+ /*
+ * It's really undefined to call this function in an active
+ * repository or when there are existing references: we are
+ * only locking and changing packed-refs, so (1) any
+ * simultaneous processes might try to change a reference at
+ * the same time we do, and (2) any existing loose versions of
+ * the references that we are setting would have precedence
+ * over our values. But some remote helpers create the remote
+ * "HEAD" and "master" branches before calling this function,
+ * so here we really only check that none of the references
+ * that we are creating already exists.
+ */
+ if (for_each_rawref(ref_present, &affected_refnames))
+ die("BUG: initial ref transaction called with existing refs");
+