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authorDaniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>2005-06-06 16:31:29 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-06 17:09:45 -0700
commit95fc75129acf14d980bdd56b9b2ee74190f81d91 (patch)
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[PATCH] Operations on refs
This patch adds code to read a hash out of a specified file under {GIT_DIR}/refs/, and to write such files atomically and optionally with an compare and lock. Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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+#ifndef REFS_H
+#define REFS_H
+
+/** Reads the refs file specified into sha1 **/
+extern int get_ref_sha1(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1);
+
+/** Locks ref and returns the fd to give to write_ref_sha1() if the ref
+ * has the given value currently; otherwise, returns -1.
+ **/
+extern int lock_ref_sha1(const char *ref, const unsigned char *old_sha1);
+
+/** Writes sha1 into the refs file specified, locked with the given fd. **/
+extern int write_ref_sha1(const char *ref, int fd, const unsigned char *sha1);
+
+/** Writes sha1 into the refs file specified. **/
+extern int write_ref_sha1_unlocked(const char *ref, const unsigned char *sha1);
+
+/** Returns 0 if target has the right format for a ref. **/
+extern int check_ref_format(const char *target);
+
+#endif /* REFS_H */