# Re: \[PATCH v3 00/30\] Create a reference backend for packed refs

- From: Stefan Beller \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-07-20 23:05:20 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2017/07/7729559
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2017/07/7728075/t.md

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On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:12 AM, Jeff King [ref] wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 08:30:38PM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:
>
>> This is v3 of a patch series creating a `packed_ref_store` reference
>> backend. Thanks to Peff and Junio for their comments about v2 [1].
>>
>> Changes since v2:
>>
>> * Delete some debugging `cat` commands in t1408.
>>
>> * Add some tests of reading packed-refs files with bogus contents.
>>
>> * When reporting corruption in packed-refs files, distinguish between
>>   unterminated lines and other corruption.
>>
>> * Fixed a typo in a commit message.
>
> Thanks. I just quickly re-reviewed based on the diff from v2, and it
> looks good to me.
>
> -Peff

We have a user that reports:

  The issue is for users who have a mirrored repository, "git pack-refs"
  now overwrites the .git/packed-refs symlink instead of following it and
  replacing the file it points to.

I suspect this series to be at fault, as the bug report came in a day after
we deployed next containing these changes.

Do symlinks and packed-refs ring a bell for this series?

Thanks,
Stefan
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