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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_sys_git_refdb_h__
+#define INCLUDE_sys_git_refdb_h__
+
+#include "git2/common.h"
+#include "git2/types.h"
+#include "git2/oid.h"
+
+/**
+ * Create a new direct reference from an OID.
+ *
+ * @param name the reference name
+ * @param oid the object id for a direct reference
+ * @param symbolic the target for a symbolic reference
+ * @return the created git_reference or NULL on error
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(git_reference *) git_reference__alloc(
+	const char *name,
+	const git_oid *oid,
+	const git_oid *peel);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new symbolic reference.
+ *
+ * @param name the reference name
+ * @param symbolic the target for a symbolic reference
+ * @return the created git_reference or NULL on error
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(git_reference *) git_reference__alloc_symbolic(
+	const char *name,
+	const char *target);
+
+#endif