(cd "$GIT_DIR/refs" &&
mkdir reference-tmp &&
cd reference-tmp &&
- tar xf -)
+ tar xf - &&
+ find refs ! -type d -print |
+ while read ref
+ do
+ if test -h "$ref"
+ then
+ # Old-style symbolic link ref. Not likely
+ # to appear under refs/ but we might as well
+ # deal with them.
+ :
+ elif test -f "$ref"
+ then
+ point=$(cat "$ref") &&
+ case "$point" in
+ 'ref: '*) ;;
+ *) continue ;;
+ esac
+ fi
+ # The above makes true ref to 'continue' and
+ # we will come here when we are looking at
+ # symbolic link ref or a textual symref (or
+ # garbage, like fifo).
+ # The true ref pointed at by it is enough to
+ # ensure that we do not fetch objects reachable
+ # from it.
+ rm -f "$ref"
+ done
+ )
else
die "reference repository '$reference' is not a local directory."
fi