Add a function to update HEAD after creating a commit

diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 23c250f16cfb7620215bb9c99b8e12d726dc9191..fcd8e92531a3fb1f0bc1294925e87b3624ada909 100644 (file)
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
-#include "sequencer.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "sequencer.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
@@ -752,6 +752,43 @@ int template_untouched(const struct strbuf *sb, const char *template_file,
        return rest_is_empty(sb, start - sb->buf);
 }
 
+int update_head_with_reflog(const struct commit *old_head,
+                           const struct object_id *new_head,
+                           const char *action, const struct strbuf *msg,
+                           struct strbuf *err)
+{
+       struct ref_transaction *transaction;
+       struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+       const char *nl;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       if (action) {
+               strbuf_addstr(&sb, action);
+               strbuf_addstr(&sb, ": ");
+       }
+
+       nl = strchr(msg->buf, '\n');
+       if (nl) {
+               strbuf_add(&sb, msg->buf, nl + 1 - msg->buf);
+       } else {
+               strbuf_addbuf(&sb, msg);
+               strbuf_addch(&sb, '\n');
+       }
+
+       transaction = ref_transaction_begin(err);
+       if (!transaction ||
+           ref_transaction_update(transaction, "HEAD", new_head,
+                                  old_head ? &old_head->object.oid : &null_oid,
+                                  0, sb.buf, err) ||
+           ref_transaction_commit(transaction, err)) {
+               ret = -1;
+       }
+       ref_transaction_free(transaction);
+       strbuf_release(&sb);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static int is_original_commit_empty(struct commit *commit)
 {
        const struct object_id *ptree_oid;