Merge branch 'mh/ref-api'

* mh/ref-api:
  clear_ref_cache(): inline function
  write_ref_sha1(): only invalidate the loose ref cache
  clear_ref_cache(): extract two new functions
  clear_ref_cache(): rename parameter
  invalidate_ref_cache(): expose this function in the refs API
  invalidate_ref_cache(): take the submodule as parameter
  invalidate_ref_cache(): rename function from invalidate_cached_refs()

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 0229c57132..f439c54eb2 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ extern void unlock_ref(struct ref_lock *lock);
 /** Writes sha1 into the ref specified by the lock. **/
 extern int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *msg);
 
+/*
+ * Invalidate the reference cache for the specified submodule.  Use
+ * submodule=NULL to invalidate the cache for the main module.  This
+ * function must be called if references are changed via a mechanism
+ * other than the refs API.
+ */
+extern void invalidate_ref_cache(const char *submodule);
+
 /** Setup reflog before using. **/
 int log_ref_setup(const char *ref_name, char *logfile, int bufsize);