return -1;
}
-static int files_init_db(struct ref_store *ref_store, struct strbuf *err UNUSED)
+static int files_init_db(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ int flags,
+ struct strbuf *err UNUSED)
{
struct files_ref_store *refs =
files_downcast(ref_store, REF_STORE_WRITE, "init_db");
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
/*
- * Create .git/refs/{heads,tags}
+ * 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.
*/
- files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/heads");
+ strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/refs", ref_store->gitdir);
safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1);
+ adjust_shared_perm(sb.buf);
- strbuf_reset(&sb);
- files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/tags");
- safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1);
+ /*
+ * There is no need to create directories for common refs when creating
+ * a worktree ref store.
+ */
+ if (!(flags & REFS_INIT_DB_IS_WORKTREE)) {
+ /*
+ * Create .git/refs/{heads,tags}
+ */
+ strbuf_reset(&sb);
+ files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/heads");
+ safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1);
+
+ strbuf_reset(&sb);
+ files_ref_path(refs, &sb, "refs/tags");
+ safe_create_dir(sb.buf, 1);
+ }
strbuf_release(&sb);
return 0;