tmp-objdir: disable ref updates when replacing the primary odb

When creating a subprocess with a temporary ODB, we set the
GIT_QUARANTINE_ENVIRONMENT env var to tell child Git processes not
to update refs, since the tmp-objdir may go away.

Introduce a similar mechanism for in-process temporary ODBs when
we call tmp_objdir_replace_primary_odb. Now both mechanisms set
the disable_ref_updates flag on the odb, which is queried by
the ref_transaction_prepare function.

Peff's test case [1] was invoking ref updates via the cachetextconv
setting. That particular code silently does nothing when a ref
update is forbidden. See the call to notes_cache_put in
fill_textconv where errors are ignored.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/YVOn3hDsb5pnxR53@coredump.intra.peff.net/

Reported-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Singh <neerajsi@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/object-store.h b/object-store.h
index 74b1b5872a..62a0c97f27 100644
--- a/object-store.h
+++ b/object-store.h
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ struct object_directory {
 	struct oidtree *loose_objects_cache;
 
 	/*
+	 * This is a temporary object store created by the tmp_objdir
+	 * facility. Disable ref updates since the objects in the store
+	 * might be discarded on rollback.
+	 */
+	int disable_ref_updates;
+
+	/*
 	 * This object store is ephemeral, so there is no need to fsync.
 	 */
 	int will_destroy;