repo: add git_repository_initialbranch

Provide a helper function to get the initial branch for a repository,
respecting the `init.defaultBranch` configuration option, if set, and
returning the "default default" (currently `master`) otherwise.

2 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index f7789127a..e4a374d12 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -2354,6 +2354,40 @@ static int repo_contains_no_reference(git_repository *repo)
 	return error;
 }
 
+int git_repository_initialbranch(git_buf *out, git_repository *repo)
+{
+	git_config *config;
+	git_config_entry *entry = NULL;
+	const char *branch;
+	int error;
+
+	if ((error = git_repository_config__weakptr(&config, repo)) < 0)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((error = git_config_get_entry(&entry, config, "init.defaultbranch")) == 0) {
+		branch = entry->value;
+	}
+	else if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
+		branch = GIT_BRANCH_DEFAULT;
+	}
+	else {
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if ((error = git_buf_puts(out, GIT_REFS_HEADS_DIR)) < 0 ||
+	    (error = git_buf_puts(out, branch)) < 0)
+	    goto done;
+
+	if (!git_reference_is_valid_name(out->ptr)) {
+		git_error_set(GIT_ERROR_INVALID, "the value of init.defaultBranch is not a valid reference name");
+		error = -1;
+	}
+
+done:
+	git_config_entry_free(entry);
+	return error;
+}
+
 int git_repository_is_empty(git_repository *repo)
 {
 	git_reference *head = NULL;
diff --git a/src/repository.h b/src/repository.h
index d73e77d70..de009ba5e 100644
--- a/src/repository.h
+++ b/src/repository.h
@@ -232,4 +232,10 @@ extern size_t git_repository__reserved_names_posix_len;
 bool git_repository__reserved_names(
 	git_buf **out, size_t *outlen, git_repository *repo, bool include_ntfs);
 
+/*
+ * The default branch for the repository; the `init.defaultBranch`
+ * configuration option, if set, or `master` if it is not.
+ */
+int git_repository_initialbranch(git_buf *out, git_repository *repo);
+
 #endif