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-rw-r--r--refs.c6
-rw-r--r--refs/files-backend.c3
-rw-r--r--refs/refs-internal.h6
-rw-r--r--refs/reftable-backend.c2
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index fa5471d219..00e87f8ee3 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2863,3 +2863,9 @@ int ref_update_check_old_target(const char *referent, struct ref_update *update,
referent, update->old_target);
return -1;
}
+
+int ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref(struct ref_update *update)
+{
+ return (update->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) &&
+ (!is_null_oid(&update->old_oid) || update->old_target);
+}
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 3957bfa579..ef760869ca 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -2411,8 +2411,7 @@ static int lock_ref_for_update(struct files_ref_store *refs,
struct strbuf *err)
{
struct strbuf referent = STRBUF_INIT;
- int mustexist = (update->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) &&
- !is_null_oid(&update->old_oid);
+ int mustexist = ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref(update);
int ret = 0;
struct ref_lock *lock;
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 53a6c5d842..ee298ec0d5 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -765,4 +765,10 @@ int ref_update_has_null_new_value(struct ref_update *update);
int ref_update_check_old_target(const char *referent, struct ref_update *update,
struct strbuf *err);
+/*
+ * Check if the ref must exist, this means that the old_oid or
+ * old_target is non NULL.
+ */
+int ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref(struct ref_update *update);
+
#endif /* REFS_REFS_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index 1b92c396b6..019b99181d 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static int reftable_be_transaction_prepare(struct ref_store *ref_store,
&current_oid, &referent, &u->type);
if (ret < 0)
goto done;
- if (ret > 0 && (!(u->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) || is_null_oid(&u->old_oid))) {
+ if (ret > 0 && !ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref(u)) {
/*
* The reference does not exist, and we either have no
* old object ID or expect the reference to not exist.