9 * Resolve a reference, recursively following symbolic refererences.
11 * Store the referred-to object's name in sha1 and return the name of
12 * the non-symbolic reference that ultimately pointed at it. The
13 * return value, if not NULL, is a pointer into either a static buffer
16 * If the reference cannot be resolved to an object, the behavior
17 * depends on the RESOLVE_REF_READING flag:
19 * - If RESOLVE_REF_READING is set, return NULL.
21 * - If RESOLVE_REF_READING is not set, clear sha1 and return the name of
22 * the last reference name in the chain, which will either be a non-symbolic
23 * reference or an undefined reference. If this is a prelude to
24 * "writing" to the ref, the return value is the name of the ref
25 * that will actually be created or changed.
27 * If the RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE flag is passed, only resolves one
28 * level of symbolic reference. The value stored in sha1 for a symbolic
29 * reference will always be null_sha1 in this case, and the return
30 * value is the reference that the symref refers to directly.
32 * If flags is non-NULL, set the value that it points to the
33 * combination of REF_ISPACKED (if the reference was found among the
34 * packed references), REF_ISSYMREF (if the initial reference was a
35 * symbolic reference), REF_BAD_NAME (if the reference name is ill
36 * formed --- see RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME below), and REF_ISBROKEN
37 * (if the ref is malformed or has a bad name). See refs.h for more detail
40 * If ref is not a properly-formatted, normalized reference, return
41 * NULL. If more than MAXDEPTH recursive symbolic lookups are needed,
42 * give up and return NULL.
44 * RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME allows resolving refs even when their
45 * name is invalid according to git-check-ref-format(1). If the name
46 * is bad then the value stored in sha1 will be null_sha1 and the two
47 * flags REF_ISBROKEN and REF_BAD_NAME will be set.
49 * Even with RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME, names that escape the refs/
50 * directory and do not consist of all caps and underscores cannot be
51 * resolved. The function returns NULL for such ref names.
52 * Caps and underscores refers to the special refs, such as HEAD,
53 * FETCH_HEAD and friends, that all live outside of the refs/ directory.
55 #define RESOLVE_REF_READING 0x01
56 #define RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE 0x02
57 #define RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME 0x04
59 const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *refname
, int resolve_flags
,
60 unsigned char *sha1
, int *flags
);
62 char *resolve_refdup(const char *refname
, int resolve_flags
,
63 unsigned char *sha1
, int *flags
);
65 int read_ref_full(const char *refname
, int resolve_flags
,
66 unsigned char *sha1
, int *flags
);
67 int read_ref(const char *refname
, unsigned char *sha1
);
69 int ref_exists(const char *refname
);
71 int should_autocreate_reflog(const char *refname
);
73 int is_branch(const char *refname
);
75 extern int refs_init_db(struct strbuf
*err
);
78 * If refname is a non-symbolic reference that refers to a tag object,
79 * and the tag can be (recursively) dereferenced to a non-tag object,
80 * store the SHA1 of the referred-to object to sha1 and return 0. If
81 * any of these conditions are not met, return a non-zero value.
82 * Symbolic references are considered unpeelable, even if they
83 * ultimately resolve to a peelable tag.
85 int peel_ref(const char *refname
, unsigned char *sha1
);
88 * Resolve refname in the nested "gitlink" repository in the specified
89 * submodule (which must be non-NULL). If the resolution is
90 * successful, return 0 and set sha1 to the name of the object;
91 * otherwise, return a non-zero value.
93 int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *submodule
, const char *refname
,
97 * Return true iff abbrev_name is a possible abbreviation for
98 * full_name according to the rules defined by ref_rev_parse_rules in
101 int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name
, const char *full_name
);
103 int expand_ref(const char *str
, int len
, unsigned char *sha1
, char **ref
);
104 int dwim_ref(const char *str
, int len
, unsigned char *sha1
, char **ref
);
105 int dwim_log(const char *str
, int len
, unsigned char *sha1
, char **ref
);
108 * A ref_transaction represents a collection of ref updates
109 * that should succeed or fail together.
113 * - Allocate and initialize a `struct ref_transaction` by calling
114 * `ref_transaction_begin()`.
116 * - List intended ref updates by calling functions like
117 * `ref_transaction_update()` and `ref_transaction_create()`.
119 * - Call `ref_transaction_commit()` to execute the transaction.
120 * If this succeeds, the ref updates will have taken place and
121 * the transaction cannot be rolled back.
