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Diffstat (limited to 'refs/files-backend.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 153efe6662..054ecdbca3 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -3229,8 +3229,25 @@ static int files_init_db(struct ref_store *ref_store, struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT; /* + * We need to create a "refs" dir in any case so that older versions of + * Git can tell that this is a repository. This serves two main purposes: + * + * - Clients will know to stop walking the parent-directory chain when + * detecting the Git repository. Otherwise they may end up detecting + * a Git repository in a parent directory instead. + * + * - Instead of failing to detect a repository with unknown reference + * format altogether, old clients will print an error saying that + * they do not understand the reference format extension. + */ + strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/refs", ref_store->gitdir); + safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1); + adjust_shared_perm(sb.buf); + + /* * Create .git/refs/{heads,tags} */ + strbuf_reset(&sb); files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/heads"); safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1); |