+static int ref_newer(const unsigned char *new_sha1,
+ const unsigned char *old_sha1)
+{
+ struct object *o;
+ struct commit *old, *new;
+ struct commit_list *list, *used;
+ int found = 0;
+
+ /* Both new and old must be commit-ish and new is descendant of
+ * old. Otherwise we require --force.
+ */
+ o = deref_tag(parse_object(old_sha1), NULL, 0);
+ if (!o || o->type != commit_type)
+ return 0;
+ old = (struct commit *) o;
+
+ o = deref_tag(parse_object(new_sha1), NULL, 0);
+ if (!o || o->type != commit_type)
+ return 0;
+ new = (struct commit *) o;
+
+ if (parse_commit(new) < 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ used = list = NULL;
+ commit_list_insert(new, &list);
+ while (list) {
+ new = pop_most_recent_commit(&list, 1);
+ commit_list_insert(new, &used);
+ if (new == old) {
+ found = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ unmark_and_free(list, 1);
+ unmark_and_free(used, 1);
+ return found;
+}
+
+static struct ref *local_refs, **local_tail;
+static struct ref *remote_refs, **remote_tail;
+
+static int one_local_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1)