delete_refs(): new function for the refs API

Move the function remove_branches() from builtin/remote.c to refs.c,
rename it to delete_refs(), and make it public.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 53b8e13975721d59900dbcc98b0218f9594f1256..c8dc724956275a37d4defaebea07a61ddadacd27 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -746,25 +746,6 @@ static int mv(int argc, const char **argv)
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int remove_branches(struct string_list *branches)
-{
-       struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
-       int i, result = 0;
-
-       if (repack_without_refs(branches, &err))
-               result |= error("%s", err.buf);
-       strbuf_release(&err);
-
-       for (i = 0; i < branches->nr; i++) {
-               const char *refname = branches->items[i].string;
-
-               if (delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0))
-                       result |= error(_("Could not remove branch %s"), refname);
-       }
-
-       return result;
-}
-
 static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        struct option options[] = {
@@ -821,7 +802,7 @@ static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
        strbuf_release(&buf);
 
        if (!result)
-               result = remove_branches(&branches);
+               result = delete_refs(&branches);
        string_list_clear(&branches, 0);
 
        if (skipped.nr) {

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 9b7bdd4198efe43d4eec0c149e7d3127ffd354cc..72e51a9675c9226057b1df31ac55af7642a9e276 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2830,6 +2830,25 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
        return 0;
 }
 
+int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames)
+{
+       struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+       int i, result = 0;
+
+       if (repack_without_refs(refnames, &err))
+               result |= error("%s", err.buf);
+       strbuf_release(&err);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < refnames->nr; i++) {
+               const char *refname = refnames->items[i].string;
+
+               if (delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0))
+                       result |= error(_("Could not remove branch %s"), refname);
+       }
+
+       return result;
+}
+
 /*
  * People using contrib's git-new-workdir have .git/logs/refs ->
  * /some/other/path/.git/logs/refs, and that may live on another device.

diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 68b5e81e2d75fbb5c6be8eac30d7cc38f151ab75..1a5d44a97453d6a9bea9ff618fe7977d739a669a 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ extern int reflog_exists(const char *refname);
 extern int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
                      unsigned int flags);
 
+/*
+ * Delete the specified references. If there are any problems, emit
+ * errors but attempt to keep going (i.e., the deletes are not done in
+ * an all-or-nothing transaction).
+ */
+extern int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames);
+
 /** Delete a reflog */
 extern int delete_reflog(const char *refname);