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| -rw-r--r-- | include/git2/remote.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h index 07cd2e7c6..28771ac42 100644 --- a/include/git2/remote.h +++ b/include/git2/remote.h @@ -623,6 +623,24 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_is_valid_name(const char *remote_name); */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_delete(git_remote *remote); +/** + * Retrieve the name of the remote's default branch + * + * The default branch of a repository is the branch which HEAD points + * to. If the remote does not support reporting this information + * directly, it performs the guess as git does; that is, if there are + * multiple branches which point to the same commit, the first one is + * chosen. If the master branch is a candidate, it wins. + * + * This function must only be called after connecting. + * + * @param out the buffern in which to store the reference name + * @param remote the remote + * @return 0, GIT_ENOTFOUND if the remote does not have any references + * or none of them point to HEAD's commit, or an error message. + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_default_branch(git_buf *out, git_remote *remote); + /** @} */ GIT_END_DECL #endif |