123 * - Instead of `ref_transaction_commit`, use
124 * `initial_ref_transaction_commit()` if the ref database is known
125 * to be empty (e.g. during clone). This is likely to be much
128 * - At any time call `ref_transaction_free()` to discard the
129 * transaction and free associated resources. In particular,
130 * this rolls back the transaction if it has not been
131 * successfully committed.
136 * On error, transaction functions append a message about what
137 * went wrong to the 'err' argument. The message mentions what
138 * ref was being updated (if any) when the error occurred so it
139 * can be passed to 'die' or 'error' as-is.
141 * The message is appended to err without first clearing err.
142 * err will not be '\n' terminated.
147 * Note that no locks are taken, and no refs are read, until
148 * `ref_transaction_commit` is called. So `ref_transaction_verify`
149 * won't report a verification failure until the commit is attempted.
151 struct ref_transaction
;
154 * Bit values set in the flags argument passed to each_ref_fn() and
155 * stored in ref_iterator::flags. Other bits are for internal use
159 /* Reference is a symbolic reference. */
160 #define REF_ISSYMREF 0x01
162 /* Reference is a packed reference. */
163 #define REF_ISPACKED 0x02
166 * Reference cannot be resolved to an object name: dangling symbolic
167 * reference (directly or indirectly), corrupt reference file,
168 * reference exists but name is bad, or symbolic reference refers to
169 * ill-formatted reference name.
171 #define REF_ISBROKEN 0x04
174 * Reference name is not well formed.
176 * See git-check-ref-format(1) for the definition of well formed ref names.
178 #define REF_BAD_NAME 0x08
181 * The signature for the callback function for the for_each_*()
182 * functions below. The memory pointed to by the refname and sha1
183 * arguments is only guaranteed to be valid for the duration of a
184 * single callback invocation.
186 typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname
,
187 const struct object_id
*oid
, int flags
, void *cb_data
);
190 * The following functions invoke the specified callback function for
191 * each reference indicated. If the function ever returns a nonzero
192 * value, stop the iteration and return that value. Please note that
193 * it is not safe to modify references while an iteration is in
194 * progress, unless the same callback function invocation that
195 * modifies the reference also returns a nonzero value to immediately
196 * stop the iteration.
198 int head_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
199 int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
200 int for_each_ref_in(const char *prefix
, each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
201 int for_each_fullref_in(const char *prefix
, each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
,
202 unsigned int broken
);
203 int for_each_tag_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
204 int for_each_branch_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
205 int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
206 int for_each_replace_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
207 int for_each_glob_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, const char *pattern
, void *cb_data
);
208 int for_each_glob_ref_in(each_ref_fn fn
, const char *pattern
,
209 const char *prefix
, void *cb_data
);
211 int head_ref_submodule(const char *submodule
, each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
212 int for_each_ref_submodule(const char *submodule
,
213 each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
214 int for_each_ref_in_submodule(const char *submodule
, const char *prefix
,
215 each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
216 int for_each_tag_ref_submodule(const char *submodule
,
217 each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
218 int for_each_branch_ref_submodule(const char *submodule
,
219 each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
220 int for_each_remote_ref_submodule(const char *submodule
,
221 each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
223 int head_ref_namespaced(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
224 int for_each_namespaced_ref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
226 /* can be used to learn about broken ref and symref */
227 int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
229 static inline const char *has_glob_specials(const char *pattern
)
231 return strpbrk(pattern
, "?*[");
234 void warn_dangling_symref(FILE *fp
, const char *msg_fmt
, const char *refname
);
235 void warn_dangling_symrefs(FILE *fp
, const char *msg_fmt
,
236 const struct string_list
*refnames
);
239 * Flags for controlling behaviour of pack_refs()
240 * PACK_REFS_PRUNE: Prune loose refs after packing
241 * PACK_REFS_ALL: Pack _all_ refs, not just tags and already packed refs
243 #define PACK_REFS_PRUNE 0x0001
244 #define PACK_REFS_ALL 0x0002
247 * Write a packed-refs file for the current repository.
248 * flags: Combination of the above PACK_REFS_* flags.
250 int pack_refs(unsigned int flags
);
253 * Flags controlling ref_transaction_update(), ref_transaction_create(), etc.
254 * REF_NODEREF: act on the ref directly, instead of dereferencing
255 * symbolic references.
257 * Other flags are reserved for internal use.
259 #define REF_NODEREF 0x01
260 #define REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG 0x40
263 * Setup reflog before using. Fill in err and return -1 on failure.
