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/*
* Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
*
* 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.
*
* The name will be checked for validity.
* See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for rules about valid names.
*
* @param 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 on success, GIT_ENOTFOUND, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_lookup(git_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.
*
* The name will be checked for validity.
* See `git_reference_symbolic_create()` for rules about valid names.
*
* @param out 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 (e.g. HEAD, refs/heads/master, refs/tags/v0.1.0, ...)
* @return 0 on success, GIT_ENOTFOUND, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_name_to_id(
git_oid *out, git_repository *repo, const char *name);
/**
* Lookup a reference by DWIMing its short name
*
* Apply the git precendence rules to the given shorthand to determine
* which reference the user is refering to.
*
* @param out pointer in which to store the reference
* @param repo the repository in which to look
* @param shorthand the short name for the reference
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_dwim(git_reference **out, git_repository *repo, const char *shorthand);
/**
* 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 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 on success, GIT_EEXISTS, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_symbolic_create(git_reference **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *target, int force);
/**
* Create a new symbolic reference and update the reflog with a given
* message.
*
* 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 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
* @param signature The identity that will used to populate the reflog entry
* @param log_message The one line long message that has to be appended
* to the reflog
* @return 0 on success, EEXISTS, EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_symbolic_create_with_log(
git_reference **out,
git_repository *repo,
const char *name,
const char *target,
int force,
const git_signature *signature,
const char *log_message);
/**
* 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 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 on success, GIT_EEXISTS, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_create(git_reference **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const git_oid *id, int force);
/**
* Create a new direct reference and update the reflog with a given
* message.
*
* 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 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
* @param signature The identity that will used to populate the reflog entry
* @param log_message The one line long message that has to be appended
* to the reflog
* @return 0 on success, EEXISTS, EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_create_with_log(
git_reference **out,
git_repository *repo,
const char *name,
const git_oid *id,
int force,
const git_signature *signature,
const char *log_message);
/**
* 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_id()` 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_target(const git_reference *ref);
/**
* Return the peeled OID target of this reference.
*
* This peeled OID only applies to direct references that point to
* a hard Tag object: it is the result of peeling such Tag.
*
* @param ref The reference
* @return a pointer to the oid if available, NULL otherwise
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const git_oid *) git_reference_target_peel(const 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_symbolic_target(const 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(const 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(const 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 out Pointer to the peeled reference
* @param ref The reference
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_resolve(git_reference **out, const 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(const git_reference *ref);
/**
* Create a new reference with the same name as the given reference but a
* different symbolic target. The reference must be a symbolic reference,
* otherwise this will fail.
*
* The new reference will be written to disk, overwriting the given reference.
*
* The target name will be checked for validity.
* See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for rules about valid names.
*
* @param out Pointer to the newly created reference
* @param ref The reference
* @param target The new target for the reference
* @return 0 on success, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_symbolic_set_target(
git_reference **out,
git_reference *ref,
const char *target);
/**
* Create a new reference with the same name as the given reference but a
* different symbolic target and update the reflog with a given message.
*
* The reference must be a symbolic reference, otherwise this will fail.
*
* The new reference will be written to disk, overwriting the given reference.
*
* The target name will be checked for validity.
* See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for rules about valid names.
*
* @param out Pointer to the newly created reference
* @param ref The reference
* @param target The new target for the reference
* @param signature The identity that will used to populate the reflog entry
* @param log_message The one line long message that has to be appended
* @return 0 on success, EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_symbolic_set_target_with_log(
git_reference **out,
git_reference *ref,
const char *target,
const git_signature *signature,
const char *log_message);
/**
* Create a new reference with the same name as the given reference but a
* different OID target. The reference must be a direct reference, otherwise
* this will fail.
*
* The new reference will be written to disk, overwriting the given reference.
*
* @param out Pointer to the newly created reference
* @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_target(
git_reference **out,
git_reference *ref,
const git_oid *id);
/**
* Create a new reference with the same name as the given reference but a
* different OID target and update the reflog with a given message.
*
* The reference must be a direct reference, otherwise this will fail.
*
* The new reference will be written to disk, overwriting the given reference.
*
* @param out Pointer to the newly created reference
* @param ref The reference
* @param id The new target OID for the reference
* @param signature The identity that will used to populate the reflog entry
* @param log_message The one line long message that has to be appended
* to the reflog
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_set_target_with_log(
git_reference **out,
git_reference *ref,
const git_oid *id,
const git_signature *signature,
const char *log_message);
/**
* Rename an existing reference.
