/* * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 the libgit2 contributors * * 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_git_refs_h__ #define INCLUDE_git_refs_h__ #include "common.h" #include "types.h" #include "oid.h" #include "strarray.h" /** * @file git2/refs.h * @brief Git reference management routines * @defgroup git_reference Git reference management routines * @ingroup Git * @{ */ GIT_BEGIN_DECL /** * Lookup a reference by name in a repository. * * The returned reference must be freed by the user. * * See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for documentation about valid * reference names. * * @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, refs/heads/master, refs/tags/v0.1.0, ...) * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_lookup(git_reference **reference_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name); /** * Lookup a reference by name and resolve immediately to OID. * * This function provides a quick way to resolve a reference name straight * through to the object id that it refers to. This avoids having to * allocate or free any `git_reference` objects for simple situations. * * @param oid Pointer to oid to be filled in * @param repo The repository in which to look up the reference * @param name The long name for the reference * @return 0 on success, -1 if name could not be resolved */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_name_to_oid( git_oid *out, git_repository *repo, const char *name); /** * Create a new symbolic reference. * * A symbolic reference is a reference name that refers to another * reference name. If the other name moves, the symbolic name will move, * too. As a simple example, the "HEAD" reference might refer to * "refs/heads/master" while on the "master" branch of a repository. * * The symbolic reference will be created in the repository and written to * the disk. The generated reference object must be freed by the user. * * Valid reference names must follow one of two patterns: * * 1. Top-level names must contain only capital letters and underscores, * and must begin and end with a letter. (e.g. "HEAD", "ORIG_HEAD"). * 2. Names prefixed with "refs/" can be almost anything. You must avoid * the characters '~', '^', ':', '\\', '?', '[', and '*', and the * sequences ".." and "@{" which have special meaning to revparse. * * This function will return an error if a reference already exists with the * given name unless `force` is true, in which case it will be overwritten. * * @param ref_out Pointer to the newly created reference * @param repo Repository where that reference will live * @param name The name of the reference * @param target The target of the reference * @param force Overwrite existing references * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_create_symbolic(git_reference **ref_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *target, int force); /** * Create a new direct reference. * * A direct reference (also called an object id reference) refers directly * to a specific object id (a.k.a. OID or SHA) in the repository. The id * permanently refers to the object (although the reference itself can be * moved). For example, in libgit2 the direct ref "refs/tags/v0.17.0" * refers to OID 5b9fac39d8a76b9139667c26a63e6b3f204b3977. * * The direct reference will be created in the repository and written to * the disk. The generated reference object must be freed by the user. * * Valid reference names must follow one of two patterns: * * 1. Top-level names must contain only capital letters and underscores, * and must begin and end with a letter. (e.g. "HEAD", "ORIG_HEAD"). * 2. Names prefixed with "refs/" can be almost anything. You must avoid * the characters '~', '^', ':', '\\', '?', '[', and '*', and the * sequences ".." and "@{" which have special meaning to revparse. * * This function will return an error if a reference already exists with the * given name unless `force` is true, in which case it will be overwritten. * * @param ref_out Pointer to the newly created reference * @param repo Repository where that reference will live * @param name The name of the reference * @param id The object id pointed to by the reference. * @param force Overwrite existing references * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_create_oid(git_reference **ref_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const git_oid *id, int force); /** * Get the OID pointed to by a direct reference. * * Only available if the reference is direct (i.e. an object id reference, * not a symbolic one). * * To find the OID of a symbolic ref, call `git_reference_resolve()` and * then this function (or maybe use `git_reference_name_to_oid()` to * directly resolve a reference name all the way through to an OID). * * @param ref The reference * @return a pointer to the oid if available, NULL otherwise */ GIT_EXTERN(const git_oid *) git_reference_oid(git_reference *ref); /** * Get full name to the reference pointed to by a symbolic reference. * * Only available if the reference is symbolic. * * @param ref The reference * @return a pointer to the name if available, NULL otherwise */ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_reference_target(git_reference *ref); /** * Get the type of a reference. * * Either direct (GIT_REF_OID) or symbolic (GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC) * * @param ref The reference * @return the type */ GIT_EXTERN(git_ref_t) git_reference_type(git_reference *ref); /** * Get the full name of a reference. * * See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for rules about valid names. * * @param ref The