From c4e033a1c1097f960c0884d46d5cc0910265e7b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 11:29:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Appease latest rustc nightly

See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/118297.
---
 src/reference.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/reference.rs b/src/reference.rs
index 92eb18c635..70b22d9f2d 100644
--- a/src/reference.rs
+++ b/src/reference.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::{
 // internally
 const GIT_REFNAME_MAX: usize = 1024;
 
-struct Refdb<'repo>(&'repo Repository);
+struct Refdb<'repo>(#[allow(dead_code)] &'repo Repository);
 
 /// A structure to represent a git [reference][1].
 ///

From a316f79c5574e7dfb540234aa7224d438e78bc26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Huss <eric@huss.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 07:57:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Explain reason for `Refdb`.

---
 src/reference.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/reference.rs b/src/reference.rs
index 70b22d9f2d..0af845d7c5 100644
--- a/src/reference.rs
+++ b/src/reference.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ use crate::{
 // internally
 const GIT_REFNAME_MAX: usize = 1024;
 
+/// This is used to logically indicate that a [`raw::git_reference`] or
+/// [`raw::git_reference_iterator`] holds a reference to [`raw::git_refdb`].
+/// It is not necessary to have a wrapper like this in the
+/// [`marker::PhantomData`], since all that matters is that it is tied to the
+/// lifetime of the [`Repository`], but this helps distinguish the actual
+/// references involved.
 struct Refdb<'repo>(#[allow(dead_code)] &'repo Repository);
 
 /// A structure to represent a git [reference][1].