const unsigned char *new_sha1, const char *msg,
int flags, struct strbuf *err);
+/*
+ * Check for entries in extras that are within the specified
+ * directory, where dirname is a reference directory name including
+ * the trailing slash (e.g., "refs/heads/foo/"). Ignore any
+ * conflicting references that are found in skip. If there is a
+ * conflicting reference, return its name.
+ *
+ * extras and skip must be sorted lists of reference names. Either one
+ * can be NULL, signifying the empty list.
+ */
+const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *dirname,
+ const struct string_list *extras,
+ const struct string_list *skip);
+
+int rename_ref_available(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
+
#endif /* REFS_REFS_INTERNAL_H */