- if (!read_ref_full(newrefname, RESOLVE_REF_READING, sha1, NULL) &&
- delete_ref(newrefname, sha1, REF_NODEREF)) {
+ /*
+ * Since we are doing a shallow lookup, sha1 is not the
+ * correct value to pass to delete_ref as old_sha1. But that
+ * doesn't matter, because an old_sha1 check wouldn't add to
+ * the safety anyway; we want to delete the reference whatever
+ * its current value.
+ */
+ if (!read_ref_full(newrefname, RESOLVE_REF_READING | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE,
+ sha1, NULL) &&
+ delete_ref(newrefname, NULL, REF_NODEREF)) {