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#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

/**
 * Create a new symbolic reference.
 *
 * The reference will be created in the repository and written
 * to the disk.
 *
 * This reference is owned by the repository and shall not
 * be free'd by the user.
 *
 * @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
 * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_create_symbolic(git_reference **ref_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *target);

/**
 * Create a new object id reference.
 *
 * The reference will be created in the repository and written
 * to the disk.
 *
 * This reference is owned by the repository and shall not
 * be free'd by the user.
 *
 * @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.
 * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_create_oid(git_reference **ref_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const git_oid *id);

/**
 * 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 0 on success; error code otherwise
 */
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 0 on success; error code otherwise
 */
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 target The new target OID for the reference
 * @return 0 on success; error code otherwise
 */
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 refernece will be immediately renamed in-memory
 * and on disk.
 *
 */
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_reference_rename(git_reference *ref, const char *new_name);

/**
 * 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);

/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif
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