        if (ref_paranoia)
                flags |= DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN;

        iter = refs->be->iterator_begin(refs, prefix, flags);

        /*
         * `iterator_begin()` already takes care of prefix, but we
         * might need to do some trimming:
         */
        if (trim)
                iter = prefix_ref_iterator_begin(iter, "", trim);

        /* Sanity check for subclasses: */
        if (!iter->ordered)
                BUG("reference iterator is not ordered");

        return iter;
}

/*
 * Call fn for each reference in the specified submodule for which the
 * refname begins with prefix. If trim is non-zero, then trim that
 * many characters off the beginning of each refname before passing
 * the refname to fn. flags can be DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN to
 * include broken references in the iteration. If fn ever returns a
 * non-zero value, stop the iteration and return that value;
 * otherwise, return 0.
 */
static int do_for_each_repo_ref(struct repository *r, const char *prefix,
                                each_repo_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags,
                                void *cb_data)
{
        struct ref_iterator *iter;
        struct ref_store *refs = get_main_ref_store(r);

        if (!refs)
                return 0;

        iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, trim, flags);

        return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(r, iter, fn, cb_data);
}

struct do_for_each_ref_help {
        each_ref_fn *fn;
        void *cb_data;
};

static int do_for_each_ref_helper(struct repository *r,
                                  const char *refname,
                                  const struct object_id *oid,
                                  int flags,
                                  void *cb_data)
{
        struct do_for_each_ref_help *hp = cb_data;

        return hp->fn(refname, oid, flags, hp->cb_data);
}

static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
                           each_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags, void *cb_data)
{
        struct ref_iterator *iter;
        struct do_for_each_ref_help hp = { fn, cb_data };

        if (!refs)
                return 0;

        iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, trim, flags);

        return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(the_repository, iter,
                                        do_for_each_ref_helper, &hp);
}

int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return do_for_each_ref(refs, "", fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
}

int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_for_each_ref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
                         each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, fn, strlen(prefix), 0, cb_data);
}

int for_each_ref_in(const char *prefix, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), prefix, fn, cb_data);
}

int for_each_fullref_in(const char *prefix, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data, unsigned int broken)
{
        unsigned int flag = 0;

        if (broken)
                flag = DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN;
        return do_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
                               prefix, fn, 0, flag, cb_data);
}

int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
                             each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data,
                             unsigned int broken)
{
        unsigned int flag = 0;

        if (broken)
                flag = DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN;
        return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, fn, 0, flag, cb_data);
}

int for_each_replace_ref(struct repository *r, each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return do_for_each_repo_ref(r, git_replace_ref_base, fn,
                                    strlen(git_replace_ref_base),
                                    DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
}

int for_each_namespaced_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ret;
        strbuf_addf(&buf, "%srefs/", get_git_namespace());
        ret = do_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
                              buf.buf, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
        strbuf_release(&buf);
        return ret;
}

int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return do_for_each_ref(refs, "", fn, 0,
                               DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
}

int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_rawref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_read_raw_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store,
                      const char *refname, struct object_id *oid,
                      struct strbuf *referent, unsigned int *type)
{
        return ref_store->be->read_raw_ref(ref_store, refname, oid, referent, type);
}

/* This function needs to return a meaningful errno on failure */
const char *refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(struct ref_store *refs,
                                    const char *refname,
                                    int resolve_flags,
                                    struct object_id *oid, int *flags)
{
        static struct strbuf sb_refname = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct object_id unused_oid;
        int unused_flags;
        int symref_count;

        if (!oid)
                oid = &unused_oid;
        if (!flags)
                flags = &unused_flags;

        *flags = 0;

        if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
                if (!(resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME) ||
                    !refname_is_safe(refname)) {
                        errno = EINVAL;
                        return NULL;
                }

                /*
                 * dwim_ref() uses REF_ISBROKEN to distinguish between
                 * missing refs and refs that were present but invalid,
                 * to complain about the latter to stderr.
                 *
                 * We don't know whether the ref exists, so don't set
                 * REF_ISBROKEN yet.
                 */
                *flags |= REF_BAD_NAME;
        }

        for (symref_count = 0; symref_count < SYMREF_MAXDEPTH; symref_count++) {
                unsigned int read_flags = 0;

                if (refs_read_raw_ref(refs, refname,
                                      oid, &sb_refname, &read_flags)) {
                        *flags |= read_flags;

                        /* In reading mode, refs must eventually resolve */
                        if (resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_READING)
                                return NULL;

                        /*
                         * Otherwise a missing ref is OK. But the files backend
                         * may show errors besides ENOENT if there are
                         * similarly-named refs.
                         */
                        if (errno != ENOENT &&
                            errno != EISDIR &&
                            errno != ENOTDIR)
                                return NULL;

                        oidclr(oid);
                        if (*flags & REF_BAD_NAME)
                                *flags |= REF_ISBROKEN;
                        return refname;
                }

                *flags |= read_flags;

                if (!(read_flags & REF_ISSYMREF)) {
                        if (*flags & REF_BAD_NAME) {
                                oidclr(oid);
                                *flags |= REF_ISBROKEN;
                        }
                        return refname;
                }

                refname = sb_refname.buf;
                if (resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE) {
                        oidclr(oid);
                        return refname;
                }
                if (check_refname_format(refname, REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL)) {
                        if (!(resolve_flags & RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME) ||
                            !refname_is_safe(refname)) {
                                errno = EINVAL;
                                return NULL;
                        }

                        *flags |= REF_ISBROKEN | REF_BAD_NAME;
                }
        }

        errno = ELOOP;
        return NULL;
}

/* backend functions */
int refs_init_db(struct strbuf *err)
{
        struct ref_store *refs = get_main_ref_store(the_repository);

        return refs->be->init_db(refs, err);
}

const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname, int resolve_flags,
                               struct object_id *oid, int *flags)
{
        return refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname,
                                       resolve_flags, oid, flags);
}

int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *submodule, const char *refname,
                        struct object_id *oid)
{
        struct ref_store *refs;
        int flags;

        refs = get_submodule_ref_store(submodule);

        if (!refs)
                return -1;

        if (!refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(refs, refname, 0, oid, &flags) ||
            is_null_oid(oid))
                return -1;
        return 0;
}

struct ref_store_hash_entry
{
        struct hashmap_entry ent;

        struct ref_store *refs;

        /* NUL-terminated identifier of the ref store: */
        char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
};

static int ref_store_hash_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
                              const struct hashmap_entry *eptr,
                              const struct hashmap_entry *entry_or_key,
                              const void *keydata)
{
        const struct ref_store_hash_entry *e1, *e2;
        const char *name;

        e1 = container_of(eptr, const struct ref_store_hash_entry, ent);
        e2 = container_of(entry_or_key, const struct ref_store_hash_entry, ent);
        name = keydata ? keydata : e2->name;

        return strcmp(e1->name, name);
}

static struct ref_store_hash_entry *alloc_ref_store_hash_entry(
                const char *name, struct ref_store *refs)
{
        struct ref_store_hash_entry *entry;

        FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, name, name);
        hashmap_entry_init(&entry->ent, strhash(name));
        entry->refs = refs;
        return entry;
}

/* A hashmap of ref_stores, stored by submodule name: */
static struct hashmap submodule_ref_stores;

/* A hashmap of ref_stores, stored by worktree id: */
static struct hashmap worktree_ref_stores;

/*
 * Look up a ref store by name. If that ref_store hasn't been
 * registered yet, return NULL.
 */
static struct ref_store *lookup_ref_store_map(struct hashmap *map,
                                              const char *name)
{
        struct ref_store_hash_entry *entry;
        unsigned int hash;

        if (!map->tablesize)
                /* It's initialized on demand in register_ref_store(). */
                return NULL;

        hash = strhash(name);
        entry = hashmap_get_entry_from_hash(map, hash, name,
                                        struct ref_store_hash_entry, ent);
        return entry ? entry->refs : NULL;
}

/*
 * Create, record, and return a ref_store instance for the specified
 * gitdir.
 */
static struct ref_store *ref_store_init(const char *gitdir,
                                        unsigned int flags)
{
        const char *be_name = "files";
        struct ref_storage_be *be = find_ref_storage_backend(be_name);
        struct ref_store *refs;

        if (!be)
                BUG("reference backend %s is unknown", be_name);

        refs = be->init(gitdir, flags);
        return refs;
}

struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(struct repository *r)
{
        if (r->refs_private)
                return r->refs_private;

        if (!r->gitdir)
                BUG("attempting to get main_ref_store outside of repository");

        r->refs_private = ref_store_init(r->gitdir, REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);
        return r->refs_private;
}

