extern int peel_ref(const char *, unsigned char *);
-/** Reads the refs file specified into sha1 **/
-extern int get_ref_sha1(const char *ref, 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);
#define REF_NODEREF 0x01
extern struct ref_lock *lock_any_ref_for_update(const char *ref, 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);
+
+/** Close and commit the ref locked by the lock */
+extern int commit_ref(struct ref_lock *lock);
+
/** Release any lock taken but not written. **/
extern void unlock_ref(struct ref_lock *lock);
*/
extern int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn, void *);
-/** Returns 0 if target has the right format for a ref. **/
+#define CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK 0
+#define CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR (-1)
+#define CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL (-2)
+#define CHECK_REF_FORMAT_WILDCARD (-3)
extern int check_ref_format(const char *target);
/** rename ref, return 0 on success **/