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| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -831,7 +831,39 @@ extern int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1); extern char *sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1); /* static buffer result! */ extern int read_ref(const char *filename, unsigned char *sha1); -extern const char *resolve_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1, int, int *); + +/* + * Resolve a reference, recursively following symbolic refererences. + * + * Store the referred-to object's name in sha1 and return the name of + * the non-symbolic reference that ultimately pointed at it. The + * return value, if not NULL, is a pointer into either a static buffer + * or the input ref. + * + * If the reference cannot be resolved to an object, the behavior + * depends on the "reading" argument: + * + * - If reading is set, return NULL. + * + * - If reading is not set, clear sha1 and return the name of the last + * reference name in the chain, which will either be a non-symbolic + * reference or an undefined reference. If this is a prelude to + * "writing" to the ref, the return value is the name of the ref + * that will actually be created or changed. + * + * If flag is non-NULL, set the value that it points to the + * combination of REF_ISPACKED (if the reference was found among the + * packed references) and REF_ISSYMREF (if the initial reference was a + * symbolic reference). + * + * If ref is not a properly-formatted, normalized reference, return + * NULL. If more than MAXDEPTH recursive symbolic lookups are needed, + * give up and return NULL. + * + * errno is sometimes set on errors, but not always. + */ +extern const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag); + extern int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref); extern int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref); extern int interpret_branch_name(const char *str, struct strbuf *); @@ -482,18 +482,6 @@ static int get_packed_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1) return -1; } -/* - * If the "reading" argument is set, this function finds out what _object_ - * the ref points at by "reading" the ref. The ref, if it is not symbolic, - * has to exist, and if it is symbolic, it has to point at an existing ref, - * because the "read" goes through the symref to the ref it points at. - * - * The access that is not "reading" may often be "writing", but does not - * have to; it can be merely checking _where it leads to_. If it is a - * prelude to "writing" to the ref, a write to a symref that points at - * yet-to-be-born ref will create the real ref pointed by the symref. - * reading=0 allows the caller to check where such a symref leads to. - */ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag) { int depth = MAXDEPTH; |