Revert "Merge branch 'hn/refs-test-cleanup' into next"

This reverts commit 2ab8bc2,
reversing changes made to b8b636c,
to replace the topic with its newer iteration.

Author: gitster

t/t1503-rev-parse-verify.sh

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ test_expect_success 'main@{n} for various n' '
 	test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify main@{$Np1}
 '
 
-test_expect_success SYMLINKS,REFFILES 'ref resolution not confused by broken symlinks' '
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'ref resolution not confused by broken symlinks' '
 	ln -s does-not-exist .git/refs/heads/broken &&
 	test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify broken
 '

t/t2402-worktree-list.sh

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ test_expect_success 'broken main worktree still at the top' '
 		EOF
 		cd linked &&
 		echo "worktree $(pwd)" >expected &&
-		(cd ../ && test-tool ref-store main create-symref HEAD .broken ) &&
+		echo "ref: .broken" >../.git/HEAD &&
 		git worktree list --porcelain >out &&
 		head -n 3 out >actual &&
 		test_cmp ../expected actual &&

t/t3320-notes-merge-worktrees.sh

@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ test_expect_success 'create some new worktrees' '
 test_expect_success 'merge z into y fails and sets NOTES_MERGE_REF' '
 	git config core.notesRef refs/notes/y &&
 	test_must_fail git notes merge z &&
-	echo "refs/notes/y" >expect &&
-	git symbolic-ref NOTES_MERGE_REF >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	echo "ref: refs/notes/y" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect .git/NOTES_MERGE_REF
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'merge z into y while mid-merge in another workdir fails' '
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge z into y while mid-merge in another workdir fails' '
 		test_must_fail git notes merge z 2>err &&
 		test_i18ngrep "a notes merge into refs/notes/y is already in-progress at" err
 	) &&
-	test_must_fail git -C worktree symbolic-ref NOTES_MERGE_REF
+	test_path_is_missing .git/worktrees/worktree/NOTES_MERGE_REF
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'merge z into x while mid-merge on y succeeds' '
@@ -69,9 +68,8 @@ test_expect_success 'merge z into x while mid-merge on y succeeds' '
 		test_i18ngrep "Automatic notes merge failed" out &&
 		grep -v "A notes merge into refs/notes/x is already in-progress in" out
 	) &&
-	echo "refs/notes/x" >expect &&
-	git -C worktree2 symbolic-ref NOTES_MERGE_REF >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	echo "ref: refs/notes/x" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect .git/worktrees/worktree2/NOTES_MERGE_REF
 '
 
 test_done

t/t6050-replace.sh

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ tagger T A Gger <> 0 +0000
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'tag replaced commit' '
-     git update-ref refs/tags/mytag $(git mktag <tag.sig)
+     git mktag <tag.sig >.git/refs/tags/mytag
 '
 
 test_expect_success '"git fsck" works' '

t/t6120-describe.sh

@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ test_expect_success 'describe --contains defaults to HEAD without commit-ish' '
 check_describe tags/A --all A^0
 
 test_expect_success 'renaming tag A to Q locally produces a warning' "
-	git update-ref refs/tags/Q $(git rev-parse refs/tags/A) &&
-	git update-ref -d refs/tags/A &&
+	mv .git/refs/tags/A .git/refs/tags/Q &&
 	git describe HEAD 2>err >out &&
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
 	warning: tag 'Q' is externally known as 'A'
@@ -136,8 +135,7 @@ test_expect_success 'abbrev=0 will not break misplaced tag (2)' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rename tag Q back to A' '
-	git update-ref refs/tags/A $(git rev-parse refs/tags/Q) &&
-	git update-ref -d refs/tags/Q
+	mv .git/refs/tags/Q .git/refs/tags/A
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'pack tag refs' 'git pack-refs'