libgit2/include/git2/refs.h
schu a46ec45746 refs: split internal and external references
Currently libgit2 shares pointers to its internal reference cache with
the user. This leads to several problems like invalidation of reference
pointers when reordering the cache or manipulation of the cache from
user side.

Give each user its own git_reference instead of leaking the internal
representation (struct reference).

Add the following new API functions:

	* git_reference_free
	* git_reference_is_packed

Signed-off-by: schu <schu-github@schulog.org>
2011-11-06 03:15:19 +01:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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"
/**
* @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 its name in a repository.
*
* The generated reference must 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 GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
*/
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
* to the disk.
*
* The generated reference must be freed by the user.
*
* If `force` is true and there already exists a reference
* with the same name, 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 GIT_SUCCESS 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 object id reference.
*
* The reference will be created in the repository and written
* to the disk.
*
* The generated reference must be freed by the user.
*
* If `force` is true and there already exists a reference
* with the same name, 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 GIT_SUCCESS 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 reference.
*
* Only available if the reference is direct (i.e. not symbolic)
*
* @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 by this 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_rtype) git_reference_type(git_reference *ref);
/**
* Get the full name of a reference
*
* @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
*
* Thie method iteratively peels a symbolic reference
* until it resolves to a direct reference to an OID.
*
* If a direct reference is passed as an argument,
* that reference is returned immediately
*
* @param resolved_ref Pointer to the peeled reference
* @param ref The reference
* @return GIT_SUCCESS 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 method 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 GIT_SUCCESS 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 method 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 GIT_SUCCESS 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.
*
* The reference will be immediately renamed in-memory
* and on disk.
*
*/
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. The given reference pointer will no longer be valid.
*
*/
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 GIT_SUCCESS 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.
*
* The listed references may be filtered by type, or using
* a bitwise OR of several types. Use the magic 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 GIT_SUCCESS or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_listall(git_strarray *array, git_repository *repo, unsigned int list_flags);
/**
* Perform an operation on each reference in the repository
*
* The processed references may be filtered by type, or using
* a bitwise OR of several types. Use the magic value
* `GIT_REF_LISTALL` to obtain all references, including
* packed ones.
*
* The `callback` function will be called for each of the references
* in the repository, and will receive the name of the reference and
* the `payload` value passed to this method.
*
* @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 GIT_SUCCESS or an 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 is packed
*
* @param ref git_reference
* @return 0 in case it's not packed; 1 otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_is_packed(git_reference *ref);
/**
* Free the given reference
*
* @param ref git_reference
*/
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_reference_free(git_reference *ref);
/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif