From c528f52894ed0e769aff3dd13bc0fee4087d47c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Habovstiak <martin.habovstiak@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:00:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Change `Deref::Target` of `TaprootMerkleBranchBuf`

`TaprootMerkleBranchBuf` previously derefed to a slice which lost the
information about length being valid. This commit changes the type
which, while API-breaking, is not disruptive because the type has API
very similar to slice.
---
 bitcoin/src/taproot/merkle_branch/buf.rs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitcoin/src/taproot/merkle_branch/buf.rs b/bitcoin/src/taproot/merkle_branch/buf.rs
index 1902d9b2a..d06ffcadf 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/taproot/merkle_branch/buf.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/taproot/merkle_branch/buf.rs
@@ -181,15 +181,15 @@ impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a mut TaprootMerkleBranchBuf {
 }
 
 impl core::ops::Deref for TaprootMerkleBranchBuf {
-    type Target = [TapNodeHash];
+    type Target = TaprootMerkleBranch;
 
     #[inline]
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { &self.0 }
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { self.as_ref() }
 }
 
 impl core::ops::DerefMut for TaprootMerkleBranchBuf {
     #[inline]
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target { &mut self.0 }
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target { self.as_mut() }
 }
 
 impl AsRef<[TapNodeHash]> for TaprootMerkleBranchBuf {