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| -rw-r--r-- | include/git2/branch.h | 24 |
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diff --git a/include/git2/branch.h b/include/git2/branch.h index 7442ece03..fb30aaa26 100644 --- a/include/git2/branch.h +++ b/include/git2/branch.h @@ -117,6 +117,30 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_branch_move( const char *new_branch_name, int force); +/** + * Lookup a branch by its name in a repository. + * + * The generated reference must be freed by the user. + * + * @param branch_out pointer to the looked-up branch reference + * + * @param repo the repository to look up the branch + * + * @param branch_name Name of the branch to be looked-up; + * this name is validated for consistency. + * + * @param branch_type Type of the considered branch. This should + * be valued with either GIT_BRANCH_LOCAL or GIT_BRANCH_REMOTE. + * + * @return 0 on success; GIT_ENOTFOUND when no matching branch + * exists, otherwise an error code. + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_branch_lookup( + git_reference **branch_out, + git_repository *repo, + const char *branch_name, + git_branch_t branch_type); + /** @} */ GIT_END_DECL #endif |