Documentation: Generalize git-notes docs to 'objects' instead of 'commits'
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1 #ifndef NOTES_H
2 #define NOTES_H
4 /*
5 * Function type for combining two notes annotating the same object.
7 * When adding a new note annotating the same object as an existing note, it is
8 * up to the caller to decide how to combine the two notes. The decision is
9 * made by passing in a function of the following form. The function accepts
10 * two SHA1s -- of the existing note and the new note, respectively. The
11 * function then combines the notes in whatever way it sees fit, and writes the
12 * resulting SHA1 into the first SHA1 argument (cur_sha1). A non-zero return
13 * value indicates failure.
15 * The two given SHA1s must both be non-NULL and different from each other.
17 * The default combine_notes function (you get this when passing NULL) is
18 * combine_notes_concatenate(), which appends the contents of the new note to
19 * the contents of the existing note.
21 typedef int combine_notes_fn(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
23 /* Common notes combinators */
24 int combine_notes_concatenate(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
25 int combine_notes_overwrite(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
26 int combine_notes_ignore(unsigned char *cur_sha1, const unsigned char *new_sha1);
29 * Notes tree object
31 * Encapsulates the internal notes tree structure associated with a notes ref.
32 * Whenever a struct notes_tree pointer is required below, you may pass NULL in
33 * order to use the default/internal notes tree. E.g. you only need to pass a
34 * non-NULL value if you need to refer to several different notes trees
35 * simultaneously.
37 extern struct notes_tree {
38 struct int_node *root;
39 struct non_note *first_non_note, *prev_non_note;
40 char *ref;
41 combine_notes_fn *combine_notes;
42 int initialized;
43 } default_notes_tree;
46 * Flags controlling behaviour of notes tree initialization
48 * Default behaviour is to initialize the notes tree from the tree object
49 * specified by the given (or default) notes ref.
51 #define NOTES_INIT_EMPTY 1
54 * Initialize the given notes_tree with the notes tree structure at the given
55 * ref. If given ref is NULL, the value of the $GIT_NOTES_REF environment
56 * variable is used, and if that is missing, the default notes ref is used
57 * ("refs/notes/commits").
59 * If you need to re-intialize a notes_tree structure (e.g. when switching from
60 * one notes ref to another), you must first de-initialize the notes_tree
61 * structure by calling free_notes(struct notes_tree *).
63 * If you pass t == NULL, the default internal notes_tree will be initialized.
65 * The combine_notes function that is passed becomes the default combine_notes
66 * function for the given notes_tree. If NULL is passed, the default
67 * combine_notes function is combine_notes_concatenate().
69 * Precondition: The notes_tree structure is zeroed (this can be achieved with
70 * memset(t, 0, sizeof(struct notes_tree)))
72 void init_notes(struct notes_tree *t, const char *notes_ref,
73 combine_notes_fn combine_notes, int flags);
76 * Add the given note object to the given notes_tree structure
78 * IMPORTANT: The changes made by add_note() to the given notes_tree structure
79 * are not persistent until a subsequent call to write_notes_tree() returns
80 * zero.
82 void add_note(struct notes_tree *t, const unsigned char *object_sha1,
83 const unsigned char *note_sha1, combine_notes_fn combine_notes);
86 * Remove the given note object from the given notes_tree structure
88 * IMPORTANT: The changes made by remove_note() to the given notes_tree
89 * structure are not persistent until a subsequent call to write_notes_tree()
90 * returns zero.
92 void remove_note(struct notes_tree *t, const unsigned char *object_sha1);
95 * Get the note object SHA1 containing the note data for the given object
97 * Return NULL if the given object has no notes.
99 const unsigned char *get_note(struct notes_tree *t,
100 const unsigned char *object_sha1);
103 * Flags controlling behaviour of for_each_note()
105 * Default behaviour of for_each_note() is to traverse every single note object
106 * in the given notes tree, unpacking subtree entries along the way.
107 * The following flags can be used to alter the default behaviour:
109 * - DONT_UNPACK_SUBTREES causes for_each_note() NOT to unpack and recurse into
110 * subtree entries while traversing the notes tree. This causes notes within
111 * those subtrees NOT to be passed to the callback. Use this flag if you
112 * don't want to traverse _all_ notes, but only want to traverse the parts
113 * of the notes tree that have already been unpacked (this includes at least
114 * all notes that have been added/changed).
116 * - YIELD_SUBTREES causes any subtree entries that are encountered to be
117 * passed to the callback, before recursing into them. Subtree entries are
118 * not note objects, but represent intermediate directories in the notes
119 * tree. When passed to the callback, subtree entries will have a trailing
120 * slash in their path, which the callback may use to differentiate between
121 * note entries and subtree entries. Note that already-unpacked subtree
122 * entries are not part of the notes tree, and will therefore not be yielded.
123 * If this flag is used together with DONT_UNPACK_SUBTREES, for_each_note()
124 * will yield the subtree entry, but not recurse into it.
126 #define FOR_EACH_NOTE_DONT_UNPACK_SUBTREES 1
127 #define FOR_EACH_NOTE_YIELD_SUBTREES 2
130 * Invoke the specified callback function for each note in the given notes_tree
132 * If the callback returns nonzero, the note walk is aborted, and the return
133 * value from the callback is returned from for_each_note(). Hence, a zero
134 * return value from for_each_note() indicates that all notes were walked
135 * successfully.
137 * IMPORTANT: The callback function is NOT allowed to change the notes tree.
138 * In other words, the following functions can NOT be invoked (on the current
139 * notes tree) from within the callback:
140 * - add_note()
141 * - remove_note()
142 * - free_notes()
144 typedef int each_note_fn(const unsigned char *object_sha1,
145 const unsigned char *note_sha1, char *note_path,
146 void *cb_data);
147 int for_each_note(struct notes_tree *t, int flags, each_note_fn fn,
148 void *cb_data);
151 * Write the given notes_tree structure to the object database
153 * Creates a new tree object encapsulating the current state of the given
154 * notes_tree, and stores its SHA1 into the 'result' argument.
156 * Returns zero on success, non-zero on failure.
158 * IMPORTANT: Changes made to the given notes_tree are not persistent until
159 * this function has returned zero. Please also remember to create a
160 * corresponding commit object, and update the appropriate notes ref.
162 int write_notes_tree(struct notes_tree *t, unsigned char *result);
165 * Remove all notes annotating non-existing objects from the given notes tree
167 * All notes in the given notes_tree that are associated with objects that no
168 * longer exist in the database, are removed from the notes tree.
170 * IMPORTANT: The changes made by prune_notes() to the given notes_tree
171 * structure are not persistent until a subsequent call to write_notes_tree()
172 * returns zero.
174 void prune_notes(struct notes_tree *t);
177 * Free (and de-initialize) the given notes_tree structure
179 * IMPORTANT: Changes made to the given notes_tree since the last, successful
180 * call to write_notes_tree() will be lost.
182 void free_notes(struct notes_tree *t);
184 /* Flags controlling how notes are formatted */
185 #define NOTES_SHOW_HEADER 1
186 #define NOTES_INDENT 2
189 * Fill the given strbuf with the notes associated with the given object.
191 * If the given notes_tree structure is not initialized, it will be auto-
192 * initialized to the default value (see documentation for init_notes() above).
193 * If the given notes_tree is NULL, the internal/default notes_tree will be
194 * used instead.
196 * 'flags' is a bitwise combination of the above formatting flags.
198 void format_note(struct notes_tree *t, const unsigned char *object_sha1,
199 struct strbuf *sb, const char *output_encoding, int flags);
201 #endif