/*
* Lock the packed-refs file for writing. Flags is passed to
- * hold_lock_file_for_update(). Return 0 on success. On errors, set
- * errno appropriately and return a nonzero value.
+ * hold_lock_file_for_update(). Return 0 on success. On errors, write
+ * an error message to `err` and return a nonzero value.
*/
-int packed_refs_lock(struct ref_store *ref_store, int flags);
+int packed_refs_lock(struct ref_store *ref_store, int flags, struct strbuf *err);
+
+void packed_refs_unlock(struct ref_store *ref_store);
+int packed_refs_is_locked(struct ref_store *ref_store);
void add_packed_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store,
const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid);