refs.c: allow listing and deleting badly named refs

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index d67592fd969bb8e5cb1401e426f51f9773799461..59ecf218cbca417dc7d6e0a571f6c82111041225 100644 (file)
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ static inline char *git_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
 
 #include "wildmatch.h"
 
+struct strbuf;
+
 /* General helper functions */
 extern void vreportf(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params);
 extern void vwritef(int fd, const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params);
@@ -781,6 +783,13 @@ void git_qsort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
  * not exist.
  */
 int unlink_or_warn(const char *path);
+ /*
+  * Tries to unlink file.  Returns 0 if unlink succeeded
+  * or the file already didn't exist.  Returns -1 and
+  * appends a message to err suitable for
+  * 'error("%s", err->buf)' on error.
+  */
+int unlink_or_msg(const char *file, struct strbuf *err);
 /*
  * Preserves errno, prints a message, but gives no warning for ENOENT.
  * Returns 0 on success, which includes trying to remove a directory that does