#define REF_ISBROKEN 0x04
/*
- * Calls the specified function for each ref file until it returns nonzero,
- * and returns the value
+ * Calls the specified function for each ref file until it returns
+ * nonzero, and returns the value. Please note that it is not safe to
+ * modify references while an iteration is in progress, unless the
+ * same callback function invocation that modifies the reference also
+ * returns a nonzero value to immediately stop the iteration.
*/
typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags, void *cb_data);
extern int head_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
extern void warn_dangling_symref(FILE *fp, const char *msg_fmt, const char *refname);
/*
- * Extra refs will be listed by for_each_ref() before any actual refs
- * for the duration of this process or until clear_extra_refs() is
- * called. Only extra refs added before for_each_ref() is called will
- * be listed on a given call of for_each_ref().
+ * Add a reference to the in-memory packed reference cache. To actually
+ * write the reference to the packed-refs file, call pack_refs().
*/
-extern void add_extra_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags);
-extern void clear_extra_refs(void);
+extern void add_packed_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1);
+
extern int ref_exists(const char *);
-extern int peel_ref(const char *, unsigned char *);
+extern int peel_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
/** Locks a "refs/" ref returning the lock on success and NULL on failure. **/
-extern struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1(const char *ref, const unsigned char *old_sha1);
+extern struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1);
/** Locks any ref (for 'HEAD' type refs). */
#define REF_NODEREF 0x01
-extern struct ref_lock *lock_any_ref_for_update(const char *ref, const unsigned char *old_sha1, int flags);
+extern struct ref_lock *lock_any_ref_for_update(const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+ int flags);
/** Close the file descriptor owned by a lock and return the status */
extern int close_ref(struct ref_lock *lock);
int log_ref_setup(const char *ref_name, char *logfile, int bufsize);
/** Reads log for the value of ref during at_time. **/
-extern int read_ref_at(const char *ref, unsigned long at_time, int cnt, unsigned char *sha1, char **msg, unsigned long *cutoff_time, int *cutoff_tz, int *cutoff_cnt);
+extern int read_ref_at(const char *refname, unsigned long at_time, int cnt,
+ unsigned char *sha1, char **msg,
+ unsigned long *cutoff_time, int *cutoff_tz, int *cutoff_cnt);
/* iterate over reflog entries */
typedef int each_reflog_ent_fn(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1, const char *, unsigned long, int, const char *, void *);
-int for_each_reflog_ent(const char *ref, each_reflog_ent_fn fn, void *cb_data);
-int for_each_recent_reflog_ent(const char *ref, each_reflog_ent_fn fn, long, void *cb_data);
+int for_each_reflog_ent(const char *refname, each_reflog_ent_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int for_each_recent_reflog_ent(const char *refname, each_reflog_ent_fn fn, long, void *cb_data);
/*
* Calls the specified function for each reflog file until it returns nonzero,
#define REFNAME_DOT_COMPONENT 4
/*
- * Return 0 iff ref has the correct format for a refname according to
- * the rules described in Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt. If
- * REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL is set in flags, then accept one-level
+ * Return 0 iff refname has the correct format for a refname according
+ * to the rules described in Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt.
+ * If REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL is set in flags, then accept one-level
* reference names. If REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN is set in flags, then
* allow a "*" wildcard character in place of one of the name
* components. No leading or repeated slashes are accepted. If
* components to start with "." (but not a whole component equal to
* "." or "..").
*/
-extern int check_refname_format(const char *ref, int flags);
+extern int check_refname_format(const char *refname, int flags);
extern const char *prettify_refname(const char *refname);
-extern char *shorten_unambiguous_ref(const char *ref, int strict);
+extern char *shorten_unambiguous_ref(const char *refname, int strict);
/** rename ref, return 0 on success **/
extern int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg);
-/** resolve ref in nested "gitlink" repository */
-extern int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *name, const char *refname, unsigned char *result);
+/**
+ * Resolve refname in the nested "gitlink" repository that is located
+ * at path. If the resolution is successful, return 0 and set sha1 to
+ * the name of the object; otherwise, return a non-zero value.
+ */
+extern int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
/** lock a ref and then write its file */
enum action_on_err { MSG_ON_ERR, DIE_ON_ERR, QUIET_ON_ERR };