diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8035c3ea7..bc2247b59 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ int head_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
static int do_for_each_ref(const char *submodule, const char *prefix,
each_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags, void *cb_data)
{
- struct ref_store *refs = get_ref_store(submodule);
+ struct ref_store *refs = get_submodule_ref_store(submodule);
struct ref_iterator *iter;
if (!refs)@@ -1338,10 +1338,10 @@ int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *submodule, const char *refname,
/* We need to strip off one or more trailing slashes */
char *stripped = xmemdupz(submodule, len);
- refs = get_ref_store(stripped);
+ refs = get_submodule_ref_store(stripped);
free(stripped);
} else {
- refs = get_ref_store(submodule);
+ refs = get_submodule_ref_store(submodule);
}
if (!refs)@@ -1457,13 +1457,17 @@ struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(void)
return refs;
}
-struct ref_store *get_ref_store(const char *submodule)
+struct ref_store *get_submodule_ref_store(const char *submodule)
{
struct strbuf submodule_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
struct ref_store *refs;
int ret;
if (!submodule || !*submodule) {
+ /*
+ * FIXME: This case is ideally not allowed. But that
+ * can't happen until we clean up all the callers.
+ */
return get_main_ref_store();
}
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index a35b687d7..5bd065f12 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -556,5 +556,16 @@ int reflog_expire(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
int ref_storage_backend_exists(const char *name);
struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(void);
+/*
+ * Return the ref_store instance for the specified submodule. For the
+ * main repository, use submodule==NULL; such a call cannot fail. For
+ * a submodule, the submodule must exist and be a nonbare repository,
+ * otherwise return NULL. If the requested reference store has not yet
+ * been initialized, initialize it first.
+ *
+ * For backwards compatibility, submodule=="" is treated the same as
+ * submodule==NULL.
+ */
+struct ref_store *get_submodule_ref_store(const char *submodule);
#endif /* REFS_H */
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index b8ccf4e47..603601f1b 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ int set_worktree_head_symref(const char *gitdir, const char *target)
* backends. This function needs to die.
*/
struct files_ref_store *refs =
- files_downcast(get_ref_store(NULL), "set_head_symref");
+ files_downcast(get_main_ref_store(), "set_head_symref");
static struct lock_file head_lock;
struct ref_lock *lock;
struct strbuf head_path = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 3ef020acf..ed6527ce1 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -640,18 +640,6 @@ struct ref_store {
void base_ref_store_init(struct ref_store *refs,
const struct ref_storage_be *be);
-/*
- * Return the ref_store instance for the specified submodule. For the
- * main repository, use submodule==NULL; such a call cannot fail. For
- * a submodule, the submodule must exist and be a nonbare repository,
- * otherwise return NULL. If the requested reference store has not yet
- * been initialized, initialize it first.
- *
- * For backwards compatibility, submodule=="" is treated the same as
- * submodule==NULL.
- */
-struct ref_store *get_ref_store(const char *submodule);
-
const char *resolve_ref_recursively(struct ref_store *refs,
const char *refname,
int resolve_flags,--
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