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Diffstat (limited to 'src/git2/repository.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/git2/repository.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/git2/repository.h b/src/git2/repository.h index ecf3db99f..ec74305ae 100644 --- a/src/git2/repository.h +++ b/src/git2/repository.h @@ -163,11 +163,14 @@ GIT_EXTERN(git_odb *) git_repository_database(git_repository *repo); /** * Get the Index file of a Git repository * + * This is a cheap operation; the index is only opened on the first call, + * and subsequent calls only retrieve the previous pointer. + * + * @param index Pointer where to store the index * @param repo a repository object - * @return a pointer to the Index object; - * NULL if the index cannot be opened + * @return 0 on success; error code if the index could not be opened */ -GIT_EXTERN(git_index *) git_repository_index(git_repository *rpeo); +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_index(git_index **index, git_repository *repo); /** * Create a new in-memory repository object with |