From e4558453aabbccde2e73acb6f4e5781d46435c35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Son <aaron@dolthub.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:45:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb: durable/table: Always write the
 table value we are refing. Ensures it always makes it across the GC
 safepoint.

---
 go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/durable/table.go | 22 +------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/durable/table.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/durable/table.go
index df60b20f85..9de813af49 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/durable/table.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/durable/table.go
@@ -668,27 +668,7 @@ func (t nomsTable) DebugString(ctx context.Context) string {
 }
 
 func refFromNomsValue(ctx context.Context, vrw types.ValueReadWriter, val types.Value) (types.Ref, error) {
-	valRef, err := types.NewRef(val, vrw.Format())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return types.Ref{}, err
-	}
-
-	targetVal, err := valRef.TargetValue(ctx, vrw)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return types.Ref{}, err
-	}
-
-	if targetVal == nil {
-		_, err = vrw.WriteValue(ctx, val)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return types.Ref{}, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return valRef, err
+	return vrw.WriteValue(ctx, val)
 }
 
 func schemaFromRef(ctx context.Context, vrw types.ValueReadWriter, ref types.Ref) (schema.Schema, error) {