* Add a reference deletion to transaction. If have_old is true, then
* old_sha1 holds the value that the reference should have had before
* the update (which must not be the null SHA-1).
+ * Function returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure. A failure to delete
+ * means that the transaction as a whole has failed and will need to be
+ * rolled back.
*/
-void ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
- const char *refname,
- const unsigned char *old_sha1,
- int flags, int have_old);
+int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+ int flags, int have_old,
+ struct strbuf *err);
/*
* Commit all of the changes that have been queued in transaction, as