libgit2/include/git2/repository.h
Romain Geissler 0657e46dee Fix: GIT_PATH_PATH_SEPARATOR is now a semi-colon under Windows.
GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR and GIT_PATH_MAX are made public so
that it's can be used by a client.
2011-06-15 22:11:18 +02:00

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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_repository_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_repository_h__
#include "common.h"
#include "types.h"
#include "oid.h"
/**
* @file git2/repository.h
* @brief Git repository management routines
* @defgroup git_repository Git repository management routines
* @ingroup Git
* @{
*/
GIT_BEGIN_DECL
/**
* Open a git repository.
*
* The 'path' argument must point to an existing git repository
* folder, e.g.
*
* /path/to/my_repo/.git/ (normal repository)
* objects/
* index
* HEAD
*
* /path/to/bare_repo/ (bare repository)
* objects/
* index
* HEAD
*
* The method will automatically detect if 'path' is a normal
* or bare repository or fail is 'path' is neither.
*
* @param repository pointer to the repo which will be opened
* @param path the path to the repository
* @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_open(git_repository **repository, const char *path);
/**
* Open a git repository by manually specifying all its paths
*
* @param repository pointer to the repo which will be opened
*
* @param git_dir The full path to the repository folder
* e.g. a '.git' folder for live repos, any folder for bare
* Equivalent to $GIT_DIR.
* Cannot be NULL.
*
* @param git_object_directory The full path to the ODB folder.
* the folder where all the loose and packed objects are stored
* Equivalent to $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY.
* If NULL, "$GIT_DIR/objects/" is assumed.
*
* @param git_index_file The full path to the index (dircache) file
* Equivalent to $GIT_INDEX_FILE.
* If NULL, "$GIT_DIR/index" is assumed.
*
* @param git_work_tree The full path to the working tree of the repository,
* if the repository is not bare.
* Equivalent to $GIT_WORK_TREE.
* If NULL, the repository is assumed to be bare.
*
* @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_open2(git_repository **repository,
const char *git_dir,
const char *git_object_directory,
const char *git_index_file,
const char *git_work_tree);
/**
* Open a git repository by manually specifying its paths and
* the object database it will use.
*
* @param repository pointer to the repo which will be opened
*
* @param git_dir The full path to the repository folder
* e.g. a '.git' folder for live repos, any folder for bare
* Equivalent to $GIT_DIR.
* Cannot be NULL.
*
* @param object_database A pointer to a git_odb created & initialized
* by the user (e.g. with custom backends). This object database
* will be owned by the repository and will be automatically free'd.
* It should not be manually free'd by the user, or this
* git_repository object will become invalid.
*
* @param git_index_file The full path to the index (dircache) file
* Equivalent to $GIT_INDEX_FILE.
* If NULL, "$GIT_DIR/index" is assumed.
*
* @param git_work_tree The full path to the working tree of the repository,
* if the repository is not bare.
* Equivalent to $GIT_WORK_TREE.
* If NULL, the repository is assumed to be bare.
*
* @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_open3(git_repository **repository,
const char *git_dir,
git_odb *object_database,
const char *git_index_file,
const char *git_work_tree);
/**
* Look for a git repository and copy its path in the given buffer. The lookup start
* from base_path and walk across parent directories if nothing has been found. The
* lookup ends when the first repository is found, or when reaching a directory
* referenced in ceiling_dirs or when the filesystem changes (in case across_fs
* is true).
*
* The method will automatically detect if the repository is bare (if there is
* a repository).
*
* @param repository_path The user allocated buffer which will contain the found path.
*
* @param size repository_path size
*
* @param start_path The base path where the lookup starts.
*
* @param across_fs If true, then the lookup will not stop when a filesystem device change
* is detected while exploring parent directories.
*
* @param ceiling_dirs A GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR separated list of absolute symbolic link
* free paths. The lookup will stop when any of this paths is reached. Note that the
* lookup always performs on start_path no matter start_path appears in ceiling_dirs
* ceiling_dirs might be NULL (which is equivalent to an empty string)
*
* @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_discover(char *repository_path, size_t size, const char *start_path, int across_fs, const char *ceiling_dirs);
/**
* Get the object database behind a Git repository
*
* @param repo a repository object
* @return a pointer to the object db
*/
GIT_EXTERN(git_odb *) git_repository_database(git_repository *repo);
/**
* Open the Index file of a Git repository
*
* This returns a new and unique `git_index` object representing the
* active index for the repository.
*
* This method may be called more than once (e.g. on different threads).
*
* Each returned `git_index` object is independent and suffers no race
* conditions: synchronization is done at the FS level.
*
* Each returned `git_index` object must be manually freed by the user,
* using `git_index_free`.
*
* @param index Pointer where to store the index
* @param repo a repository object
* @return 0 on success; error code if the index could not be opened
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_index(git_index **index, git_repository *repo);
/**
* Free a previously allocated repository
*
* Note that after a repository is free'd, all the objects it has spawned
* will still exist until they are manually closed by the user
* with `git_object_close`, but accessing any of the attributes of
* an object without a backing repository will result in undefined
* behavior
*
* @param repo repository handle to close. If NULL nothing occurs.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_repository_free(git_repository *repo);
/**
* Creates a new Git repository in the given folder.
*
* TODO:
* - Reinit the repository
* - Create config files
*
* @param repo_out pointer to the repo which will be created or reinitialized
* @param path the path to the repository
* @param is_bare if true, a Git repository without a working directory is created
* at the pointed path. If false, provided path will be considered as the working
* directory into which the .git directory will be created.
*
* @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_init(git_repository **repo_out, const char *path, unsigned is_bare);
/**
* Check if a repository is empty
*
* An empty repository has just been initialized and contains
* no commits.
*
* @param repo Repo to test
* @return 1 if the repository is empty, 0 if it isn't, error code
* if the repository is corrupted
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_is_empty(git_repository *repo);
/**
* Get the normalized path to the git repository.
*
* @param repo a repository object
* @return absolute path to the git directory
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_repository_path(git_repository *repo);
/**
* Get the normalized path to the working directory of the repository.
*
* If the repository is bare, there is no working directory and NULL we be returned.
*
* @param repo a repository object
* @return NULL if the repository is bare; absolute path to the working directory otherwise.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_repository_workdir(git_repository *repo);
/**
* Check if a repository is bare
*
* @param repo Repo to test
* @return 1 if the repository is empty, 0 otherwise.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_is_bare(git_repository *repo);
/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif