diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/refs.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/refs.cocci
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+// Migrate "refs.h" to not rely on `the_repository` implicitly anymore.
+@@
+@@
+(
+- resolve_ref_unsafe
++ refs_resolve_ref_unsafe
+|
+- resolve_refdup
++ refs_resolve_refdup
+|
+- read_ref_full
++ refs_read_ref_full
+|
+- read_ref
++ refs_read_ref
+|
+- ref_exists
++ refs_ref_exists
+|
+- head_ref
++ refs_head_ref
+|
+- for_each_ref
++ refs_for_each_ref
+|
+- for_each_ref_in
++ refs_for_each_ref_in
+|
+- for_each_fullref_in
++ refs_for_each_fullref_in
+|
+- for_each_tag_ref
++ refs_for_each_tag_ref
+|
+- for_each_branch_ref
++ refs_for_each_branch_ref
+|
+- for_each_remote_ref
++ refs_for_each_remote_ref
+|
+- for_each_glob_ref
++ refs_for_each_glob_ref
+|
+- for_each_glob_ref_in
++ refs_for_each_glob_ref_in
+|
+- head_ref_namespaced
++ refs_head_ref_namespaced
+|
+- for_each_namespaced_ref
++ refs_for_each_namespaced_ref
+|
+- for_each_rawref
++ refs_for_each_rawref
+|
+- safe_create_reflog
++ refs_create_reflog
+|
+- reflog_exists
++ refs_reflog_exists
+|
+- delete_ref
++ refs_delete_ref
+|
+- delete_refs
++ refs_delete_refs
+|
+- delete_reflog
++ refs_delete_reflog
+|
+- for_each_reflog_ent
++ refs_for_each_reflog_ent
+|
+- for_each_reflog_ent_reverse
++ refs_for_each_reflog_ent_reverse
+|
+- for_each_reflog
++ refs_for_each_reflog
+|
+- shorten_unambiguous_ref
++ refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref
+|
+- rename_ref
++ refs_rename_ref
+|
+- copy_existing_ref
++ refs_copy_existing_ref
+|
+- create_symref
++ refs_create_symref
+|
+- ref_transaction_begin
++ ref_store_transaction_begin
+|
+- update_ref
++ refs_update_ref
+|
+- reflog_expire
++ refs_reflog_expire
+)
+  (
++ get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+  ...)