/*
 * Associate a ref store with a name. It is a fatal error to call this
 * function twice for the same name.
 */
static void register_ref_store_map(struct hashmap *map,
                                   const char *type,
                                   struct ref_store *refs,
                                   const char *name)
{
        struct ref_store_hash_entry *entry;

        if (!map->tablesize)
                hashmap_init(map, ref_store_hash_cmp, NULL, 0);

        entry = alloc_ref_store_hash_entry(name, refs);
        if (hashmap_put(map, &entry->ent))
                BUG("%s ref_store '%s' initialized twice", type, name);
}

struct ref_store *get_submodule_ref_store(const char *submodule)
{
        struct strbuf submodule_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct ref_store *refs;
        char *to_free = NULL;
        size_t len;

        if (!submodule)
                return NULL;

        len = strlen(submodule);
        while (len && is_dir_sep(submodule[len - 1]))
                len--;
        if (!len)
                return NULL;

        if (submodule[len])
                /* We need to strip off one or more trailing slashes */
                submodule = to_free = xmemdupz(submodule, len);

        refs = lookup_ref_store_map(&submodule_ref_stores, submodule);
        if (refs)
                goto done;

        strbuf_addstr(&submodule_sb, submodule);
        if (!is_nonbare_repository_dir(&submodule_sb))
                goto done;

        if (submodule_to_gitdir(&submodule_sb, submodule))
                goto done;

        /* assume that add_submodule_odb() has been called */
        refs = ref_store_init(submodule_sb.buf,
                              REF_STORE_READ | REF_STORE_ODB);
        register_ref_store_map(&submodule_ref_stores, "submodule",
                               refs, submodule);

done:
        strbuf_release(&submodule_sb);
        free(to_free);

        return refs;
}

struct ref_store *get_worktree_ref_store(const struct worktree *wt)
{
        struct ref_store *refs;
        const char *id;

        if (wt->is_current)
                return get_main_ref_store(the_repository);

        id = wt->id ? wt->id : "/";
        refs = lookup_ref_store_map(&worktree_ref_stores, id);
        if (refs)
                return refs;

        if (wt->id)
                refs = ref_store_init(git_common_path("worktrees/%s", wt->id),
                                      REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);
        else
                refs = ref_store_init(get_git_common_dir(),
                                      REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS);

        if (refs)
                register_ref_store_map(&worktree_ref_stores, "worktree",
                                       refs, id);
        return refs;
}

void base_ref_store_init(struct ref_store *refs,
                         const struct ref_storage_be *be)
{
        refs->be = be;
}

/* backend functions */
int refs_pack_refs(struct ref_store *refs, unsigned int flags)
{
        return refs->be->pack_refs(refs, flags);
}

int refs_peel_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname,
                  struct object_id *oid)
{
        int flag;
        struct object_id base;

        if (current_ref_iter && current_ref_iter->refname == refname) {
                struct object_id peeled;

                if (ref_iterator_peel(current_ref_iter, &peeled))
                        return -1;
                oidcpy(oid, &peeled);
                return 0;
        }

        if (refs_read_ref_full(refs, refname,
                               RESOLVE_REF_READING, &base, &flag))
                return -1;

        return peel_object(&base, oid);
}

int peel_ref(const char *refname, struct object_id *oid)
{
        return refs_peel_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname, oid);
}

int refs_create_symref(struct ref_store *refs,
                       const char *ref_target,
                       const char *refs_heads_master,
                       const char *logmsg)
{
        return refs->be->create_symref(refs, ref_target,
                                       refs_heads_master,
                                       logmsg);
}

int create_symref(const char *ref_target, const char *refs_heads_master,
                  const char *logmsg)
{
        return refs_create_symref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), ref_target,
                                  refs_heads_master, logmsg);
}

int ref_update_reject_duplicates(struct string_list *refnames,
                                 struct strbuf *err)
{
        size_t i, n = refnames->nr;

        assert(err);

        for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
                int cmp = strcmp(refnames->items[i - 1].string,
                                 refnames->items[i].string);

                if (!cmp) {
                        strbuf_addf(err,
                                    _("multiple updates for ref '%s' not allowed"),
                                    refnames->items[i].string);
                        return 1;
                } else if (cmp > 0) {
                        BUG("ref_update_reject_duplicates() received unsorted list");
                }
        }
        return 0;
}

static const char hook_not_found;
static const char *hook;

static int run_transaction_hook(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                                const char *state)
{
        struct child_process proc = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        int ret = 0, i;

        if (hook == &hook_not_found)
                return ret;
        if (!hook)
                hook = find_hook("reference-transaction");
        if (!hook) {
                hook = &hook_not_found;
                return ret;
        }

        argv_array_pushl(&proc.args, hook, state, NULL);
        proc.in = -1;
        proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
        proc.trace2_hook_name = "reference-transaction";

