+ /*
+ * When loading a branch, we don't traverse its tree to count the real
+ * number of notes (too expensive to do this for all non-note refs).
+ * This means that recently loaded notes refs might incorrectly have
+ * b->num_notes == 0, and consequently, old_fanout might be wrong.
+ *
+ * Fix this by traversing the tree and counting the number of notes
+ * when b->num_notes == 0. If the notes tree is truly empty, the
+ * calculation should not take long.
+ */
+ if (b->num_notes == 0 && *old_fanout == 0) {
+ /* Invoke change_note_fanout() in "counting mode". */
+ b->num_notes = change_note_fanout(&b->branch_tree, 0xff);
+ *old_fanout = convert_num_notes_to_fanout(b->num_notes);
+ }
+
+ /* Now parse the notemodify command. */