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Diffstat (limited to 'src/git2/refs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/git2/refs.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/git2/refs.h b/src/git2/refs.h index 752d80862..1702d7ee1 100644 --- a/src/git2/refs.h +++ b/src/git2/refs.h @@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL /** + * Lookup a reference by its name in a repository. + * + * The generated reference is owned by the repository and + * should not be freed by the user. + * + * @param reference_out pointer to the looked-up reference + * @param repo the repository to look up the reference + * @param name the long name for the reference (e.g. HEAD, ref/heads/master, refs/tags/v0.1.0, ...) + * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_lookup(git_reference **reference_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name); + +/** * Create a new symbolic reference. * * The reference will be created in the repository and written |