*/
int refname_is_safe(const char *refname);
+/*
+ * Helper function: return true if refname, which has the specified
+ * oid and flags, can be resolved to an object in the database. If the
+ * referred-to object does not exist, emit a warning and return false.
+ */
+int ref_resolves_to_object(const char *refname,
+ const struct object_id *oid,
+ unsigned int flags);
+
enum peel_status {
/* object was peeled successfully: */
PEEL_PEELED = 0,
const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1,
struct strbuf *referent, unsigned int *type);
+/*
+ * Write an error to `err` and return a nonzero value iff the same
+ * refname appears multiple times in `refnames`. `refnames` must be
+ * sorted on entry to this function.
+ */
+int ref_update_reject_duplicates(struct string_list *refnames,
+ struct strbuf *err);
+
/*
* Add a ref_update with the specified properties to transaction, and
* return a pointer to the new object. This function does not verify
};
extern struct ref_storage_be refs_be_files;
+extern struct ref_storage_be refs_be_packed;
/*
* A representation of the reference store for the main repository or