Merge branch 'rs/ref-transaction-1'

The second batch of the transactional ref update series.

* rs/ref-transaction-1: (22 commits)
  update-ref --stdin: pass transaction around explicitly
  update-ref --stdin: narrow scope of err strbuf
  refs.c: make delete_ref use a transaction
  refs.c: make prune_ref use a transaction to delete the ref
  refs.c: remove lock_ref_sha1
  refs.c: remove the update_ref_write function
  refs.c: remove the update_ref_lock function
  refs.c: make lock_ref_sha1 static
  walker.c: use ref transaction for ref updates
  fast-import.c: use a ref transaction when dumping tags
  receive-pack.c: use a reference transaction for updating the refs
  refs.c: change update_ref to use a transaction
  branch.c: use ref transaction for all ref updates
  fast-import.c: change update_branch to use ref transactions
  sequencer.c: use ref transactions for all ref updates
  commit.c: use ref transactions for updates
  replace.c: use the ref transaction functions for updates
  tag.c: use ref transactions when doing updates
  refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED
  refs.c: make ref_transaction_begin take an err argument
  ...

refs.h

@@ -10,6 +10,38 @@ struct ref_lock {
 	int force_write;
 };
 
+/*
+ * A ref_transaction represents a collection of ref updates
+ * that should succeed or fail together.
+ *
+ * Calling sequence
+ * ----------------
+ * - Allocate and initialize a `struct ref_transaction` by calling
+ *   `ref_transaction_begin()`.
+ *
+ * - List intended ref updates by calling functions like
+ *   `ref_transaction_update()` and `ref_transaction_create()`.
+ *
+ * - Call `ref_transaction_commit()` to execute the transaction.
+ *   If this succeeds, the ref updates will have taken place and
+ *   the transaction cannot be rolled back.
+ *
+ * - At any time call `ref_transaction_free()` to discard the
+ *   transaction and free associated resources.  In particular,
+ *   this rolls back the transaction if it has not been
+ *   successfully committed.
+ *
+ * Error handling
+ * --------------
+ *
+ * On error, transaction functions append a message about what
+ * went wrong to the 'err' argument.  The message mentions what
+ * ref was being updated (if any) when the error occurred so it
+ * can be passed to 'die' or 'error' as-is.
+ *
+ * The message is appended to err without first clearing err.
+ * err will not be '\n' terminated.
+ */
 struct ref_transaction;
 
 /*
@@ -141,14 +173,17 @@ extern int is_branch(const char *refname);
 extern int peel_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
 
 /*
- * Locks a "refs/" ref returning the lock on success and NULL on failure.
- * On failure errno is set to something meaningful.
+ * Flags controlling lock_any_ref_for_update(), ref_transaction_update(),
+ * ref_transaction_create(), etc.
+ * REF_NODEREF: act on the ref directly, instead of dereferencing
+ *              symbolic references.
+ *
+ * Flags >= 0x100 are reserved for internal use.
  */
-extern struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1);
-
-/** Locks any ref (for 'HEAD' type refs). */
 #define REF_NODEREF	0x01
-/* errno is set to something meaningful on failure */
+/*
+ * This function sets errno to something meaningful on failure.
+ */
 extern struct ref_lock *lock_any_ref_for_update(const char *refname,
 						const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 						int flags, int *type_p);
@@ -232,7 +267,7 @@ enum action_on_err {
  * Begin a reference transaction.  The reference transaction must
  * be freed by calling ref_transaction_free().
  */
-struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(void);
+struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err);
 
 /*
  * The following functions add a reference check or update to a
@@ -250,7 +285,7 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(void);
  * it must not have existed beforehand.
  * Function returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure. A failure to update
  * means that the transaction as a whole has failed and will need to be
- * rolled back. On failure the err buffer will be updated.
+ * rolled back.
  */
 int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 			   const char *refname,
@@ -264,28 +299,34 @@ int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
  * that the reference should have after the update; it must not be the
  * null SHA-1.  It is verified that the reference does not exist
  * already.
+ * Function returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure. A failure to create
+ * means that the transaction as a whole has failed and will need to be
+ * rolled back.
  */
-void ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
-			    const char *refname,
-			    const unsigned char *new_sha1,
-			    int flags);
+int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+			   const char *refname,
+			   const unsigned char *new_sha1,
+			   int flags,
+			   struct strbuf *err);
 
 /*
  * Add a reference deletion to transaction.  If have_old is true, then
  * old_sha1 holds the value that the reference should have had before
  * the update (which must not be the null SHA-1).
+ * Function returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure. A failure to delete
+ * means that the transaction as a whole has failed and will need to be
+ * rolled back.
  */
-void ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
-			    const char *refname,
-			    const unsigned char *old_sha1,
-			    int flags, int have_old);
+int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+			   const char *refname,
+			   const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+			   int flags, int have_old,
+			   struct strbuf *err);
 
 /*
  * Commit all of the changes that have been queued in transaction, as
  * atomically as possible.  Return a nonzero value if there is a
  * problem.
- * If err is non-NULL we will add an error string to it to explain why
- * the transaction failed. The string does not end in newline.
  */
 int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
 			   const char *msg, struct strbuf *err);