265 int safe_create_reflog(const char *refname
, int force_create
, struct strbuf
*err
);
267 /** Reads log for the value of ref during at_time. **/
268 int read_ref_at(const char *refname
, unsigned int flags
,
269 unsigned long at_time
, int cnt
,
270 unsigned char *sha1
, char **msg
,
271 unsigned long *cutoff_time
, int *cutoff_tz
, int *cutoff_cnt
);
273 /** Check if a particular reflog exists */
274 int reflog_exists(const char *refname
);
277 * Delete the specified reference. If old_sha1 is non-NULL, then
278 * verify that the current value of the reference is old_sha1 before
279 * deleting it. If old_sha1 is NULL, delete the reference if it
280 * exists, regardless of its old value. It is an error for old_sha1 to
281 * be NULL_SHA1. flags is passed through to ref_transaction_delete().
283 int delete_ref(const char *msg
, const char *refname
,
284 const unsigned char *old_sha1
, unsigned int flags
);
287 * Delete the specified references. If there are any problems, emit
288 * errors but attempt to keep going (i.e., the deletes are not done in
289 * an all-or-nothing transaction). flags is passed through to
290 * ref_transaction_delete().
292 int delete_refs(struct string_list
*refnames
, unsigned int flags
);
294 /** Delete a reflog */
295 int delete_reflog(const char *refname
);
297 /* iterate over reflog entries */
298 typedef int each_reflog_ent_fn(
299 struct object_id
*old_oid
, struct object_id
*new_oid
,
300 const char *committer
, unsigned long timestamp
,
301 int tz
, const char *msg
, void *cb_data
);
303 int for_each_reflog_ent(const char *refname
, each_reflog_ent_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
304 int for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(const char *refname
, each_reflog_ent_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
307 * Calls the specified function for each reflog file until it returns nonzero,
308 * and returns the value
310 int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn fn
, void *cb_data
);
312 #define REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL 1
313 #define REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN 2
316 * Return 0 iff refname has the correct format for a refname according
317 * to the rules described in Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt.
318 * If REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL is set in flags, then accept one-level
319 * reference names. If REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN is set in flags, then
320 * allow a single "*" wildcard character in the refspec. No leading or
321 * repeated slashes are accepted.
323 int check_refname_format(const char *refname
, int flags
);
325 const char *prettify_refname(const char *refname
);
327 char *shorten_unambiguous_ref(const char *refname
, int strict
);
329 /** rename ref, return 0 on success **/
330 int rename_ref(const char *oldref
, const char *newref
, const char *logmsg
);
332 int create_symref(const char *refname
, const char *target
, const char *logmsg
);
335 * Update HEAD of the specified gitdir.
336 * Similar to create_symref("relative-git-dir/HEAD", target, NULL), but
337 * this can update the main working tree's HEAD regardless of where
338 * $GIT_DIR points to.
339 * Return 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise.
341 int set_worktree_head_symref(const char *gitdir
, const char *target
,
345 UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR
,
346 UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR
,
347 UPDATE_REFS_QUIET_ON_ERR
351 * Begin a reference transaction. The reference transaction must
352 * be freed by calling ref_transaction_free().
354 struct ref_transaction
*ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf
*err
);
357 * Reference transaction updates
359 * The following four functions add a reference check or update to a
360 * ref_transaction. They have some common similar parameters:
362 * transaction -- a pointer to an open ref_transaction, obtained
363 * from ref_transaction_begin().
365 * refname -- the name of the reference to be affected.
367 * flags -- flags affecting the update, passed to
368 * update_ref_lock(). Can be REF_NODEREF, which means that
369 * symbolic references should not be followed.
371 * msg -- a message describing the change (for the reflog).
373 * err -- a strbuf for receiving a description of any error that
374 * might have occurred.
376 * The functions make internal copies of refname and msg, so the
377 * caller retains ownership of these parameters.
379 * The functions return 0 on success and non-zero on failure. A
380 * failure means that the transaction as a whole has failed and needs
385 * Add a reference update to transaction. new_sha1 is the value that
386 * the reference should have after the update, or null_sha1 if it
387 * should be deleted. If new_sha1 is NULL, then the reference is not
388 * changed at all. old_sha1 is the value that the reference must have
389 * before the update, or null_sha1 if it must not have existed
390 * beforehand. The old value is checked after the lock is taken to
391 * prevent races. If the old value doesn't agree with old_sha1, the
392 * whole transaction fails. If old_sha1 is NULL, then the previous
393 * value is not checked.
395 * See the above comment "Reference transaction updates" for more
398 int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
,
400 const unsigned char *new_sha1
,
401 const unsigned char *old_sha1
,
402 unsigned int flags
, const char *msg
,
406 * Add a reference creation to transaction. new_sha1 is the value that
407 * the reference should have after the update; it must not be
408 * null_sha1. It is verified that the reference does not exist
411 * See the above comment "Reference transaction updates" for more
414 int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
,
416 const unsigned char *new_sha1
,
417 unsigned int flags
, const char *msg
,
421 * Add a reference deletion to transaction. If old_sha1 is non-NULL,
422 * then it holds the value that the reference should have had before
423 * the update (which must not be null_sha1).