reference * @return the full name for the ref */ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_reference_name(git_reference *ref); /** * Resolve a symbolic reference to a direct reference. * * This method iteratively peels a symbolic reference until it resolves to * a direct reference to an OID. * * The peeled reference is returned in the `resolved_ref` argument, and * must be freed manually once it's no longer needed. * * If a direct reference is passed as an argument, a copy of that * reference is returned. This copy must be manually freed too. * * @param resolved_ref Pointer to the peeled reference * @param ref The reference * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_resolve(git_reference **resolved_ref, git_reference *ref); /** * Get the repository where a reference resides. * * @param ref The reference * @return a pointer to the repo */ GIT_EXTERN(git_repository *) git_reference_owner(git_reference *ref); /** * Set the symbolic target of a reference. * * The reference must be a symbolic reference, otherwise this will fail. * * The reference will be automatically updated in memory and on disk. * * @param ref The reference * @param target The new target for the reference * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_set_target(git_reference *ref, const char *target); /** * Set the OID target of a reference. * * The reference must be a direct reference, otherwise this will fail. * * The reference will be automatically updated in memory and on disk. * * @param ref The reference * @param id The new target OID for the reference * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_set_oid(git_reference *ref, const git_oid *id); /** * Rename an existing reference. * * This method works for both direct and symbolic references. * The new name will be checked for validity and may be * modified into a normalized form. * * The given git_reference will be updated in place. * * The reference will be immediately renamed in-memory and on disk. * * If the `force` flag is not enabled, and there's already * a reference with the given name, the renaming will fail. * * IMPORTANT: * The user needs to write a proper reflog entry if the * reflog is enabled for the repository. We only rename * the reflog if it exists. * * @param ref The reference to rename * @param new_name The new name for the reference * @param force Overwrite an existing reference * @return 0 or an error code * */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_rename(git_reference *ref, const char *new_name, int force); /** * Delete an existing reference. * * This method works for both direct and symbolic references. * * The reference will be immediately removed on disk and from memory * (i.e. freed). The given reference pointer will no longer be valid. * * @param ref The reference to remove * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_delete(git_reference *ref); /** * Pack all the loose references in the repository. * * This method will load into the cache all the loose * references on the repository and update the * `packed-refs` file with them. * * Once the `packed-refs` file has been written properly, * the loose references will be removed from disk. * * @param repo Repository where the loose refs will be packed * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_packall(git_repository *repo); /** * Fill a list with all the references that can be found in a repository. * * Using the `list_flags` parameter, the listed references may be filtered * by type (`GIT_REF_OID` or `GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC`) or using a bitwise OR of * `git_ref_t` values. To include packed refs, include `GIT_REF_PACKED`. * For convenience, use the value `GIT_REF_LISTALL` to obtain all * references, including packed ones. * * The string array will be filled with the names of all references; these * values are owned by the user and should be free'd manually when no * longer needed, using `git_strarray_free()`. * * @param array Pointer to a git_strarray structure where * the reference names will be stored * @param repo Repository where to find the refs * @param list_flags Filtering flags for the reference listing * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_list(git_strarray *array, git_repository *repo, unsigned int list_flags); /** * Perform a callback on each reference in the repository. * * Using the `list_flags` parameter, the references may be filtered by * type (`GIT_REF_OID` or `GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC`) or using a bitwise OR of * `git_ref_t` values. To include packed refs, include `GIT_REF_PACKED`. * For convenience, use the value `GIT_REF_LISTALL` to obtain all * references, including packed ones. * * The `callback` function will be called for each reference in the * repository, receiving the name of the reference and the `payload` value * passed to this method. Returning a non-zero value from the callback * will terminate the iteration. * * @param repo Repository where to find the refs * @param list_flags Filtering flags for the reference listing. * @param callback Function which will be called for every listed ref * @param payload Additional data to pass to the callback * @return 0 on success, GIT_EUSER on non-zero callback, or error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_foreach(git_repository *repo, unsigned int list_flags, int (*callback)(const char *, void *), void *payload); /** * Check if a reference has been loaded from a packfile. * * @param ref A git reference * @return 0 in case it's not packed; 1 otherwise */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_is_packed(git_reference *ref); /** * Reload a reference from disk. * * Reference pointers can become outdated if the Git repository is * accessed simultaneously by other clients while the library is open. * * This method forces a reload of the reference from disk, to ensure that * the provided information is still reliable. * * If the reload fails (e.g. the reference no longer exists on disk, or * has become corrupted), an error code will be returned and the reference * pointer will be invalidated and freed. * * @param ref The reference to reload * @return 0 on success, or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_reload(git_reference *ref); /** * Free the given reference. * * @param ref git_reference */ GIT_EXTERN(void) git_reference_free(git_reference *ref); /** * Compare two references. * * @param ref1 The first git_reference * @param ref2 The second git_reference * @return 0 if the same, else a stable but meaningless ordering. */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_cmp(git_reference *ref1, git_reference *ref2); /** * Perform a callback on each reference in the repository whose name * matches the given pattern. * * This function acts like `git_reference_foreach()` with an additional * pattern match being applied to the reference name before issuing the * callback function. See that function for more information. * * The pattern is matched using fnmatch or "glob" style where a '*' matches * any sequence of letters, a '?' matches any letter, and square brackets * can be used to define character ranges (such as "[0-9]" for digits). * * @param repo Repository where to find the refs * @param glob Pattern to match (fnmatch-style) against reference name. * @param list_flags Filtering flags for the reference listing. * @param callback Function which will be called for every listed ref * @param payload Additional data to pass to the callback * @return 0 on success, GIT_EUSER on non-zero callback, or error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_foreach_glob( git_repository *repo, const char *glob, unsigned int list_flags, int (*callback)(const char *reference_name, void *payload), void *payload); /** * Check if a reflog exists for the specified reference. * * @param ref A git reference * * @return 0 when no reflog can be found, 1 when it exists; * otherwise an error code. */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_has_log(git_reference *ref); /** * Check if a reference is a local branch. * * @param ref A git reference * * @return 1 when the reference lives in the refs/heads * namespace; 0 otherwise. */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_is_branch(git_reference *ref); /** * Check if a reference is a remote tracking branch * * @param ref A git reference * * @return 1 when the reference lives in the refs/remotes * namespace; 0 otherwise. */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_is_remote(git_reference *ref); typedef enum { GIT_REF_FORMAT_NORMAL = 0, /** * Control whether one-level refnames are accepted * (i.e., refnames that do not contain multiple /-separated * components). Those are expected to be written only using * uppercase letters and underscore (FETCH_HEAD, ...) */ GIT_REF_FORMAT_ALLOW_ONELEVEL = (1 << 0), /** * Interpret the provided name as a reference pattern for a * refspec (as used with remote repositories). If this option * is enabled, the name is allowed to contain a single * () * in place of a one full pathname component * (e.g., foo//bar but not foo/bar). */ GIT_REF_FORMAT_REFSPEC_PATTERN = (1 << 1), } git_reference_normalize_t; /** * Normalize reference name and check validity. * * This will normalize the reference name by removing any leading slash * '/' characters and collapsing runs of adjacent slashes between name * components into a single slash. * * Once normalized, if the reference name is valid, it will be returned in * the user allocated buffer. * * @param buffer_out User allocated buffer to store normalized name * @param buffer_size Size of buffer_out * @param name Reference name to be checked. * @param flags Flags to constrain name validation rules - see the * GIT_REF_FORMAT constants above. * @return 0 on success or error code (GIT_EBUFS if buffer is too small, -1 * if reference is invalid) */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_normalize_name( char *buffer_out, size_t buffer_size, const char *name, unsigned int flags); /** * Recursively peel reference until object of the specified type is found. * * The retrieved `peeled` object is owned by the repository * and should be closed with the `git_object_free` method. * * If you pass `GIT_OBJ_ANY` as the target type, then the object * will be peeled until a non-tag object is met. * * @param peeled Pointer to the peeled git_object * @param ref The reference to be processed * @param target_type The type of the requested object * @return 0 or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_peel( git_object **out, git_reference *ref, git_otype type); /** * Ensure the reference name is well-formed. * * Valid reference names must follow one of two patterns: * * 1. Top-level names must contain only capital letters and underscores, * and must begin and end with a letter. (e.g. "HEAD", "ORIG_HEAD"). * 2. Names prefixed with "refs/" can be almost anything. You must avoid * the characters '~', '^', ':', '\\', '?', '[', and '*', and the * sequences ".." and "@{" which have special meaning to revparse. * * @param refname name to be checked. * @return 1 if the reference name is acceptable; 0 if it isn't */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_is_valid_name(const char *refname); /** @} */ GIT_END_DECL #endif