Merge branch 'jn/vcs-svn-cleanup' into next
[gitweb.git] / refs.c
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index fe4c59aa8b681e15abb75032d36605abce1940b4..3d549a89701ab77c973835cd7c556b5a8c6ddd6f 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -174,6 +174,24 @@ int refname_is_safe(const char *refname)
        return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * 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)
+{
+       if (flags & REF_ISBROKEN)
+               return 0;
+       if (!has_sha1_file(oid->hash)) {
+               error("%s does not point to a valid object!", refname);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       return 1;
+}
+
 char *refs_resolve_refdup(struct ref_store *refs,
                          const char *refname, int resolve_flags,
                          unsigned char *sha1, int *flags)