return 0;
}
-int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned int flags)
+int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+ unsigned int flags)
{
struct ref_transaction *transaction;
struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+ /*
+ * Treat NULL_SHA1 and NULL alike, to mean "we don't care what
+ * the old value of the reference was (or even if it didn't
+ * exist)":
+ */
+ if (old_sha1 && is_null_sha1(old_sha1))
+ old_sha1 = NULL;
+
transaction = ref_transaction_begin(&err);
if (!transaction ||
- ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname,
- (sha1 && !is_null_sha1(sha1)) ? sha1 : NULL,
+ ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, old_sha1,
flags, NULL, &err) ||
ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) {
error("%s", err.buf);
return 0;
}
+int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames)
+{
+ struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+ int i, result = 0;
+
+ if (!refnames->nr)
+ return 0;
+
+ result = repack_without_refs(refnames, &err);
+ if (result) {
+ /*
+ * If we failed to rewrite the packed-refs file, then
+ * it is unsafe to try to remove loose refs, because
+ * doing so might expose an obsolete packed value for
+ * a reference that might even point at an object that
+ * has been garbage collected.
+ */
+ if (refnames->nr == 1)
+ error(_("could not delete reference %s: %s"),
+ refnames->items[0].string, err.buf);
+ else
+ error(_("could not delete references: %s"), err.buf);
+
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < refnames->nr; i++) {
+ const char *refname = refnames->items[i].string;
+
+ if (delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0))
+ result |= error(_("could not remove reference %s"), refname);
+ }
+
+out:
+ strbuf_release(&err);
+ return result;
+}
+
/*
* People using contrib's git-new-workdir have .git/logs/refs ->
* /some/other/path/.git/logs/refs, and that may live on another device.