425 * See the above comment "Reference transaction updates" for more
428 int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
,
430 const unsigned char *old_sha1
,
431 unsigned int flags
, const char *msg
,
435 * Verify, within a transaction, that refname has the value old_sha1,
436 * or, if old_sha1 is null_sha1, then verify that the reference
437 * doesn't exist. old_sha1 must be non-NULL.
439 * See the above comment "Reference transaction updates" for more
442 int ref_transaction_verify(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
,
444 const unsigned char *old_sha1
,
449 * Commit all of the changes that have been queued in transaction, as
450 * atomically as possible.
452 * Returns 0 for success, or one of the below error codes for errors.
454 /* Naming conflict (for example, the ref names A and A/B conflict). */
455 #define TRANSACTION_NAME_CONFLICT -1
456 /* All other errors. */
457 #define TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR -2
458 int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
,
462 * Like ref_transaction_commit(), but optimized for creating
463 * references when originally initializing a repository (e.g., by "git
464 * clone"). It writes the new references directly to packed-refs
465 * without locking the individual references.
467 * It is a bug to call this function when there might be other
468 * processes accessing the repository or if there are existing
469 * references that might conflict with the ones being created. All
470 * old_sha1 values must either be absent or NULL_SHA1.
472 int initial_ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
,
476 * Free an existing transaction and all associated data.
478 void ref_transaction_free(struct ref_transaction
*transaction
);
481 * Lock, update, and unlock a single reference. This function
482 * basically does a transaction containing a single call to
483 * ref_transaction_update(). The parameters to this function have the
484 * same meaning as the corresponding parameters to
485 * ref_transaction_update(). Handle errors as requested by the `onerr`
488 int update_ref(const char *msg
, const char *refname
,
489 const unsigned char *new_sha1
, const unsigned char *old_sha1
,
490 unsigned int flags
, enum action_on_err onerr
);
491 int update_ref_oid(const char *msg
, const char *refname
,
492 const struct object_id
*new_oid
, const struct object_id
*old_oid
,
493 unsigned int flags
, enum action_on_err onerr
);
495 int parse_hide_refs_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, const char *);
498 * Check whether a ref is hidden. If no namespace is set, both the first and
499 * the second parameter point to the full ref name. If a namespace is set and
500 * the ref is inside that namespace, the first parameter is a pointer to the
501 * name of the ref with the namespace prefix removed. If a namespace is set and
502 * the ref is outside that namespace, the first parameter is NULL. The second
503 * parameter always points to the full ref name.
505 int ref_is_hidden(const char *, const char *);
508 REF_TYPE_PER_WORKTREE
,
513 enum ref_type
ref_type(const char *refname
);
515 enum expire_reflog_flags
{
516 EXPIRE_REFLOGS_DRY_RUN
= 1 << 0,
517 EXPIRE_REFLOGS_UPDATE_REF
= 1 << 1,
518 EXPIRE_REFLOGS_VERBOSE
= 1 << 2,
519 EXPIRE_REFLOGS_REWRITE
= 1 << 3
523 * The following interface is used for reflog expiration. The caller
524 * calls reflog_expire(), supplying it with three callback functions,
525 * of the following types. The callback functions define the
526 * expiration policy that is desired.
528 * reflog_expiry_prepare_fn -- Called once after the reference is
531 * reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn -- Called once for each entry in the
532 * existing reflog. It should return true iff that entry should be
535 * reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn -- Called once before the reference is
538 typedef void reflog_expiry_prepare_fn(const char *refname
,
539 const unsigned char *sha1
,
541 typedef int reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn(unsigned char *osha1
,
542 unsigned char *nsha1
,
544 unsigned long timestamp
, int tz
,
545 const char *message
, void *cb_data
);
546 typedef void reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn(void *cb_data
);
549 * Expire reflog entries for the specified reference. sha1 is the old
550 * value of the reference. flags is a combination of the constants in
551 * enum expire_reflog_flags. The three function pointers are described
552 * above. On success, return zero.
554 int reflog_expire(const char *refname
, const unsigned char *sha1
,
556 reflog_expiry_prepare_fn prepare_fn
,
557 reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn should_prune_fn
,
558 reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn cleanup_fn
,
559 void *policy_cb_data
);
561 int ref_storage_backend_exists(const char *name
);