        ret = start_command(&proc);
        if (ret)
                return ret;

        sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);

        for (i = 0; i < transaction->nr; i++) {
                struct ref_update *update = transaction->updates[i];

                strbuf_reset(&buf);
                strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s %s %s\n",
                            oid_to_hex(&update->old_oid),
                            oid_to_hex(&update->new_oid),
                            update->refname);

                if (write_in_full(proc.in, buf.buf, buf.len) < 0) {
                        if (errno != EPIPE)
                                ret = -1;
                        break;
                }
        }

        close(proc.in);
        sigchain_pop(SIGPIPE);
        strbuf_release(&buf);

        ret |= finish_command(&proc);
        return ret;
}

int ref_transaction_prepare(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                            struct strbuf *err)
{
        struct ref_store *refs = transaction->ref_store;
        int ret;

        switch (transaction->state) {
        case REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN:
                /* Good. */
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_PREPARED:
                BUG("prepare called twice on reference transaction");
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED:
                BUG("prepare called on a closed reference transaction");
                break;
        default:
                BUG("unexpected reference transaction state");
                break;
        }

        if (getenv(GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT)) {
                strbuf_addstr(err,
                              _("ref updates forbidden inside quarantine environment"));
                return -1;
        }

        ret = refs->be->transaction_prepare(refs, transaction, err);
        if (ret)
                return ret;

        ret = run_transaction_hook(transaction, "prepared");
        if (ret) {
                ref_transaction_abort(transaction, err);
                die(_("ref updates aborted by hook"));
        }

        return 0;
}

int ref_transaction_abort(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                          struct strbuf *err)
{
        struct ref_store *refs = transaction->ref_store;
        int ret = 0;

        switch (transaction->state) {
        case REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN:
                /* No need to abort explicitly. */
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_PREPARED:
                ret = refs->be->transaction_abort(refs, transaction, err);
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED:
                BUG("abort called on a closed reference transaction");
                break;
        default:
                BUG("unexpected reference transaction state");
                break;
        }

        run_transaction_hook(transaction, "aborted");

        ref_transaction_free(transaction);
        return ret;
}

int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                           struct strbuf *err)
{
        struct ref_store *refs = transaction->ref_store;
        int ret;

        switch (transaction->state) {
        case REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN:
                /* Need to prepare first. */
                ret = ref_transaction_prepare(transaction, err);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_PREPARED:
                /* Fall through to finish. */
                break;
        case REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED:
                BUG("commit called on a closed reference transaction");
                break;
        default:
                BUG("unexpected reference transaction state");
                break;
        }

        ret = refs->be->transaction_finish(refs, transaction, err);
        if (!ret)
                run_transaction_hook(transaction, "committed");
        return ret;
}

int refs_verify_refname_available(struct ref_store *refs,
                                  const char *refname,
                                  const struct string_list *extras,
                                  const struct string_list *skip,
                                  struct strbuf *err)
{
        const char *slash;
        const char *extra_refname;
        struct strbuf dirname = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct strbuf referent = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct object_id oid;
        unsigned int type;
        struct ref_iterator *iter;
        int ok;
        int ret = -1;

        /*
         * For the sake of comments in this function, suppose that
         * refname is "refs/foo/bar".
         */

        assert(err);

        strbuf_grow(&dirname, strlen(refname) + 1);
        for (slash = strchr(refname, '/'); slash; slash = strchr(slash + 1, '/')) {
                /* Expand dirname to the new prefix, not including the trailing slash: */
                strbuf_add(&dirname, refname + dirname.len, slash - refname - dirname.len);

                /*
                 * We are still at a leading dir of the refname (e.g.,
                 * "refs/foo"; if there is a reference with that name,
                 * it is a conflict, *unless* it is in skip.
                 */
                if (skip && string_list_has_string(skip, dirname.buf))
                        continue;

                if (!refs_read_raw_ref(refs, dirname.buf, &oid, &referent, &type)) {
                        strbuf_addf(err, _("'%s' exists; cannot create '%s'"),
                                    dirname.buf, refname);
                        goto cleanup;
                }

                if (extras && string_list_has_string(extras, dirname.buf)) {
                        strbuf_addf(err, _("cannot process '%s' and '%s' at the same time"),
                                    refname, dirname.buf);
                        goto cleanup;
                }
        }

