-static int lock_ref_file(const char *filename, const char *lock_filename,
-                        const unsigned char *old_sha1)
-{
-       int fd = open(lock_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
-       unsigned char current_sha1[20];
-       int retval;
-       if (fd < 0) {
-               return error("Couldn't open lock file for %s: %s",
-                            filename, strerror(errno));
-       }
-       retval = read_ref(filename, current_sha1);
-       if (old_sha1) {
-               if (retval) {
-                       close(fd);
-                       unlink(lock_filename);
-                       return error("Could not read the current value of %s",
-                                    filename);
-               }
-               if (memcmp(current_sha1, old_sha1, 20)) {
-                       close(fd);
-                       unlink(lock_filename);
-                       error("The current value of %s is %s",
-                             filename, sha1_to_hex(current_sha1));
-                       return error("Expected %s",
-                                    sha1_to_hex(old_sha1));
-               }
-       } else {
-               if (!retval) {
-                       close(fd);
-                       unlink(lock_filename);
-                       return error("Unexpectedly found a value of %s for %s",
-                                    sha1_to_hex(current_sha1), filename);
-               }
-       }
-       return fd;
-}
-
-int lock_ref_sha1(const char *ref, const unsigned char *old_sha1)
-{
-       char *filename;
-       char *lock_filename;
-       int retval;
-       if (check_ref_format(ref))
-               return -1;
-       filename = ref_file_name(ref);
-       lock_filename = ref_lock_file_name(ref);
-       retval = lock_ref_file(filename, lock_filename, old_sha1);
-       free(filename);
-       free(lock_filename);
-       return retval;
-}
-
-static int write_ref_file(const char *filename,
-                         const char *lock_filename, int fd,
-                         const unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-       char *hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
-       char term = '\n';
-       if (write(fd, hex, 40) < 40 ||
-           write(fd, &term, 1) < 1) {
-               error("Couldn't write %s", filename);
-               close(fd);
-               return -1;
-       }
-       close(fd);
-       rename(lock_filename, filename);
-       return 0;
-}
-
-int write_ref_sha1(const char *ref, int fd, const unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-       char *filename;
-       char *lock_filename;
-       int retval;
-       if (fd < 0)
-               return -1;
-       if (check_ref_format(ref))
-               return -1;
-       filename = ref_file_name(ref);
-       lock_filename = ref_lock_file_name(ref);
-       if (safe_create_leading_directories(filename))
-               die("unable to create leading directory for %s", filename);
-       retval = write_ref_file(filename, lock_filename, fd, sha1);
-       free(filename);
-       free(lock_filename);
-       return retval;
-}
-