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author | Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com> | 2011-03-03 20:20:45 +0200 |
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committer | Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com> | 2011-03-03 20:23:53 +0200 |
commit | 71d33382a7c55e4dd72b32cea3e4dcb7a549ab79 (patch) | |
tree | 25e9ee5e0faa82a609fa6ae156f673f623604f9e /include/git2/object.h | |
parent | 584f49a5ceff463581f7f1b8bc23880dabca27ac (diff) | |
download | libgit2-71d33382a7c55e4dd72b32cea3e4dcb7a549ab79.tar.gz |
Move the external includes folder from `src` to `include`
Signed-off-by: Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/include/git2/object.h b/include/git2/object.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af0f014e --- /dev/null +++ b/include/git2/object.h @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +/* + * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, + * as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, + * the authors give you unlimited permission to link the compiled + * version of this file into combinations with other programs, + * and to distribute those combinations without any restriction + * coming from the use of this file. (The General Public License + * restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they cover + * modification of the file, and distribution when not linked into + * a combined executable.) + * + * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + * General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to + * the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, + * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. + */ +#ifndef INCLUDE_git_object_h__ +#define INCLUDE_git_object_h__ + +#include "common.h" +#include "types.h" +#include "oid.h" + +/** + * @file git2/object.h + * @brief Git revision object management routines + * @defgroup git_object Git revision object management routines + * @ingroup Git + * @{ + */ +GIT_BEGIN_DECL + +/** + * Lookup a reference to one of the objects in a repostory. + * + * The generated reference is owned by the repository and + * should not be freed by the user. + * + * The 'type' parameter must match the type of the object + * in the odb; the method will fail otherwise. + * The special value 'GIT_OBJ_ANY' may be passed to let + * the method guess the object's type. + * + * @param object pointer to the looked-up object + * @param repo the repository to look up the object + * @param id the unique identifier for the object + * @param type the type of the object + * @return a reference to the object + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_lookup(git_object **object, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, git_otype type); + +/** + * Create a new in-memory repository object with + * the given type. + * + * The object's attributes can be filled in using the + * corresponding setter methods. + * + * The object will be written back to given git_repository + * when the git_object_write() function is called; objects + * cannot be written to disk until all their main + * attributes have been properly filled. + * + * Objects are instantiated with no SHA1 id; their id + * will be automatically generated when writing to the + * repository. + * + * @param object pointer to the new object + * @parem repo Repository where the object belongs + * @param type Type of the object to be created + * @return the new object + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_new(git_object **object, git_repository *repo, git_otype type); + + +/** + * Write back an object to disk. + * + * The object will be written to its corresponding + * repository. + * + * If the object has no changes since it was first + * read from the repository, no actions will take place. + * + * If the object has been modified since it was read from + * the repository, or it has been created from scratch + * in memory, it will be written to the repository and + * its SHA1 ID will be updated accordingly. + * + * @param object Git object to write back + * @return 0 on success; otherwise an error code + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_write(git_object *object); + +/** + * Get the id (SHA1) of a repository object + * + * In-memory objects created by git_object_new() do not + * have a SHA1 ID until they are written on a repository. + * + * @param obj the repository object + * @return the SHA1 id + */ +GIT_EXTERN(const git_oid *) git_object_id(const git_object *obj); + +/** + * Get the object type of an object + * + * @param obj the repository object + * @return the object's type + */ +GIT_EXTERN(git_otype) git_object_type(const git_object *obj); + +/** + * Get the repository that owns this object + * + * @param obj the object + * @return the repository who owns this object + */ +GIT_EXTERN(git_repository *) git_object_owner(const git_object *obj); + +/** + * Close an open object + * + * This method instructs the library to close an existing + * object; note that git_objects are owned by the repository + * and are reference counted, so the object may or may not be + * freed after this library call, depending on whether any other + * objects still depend on it. + * + * IMPORTANT: + * It is *not* necessary to call this method when you stop using + * an object, since all object memory is automatically reclaimed + * by the repository when it is freed. + * + * Forgetting to call `git_object_close` does not cause memory + * leaks, but it's is recommended to close as soon as possible + * the biggest objects (e.g. blobs) to prevent wasting memory + * space. + * + * @param object the object to close + */ +GIT_EXTERN(void) git_object_close(git_object *object); + +/** + * Convert an object type to it's string representation. + * + * The result is a pointer to a string in static memory and + * should not be free()'ed. + * + * @param type object type to convert. + * @return the corresponding string representation. + */ +GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_object_type2string(git_otype type); + +/** + * Convert a string object type representation to it's git_otype. + * + * @param str the string to convert. + * @return the corresponding git_otype. + */ +GIT_EXTERN(git_otype) git_object_string2type(const char *str); + +/** + * Determine if the given git_otype is a valid loose object type. + * + * @param type object type to test. + * @return true if the type represents a valid loose object type, + * false otherwise. + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_typeisloose(git_otype type); + +/** + * Get the size in bytes for the structure which + * acts as an in-memory representation of any given + * object type. + * + * For all the core types, this would the equivalent + * of calling `sizeof(git_commit)` if the core types + * were not opaque on the external API. + * + * @param type object type to get its size + * @return size in bytes of the object + */ +GIT_EXTERN(size_t) git_object__size(git_otype type); + +/** @} */ +GIT_END_DECL + +#endif |