        /*
         * We are at the leaf of our refname (e.g., "refs/foo/bar").
         * There is no point in searching for a reference with that
         * name, because a refname isn't considered to conflict with
         * itself. But we still need to check for references whose
         * names are in the "refs/foo/bar/" namespace, because they
         * *do* conflict.
         */
        strbuf_addstr(&dirname, refname + dirname.len);
        strbuf_addch(&dirname, '/');

        iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, dirname.buf, 0,
                                       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
        while ((ok = ref_iterator_advance(iter)) == ITER_OK) {
                if (skip &&
                    string_list_has_string(skip, iter->refname))
                        continue;

                strbuf_addf(err, _("'%s' exists; cannot create '%s'"),
                            iter->refname, refname);
                ref_iterator_abort(iter);
                goto cleanup;
        }

        if (ok != ITER_DONE)
                BUG("error while iterating over references");

        extra_refname = find_descendant_ref(dirname.buf, extras, skip);
        if (extra_refname)
                strbuf_addf(err, _("cannot process '%s' and '%s' at the same time"),
                            refname, extra_refname);
        else
                ret = 0;

cleanup:
        strbuf_release(&referent);
        strbuf_release(&dirname);
        return ret;
}

int refs_for_each_reflog(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        struct ref_iterator *iter;
        struct do_for_each_ref_help hp = { fn, cb_data };

        iter = refs->be->reflog_iterator_begin(refs);

        return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(the_repository, iter,
                                             do_for_each_ref_helper, &hp);
}

int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_reflog(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(struct ref_store *refs,
                                     const char *refname,
                                     each_reflog_ent_fn fn,
                                     void *cb_data)
{
        return refs->be->for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(refs, refname,
                                                     fn, cb_data);
}

int for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(const char *refname, each_reflog_ent_fn fn,
                                void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
                                                refname, fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_for_each_reflog_ent(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname,
                             each_reflog_ent_fn fn, void *cb_data)
{
        return refs->be->for_each_reflog_ent(refs, refname, fn, cb_data);
}

int for_each_reflog_ent(const char *refname, each_reflog_ent_fn fn,
                        void *cb_data)
{
        return refs_for_each_reflog_ent(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname,
                                        fn, cb_data);
}

int refs_reflog_exists(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname)
{
        return refs->be->reflog_exists(refs, refname);
}

int reflog_exists(const char *refname)
{
        return refs_reflog_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname);
}

int refs_create_reflog(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname,
                       int force_create, struct strbuf *err)
{
        return refs->be->create_reflog(refs, refname, force_create, err);
}

int safe_create_reflog(const char *refname, int force_create,
                       struct strbuf *err)
{
        return refs_create_reflog(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname,
                                  force_create, err);
}

int refs_delete_reflog(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname)
{
        return refs->be->delete_reflog(refs, refname);
}

int delete_reflog(const char *refname)
{
        return refs_delete_reflog(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname);
}

int refs_reflog_expire(struct ref_store *refs,
                       const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
                       unsigned int flags,
                       reflog_expiry_prepare_fn prepare_fn,
                       reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn should_prune_fn,
                       reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn cleanup_fn,
                       void *policy_cb_data)
{
        return refs->be->reflog_expire(refs, refname, oid, flags,
                                       prepare_fn, should_prune_fn,
                                       cleanup_fn, policy_cb_data);
}

int reflog_expire(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
                  unsigned int flags,
                  reflog_expiry_prepare_fn prepare_fn,
                  reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn should_prune_fn,
                  reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn cleanup_fn,
                  void *policy_cb_data)
{
        return refs_reflog_expire(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
                                  refname, oid, flags,
                                  prepare_fn, should_prune_fn,
                                  cleanup_fn, policy_cb_data);
}

int initial_ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                                   struct strbuf *err)
{
        struct ref_store *refs = transaction->ref_store;

        return refs->be->initial_transaction_commit(refs, transaction, err);
}

int refs_delete_refs(struct ref_store *refs, const char *msg,
                     struct string_list *refnames, unsigned int flags)
{
        return refs->be->delete_refs(refs, msg, refnames, flags);
}

int delete_refs(const char *msg, struct string_list *refnames,
                unsigned int flags)
{
        return refs_delete_refs(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), msg, refnames, flags);
}

int refs_rename_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *oldref,
                    const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
{
        return refs->be->rename_ref(refs, oldref, newref, logmsg);
}

int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
{
        return refs_rename_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), oldref, newref, logmsg);
}

int refs_copy_existing_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *oldref,
                    const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
{
        return refs->be->copy_ref(refs, oldref, newref, logmsg);
}

int copy_existing_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg)
{
        return refs_copy_existing_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), oldref, newref, logmsg);
}