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Diffstat (limited to 'refs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ extern int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref); * If this succeeds, the ref updates will have taken place and * the transaction cannot be rolled back. * + * - Instead of `ref_transaction_commit`, use + * `initial_ref_transaction_commit()` if the ref database is known + * to be empty (e.g. during clone). This is likely to be much + * faster. + * * - At any time call `ref_transaction_free()` to discard the * transaction and free associated resources. In particular, * this rolls back the transaction if it has not been @@ -124,6 +129,13 @@ extern int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref); * * The message is appended to err without first clearing err. * err will not be '\n' terminated. + * + * Caveats + * ------- + * + * Note that no locks are taken, and no refs are read, until + * `ref_transaction_commit` is called. So `ref_transaction_verify` + * won't report a verification failure until the commit is attempted. */ struct ref_transaction; @@ -294,6 +306,15 @@ extern int rename_ref(const char *oldref, const char *newref, const char *logmsg extern int create_symref(const char *refname, const char *target, const char *logmsg); +/* + * Update HEAD of the specified gitdir. + * Similar to create_symref("relative-git-dir/HEAD", target, NULL), but + * this can update the main working tree's HEAD regardless of where + * $GIT_DIR points to. + * Return 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise. + * */ +extern int set_worktree_head_symref(const char *gitdir, const char *target); + enum action_on_err { UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR, @@ -324,7 +345,7 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err); * msg -- a message describing the change (for the reflog). * * err -- a strbuf for receiving a description of any error that - * might have occured. + * might have occurred. * * The functions make internal copies of refname and msg, so the * caller retains ownership of these parameters. |