When deleting refs from the loose-files refs backend, then we need to be
careful to also delete the same ref from the packed refs backend, if it
exists. If we don't, then deleting the loose ref would "uncover" the
packed ref. We thus always have to queue up deletions of refs for both
the loose and the packed refs backend. This is done in two separate
transactions, where the end result is that the reference-transaction
hook is executed twice for the deleted refs.

This behaviour is quite misleading: it's exposing implementation details
of how the files backend works to the user, in contrast to the logical
updates that we'd really want to expose via the hook. Worse yet, whether
the hook gets executed once or twice depends on how well-packed the
repository is: if the ref only exists as a loose ref, then we execute it
once, otherwise if it is also packed then we execute it twice.

Fix this behaviour and don't execute the reference-transaction hook at
all when refs in the packed-refs backend if it's driven by the files
backend.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 refs/files-backend.c             | 9 ++++++---
 t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh | 7 +------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 3c0f3027fe..9a20cb8fa8 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,8 @@ static int files_delete_refs(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *msg,
 	if (packed_refs_lock(refs->packed_ref_store, 0, &err))
 		goto error;
 
-	transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs->packed_ref_store, 0, &err);
+	transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs->packed_ref_store,
+						  REF_TRANSACTION_SKIP_HOOK, &err);
 	if (!transaction)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -2775,7 +2776,8 @@ static int files_transaction_prepare(struct ref_store *ref_store,
 			 */
 			if (!packed_transaction) {
 				packed_transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(
-						refs->packed_ref_store, 0, err);
+						refs->packed_ref_store,
+						REF_TRANSACTION_SKIP_HOOK, err);
 				if (!packed_transaction) {
 					ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR;
 					goto cleanup;
@@ -3046,7 +3048,8 @@ static int files_initial_transaction_commit(struct ref_store *ref_store,
 				 &affected_refnames))
 		BUG("initial ref transaction called with existing refs");
 
-	packed_transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs->packed_ref_store, 0, err);
+	packed_transaction = ref_store_transaction_begin(refs->packed_ref_store,
+							 REF_TRANSACTION_SKIP_HOOK, err);
 	if (!packed_transaction) {
 		ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR;
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh b/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh
index f9d3d5213f..4e1e84a91f 100755
--- a/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh
+++ b/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh
@@ -175,16 +175,11 @@ test_expect_success 'deleting packed ref calls hook once' '
 	git update-ref -d refs/heads/to-be-deleted $POST_OID &&
 
 	# We only expect a single hook invocation, which is the logical
-	# deletion. But currently, we see two interleaving transactions, once
-	# for deleting the loose refs and once for deleting the packed ref.
+	# deletion.
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
-		prepared
-		$ZERO_OID $ZERO_OID refs/heads/to-be-deleted
 		prepared
 		$POST_OID $ZERO_OID refs/heads/to-be-deleted
 		committed
-		$ZERO_OID $ZERO_OID refs/heads/to-be-deleted
-		committed
 		$POST_OID $ZERO_OID refs/heads/to-be-deleted
 	EOF
 
-- 
2.34.1