*
* This method works for both direct and symbolic references.
*
* The new name will be checked for validity.
* See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for rules about valid names.
*
* 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 on success, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC, GIT_EEXISTS or an error code
*
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_rename(
git_reference **new_ref,
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 but the memory will not be freed.
* Callers must call `git_reference_free`.
*
* @param ref The reference to remove
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_delete(git_reference *ref);
/**
* Fill a list with all the references that can be found in a repository.
*
* 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
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_list(git_strarray *array, git_repository *repo);
typedef int (*git_reference_foreach_cb)(git_reference *reference, void *payload);
typedef int (*git_reference_foreach_name_cb)(const char *name, void *payload);
/**
* Perform a callback on each reference in the repository.
*
* The `callback` function will be called for each reference in the
* repository, receiving the reference object 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 callback Function which will be called for every listed ref
* @param payload Additional data to pass to the callback
* @return 0 on success, non-zero callback return value, or error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_foreach(
git_repository *repo,
git_reference_foreach_cb callback,
void *payload);
/**
* Perform a callback on the fully-qualified name of each reference.
*
* 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 callback Function which will be called for every listed ref name
* @param payload Additional data to pass to the callback
* @return 0 on success, non-zero callback return value, or error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_foreach_name(
git_repository *repo,
git_reference_foreach_name_cb callback,
void *payload);
/**
* 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);
/**
* Create an iterator for the repo's references
*
* @param out pointer in which to store the iterator
* @param repo the repository
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_iterator_new(
git_reference_iterator **out,
git_repository *repo);
/**
* Create an iterator for the repo's references that match the
* specified glob
*
* @param out pointer in which to store the iterator
* @param repo the repository
* @param glob the glob to match against the reference names
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_iterator_glob_new(
git_reference_iterator **out,
git_repository *repo,
const char *glob);
/**
* Get the next reference
*
* @param out pointer in which to store the reference
* @param iter the iterator
* @return 0, GIT_ITEROVER if there are no more; or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_next(git_reference **out, git_reference_iterator *iter);
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_next_name(const char **out, git_reference_iterator *iter);
/**
* Free the iterator and its associated resources
*
* @param iter the iterator to free
*/
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_reference_iterator_free(git_reference_iterator *iter);
/**
* 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 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,
git_reference_foreach_name_cb callback,
void *payload);
/**
* Check if a reflog exists for the specified reference.
*
* @param repo the repository
* @param refname the reference's name
* @return 0 when no reflog can be found, 1 when it exists;
* otherwise an error code.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_has_log(git_repository *repo, const char *refname);
/**
* Ensure there is a reflog for a particular reference.
*
* Make sure that successive updates to the reference will append to
* its log.
*
* @param repo the repository
* @param refname the reference's name
* @return 0 or an error code.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_ensure_log(git_repository *repo, const char *refname);
/**
* 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);
/**
* Check if a reference is a tag
*
* @param ref A git reference
*
* @return 1 when the reference lives in the refs/tags
* namespace; 0 otherwise.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_is_tag(git_reference *ref);
typedef enum {
GIT_REF_FORMAT_NORMAL = 0u,
/**
* 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 = (1u << 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 * (<star>)
* in place of a one full pathname component
* (e.g., foo/<star>/bar but not foo/bar<star>).
*/
GIT_REF_FORMAT_REFSPEC_PATTERN = (1u << 1),
/**
* Interpret the name as part of a refspec in shorthand form
* so the `ONELEVEL` naming rules aren't enforced and 'master'
* becomes a valid name.
*/
GIT_REF_FORMAT_REFSPEC_SHORTHAND = (1u << 2),
} 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.
*
* See `git_reference_create_symbolic()` for rules about valid names.
*
* @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, GIT_EBUFS if buffer is too small, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC
* or an error code.
*/
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 out Pointer to the peeled git_object
* @param ref The reference to be processed
* @param type The type of the requested object (GIT_OBJ_COMMIT,
* GIT_OBJ_TAG, GIT_OBJ_TREE, GIT_OBJ_BLOB or GIT_OBJ_ANY).
* @return 0 on success, GIT_EAMBIGUOUS, GIT_ENOTFOUND 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);
/**
* Get the reference's short name
*
* This will transform the reference name into a name "human-readable"
* version. If no shortname is appropriate, it will return the full
* name.
*
* The memory is owned by the reference and must not be freed.
*
* @param ref a reference
* @return the human-readable version of the name
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_reference_shorthand(git_reference *ref);
/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif