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diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index c7dded35f4..dd834314bd 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -8,39 +8,28 @@
*/
/*
- * Flag passed to lock_ref_sha1_basic() telling it to tolerate broken
- * refs (i.e., because the reference is about to be deleted anyway).
+ * The following flags can appear in `ref_update::flags`. Their
+ * numerical values must not conflict with those of REF_NO_DEREF and
+ * REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG, which are also stored in
+ * `ref_update::flags`.
*/
-#define REF_DELETING 0x02
/*
- * Used as a flag in ref_update::flags when a loose ref is being
- * pruned.
+ * The reference should be updated to new_oid.
*/
-#define REF_ISPRUNING 0x04
+#define REF_HAVE_NEW (1 << 2)
/*
- * Used as a flag in ref_update::flags when the reference should be
- * updated to new_sha1.
+ * The current reference's value should be checked to make sure that
+ * it agrees with old_oid.
*/
-#define REF_HAVE_NEW 0x08
+#define REF_HAVE_OLD (1 << 3)
/*
- * Used as a flag in ref_update::flags when old_sha1 should be
- * checked.
- */
-#define REF_HAVE_OLD 0x10
-
-/*
- * Used as a flag in ref_update::flags when the lockfile needs to be
- * committed.
- */
-#define REF_NEEDS_COMMIT 0x20
-
-/*
- * 0x40 is REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG, so skip it if you're adding a
- * value to ref_update::flags
+ * Return the length of time to retry acquiring a loose reference lock
+ * before giving up, in milliseconds:
*/
+long get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms(void);
/*
* Return true iff refname is minimally safe. "Safe" here means that
@@ -49,14 +38,24 @@
* This function does not check that the reference name is legal; for
* that, use check_refname_format().
*
- * We consider a refname that starts with "refs/" to be safe as long
- * as any ".." components that it might contain do not escape "refs/".
- * Names that do not start with "refs/" are considered safe iff they
- * consist entirely of upper case characters and '_' (like "HEAD" and
- * "MERGE_HEAD" but not "config" or "FOO/BAR").
+ * A refname that starts with "refs/" is considered safe iff it
+ * doesn't contain any "." or ".." components or consecutive '/'
+ * characters, end with '/', or (on Windows) contain any '\'
+ * characters. Names that do not start with "refs/" are considered
+ * safe iff they consist entirely of upper case characters and '_'
+ * (like "HEAD" and "MERGE_HEAD" but not "config" or "FOO/BAR").
*/
int refname_is_safe(const char *refname);
+/*
+ * Helper function: return true if refname, which has the specified
+ * oid and flags, can be resolved to an object in the database. If the
+ * referred-to object does not exist, emit a warning and return false.
+ */
+int ref_resolves_to_object(const char *refname,
+ const struct object_id *oid,
+ unsigned int flags);
+
enum peel_status {
/* object was peeled successfully: */
PEEL_PEELED = 0,
@@ -85,33 +84,11 @@ enum peel_status {
/*
* Peel the named object; i.e., if the object is a tag, resolve the
* tag recursively until a non-tag is found. If successful, store the
- * result to sha1 and return PEEL_PEELED. If the object is not a tag
+ * result to oid and return PEEL_PEELED. If the object is not a tag
* or is not valid, return PEEL_NON_TAG or PEEL_INVALID, respectively,
- * and leave sha1 unchanged.
- */
-enum peel_status peel_object(const unsigned char *name, unsigned char *sha1);
-
-/*
- * Return 0 if a reference named refname could be created without
- * conflicting with the name of an existing reference. Otherwise,
- * return a negative value and write an explanation to err. If extras
- * is non-NULL, it is a list of additional refnames with which refname
- * is not allowed to conflict. If skip is non-NULL, ignore potential
- * conflicts with refs in skip (e.g., because they are scheduled for
- * deletion in the same operation). Behavior is undefined if the same
- * name is listed in both extras and skip.
- *
- * Two reference names conflict if one of them exactly matches the
- * leading components of the other; e.g., "foo/bar" conflicts with
- * both "foo" and with "foo/bar/baz" but not with "foo/bar" or
- * "foo/barbados".
- *
- * extras and skip must be sorted.
+ * and leave oid unchanged.
*/
-int verify_refname_available(const char *newname,
- struct string_list *extras,
- struct string_list *skip,
- struct strbuf *err);
+enum peel_status peel_object(const struct object_id *name, struct object_id *oid);
/*
* Copy the reflog message msg to buf, which has been allocated sufficiently
@@ -120,49 +97,101 @@ int verify_refname_available(const char *newname,
*/
int copy_reflog_msg(char *buf, const char *msg);
-int should_autocreate_reflog(const char *refname);
-
/**
- * Information needed for a single ref update. Set new_sha1 to the new
- * value or to null_sha1 to delete the ref. To check the old value
- * while the ref is locked, set (flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) and set
- * old_sha1 to the old value, or to null_sha1 to ensure the ref does
- * not exist before update.
+ * Information needed for a single ref update. Set new_oid to the new
+ * value or to null_oid to delete the ref. To check the old value
+ * while the ref is locked, set (flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) and set old_oid
+ * to the old value, or to null_oid to ensure the ref does not exist
+ * before update.
*/
struct ref_update {
/*
- * If (flags & REF_HAVE_NEW), set the reference to this value:
+ * If (flags & REF_HAVE_NEW), set the reference to this value
+ * (or delete it, if `new_oid` is `null_oid`).
*/
- unsigned char new_sha1[20];
+ struct object_id new_oid;
+
/*
* If (flags & REF_HAVE_OLD), check that the reference
- * previously had this value:
+ * previously had this value (or didn't previously exist, if
+ * `old_oid` is `null_oid`).
*/
- unsigned char old_sha1[20];
+ struct object_id old_oid;
+
/*
- * One or more of REF_HAVE_NEW, REF_HAVE_OLD, REF_NODEREF,
- * REF_DELETING, and REF_ISPRUNING:
+ * One or more of REF_NO_DEREF, REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG,
+ * REF_HAVE_NEW, REF_HAVE_OLD, or backend-specific flags.
*/
unsigned int flags;
- struct ref_lock *lock;
- int type;
+
+ void *backend_data;
+ unsigned int type;
char *msg;
+
+ /*
+ * If this ref_update was split off of a symref update via
+ * split_symref_update(), then this member points at that
+ * update. This is used for two purposes:
+ * 1. When reporting errors, we report the refname under which
+ * the update was originally requested.
+ * 2. When we read the old value of this reference, we
+ * propagate it back to its parent update for recording in
+ * the latter's reflog.
+ */
+ struct ref_update *parent_update;
+
const char refname[FLEX_ARRAY];
};
+int refs_read_raw_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *refname, struct object_id *oid,
+ struct strbuf *referent, unsigned int *type);
+
+/*
+ * Write an error to `err` and return a nonzero value iff the same
+ * refname appears multiple times in `refnames`. `refnames` must be
+ * sorted on entry to this function.
+ */
+int ref_update_reject_duplicates(struct string_list *refnames,
+ struct strbuf *err);
+
+/*
+ * Add a ref_update with the specified properties to transaction, and
+ * return a pointer to the new object. This function does not verify
+ * that refname is well-formed. new_oid and old_oid are only
+ * dereferenced if the REF_HAVE_NEW and REF_HAVE_OLD bits,
+ * respectively, are set in flags.
+ */
+struct ref_update *ref_transaction_add_update(
+ struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ const char *refname, unsigned int flags,
+ const struct object_id *new_oid,
+ const struct object_id *old_oid,
+ const char *msg);
+
/*
* Transaction states.
- * OPEN: The transaction is in a valid state and can accept new updates.
- * An OPEN transaction can be committed.
- * CLOSED: A closed transaction is no longer active and no other operations
- * than free can be used on it in this state.
- * A transaction can either become closed by successfully committing
- * an active transaction or if there is a failure while building
- * the transaction thus rendering it failed/inactive.
+ *
+ * OPEN: The transaction is initialized and new updates can still be
+ * added to it. An OPEN transaction can be prepared,
+ * committed, freed, or aborted (freeing and aborting an open
+ * transaction are equivalent).
+ *
+ * PREPARED: ref_transaction_prepare(), which locks all of the
+ * references involved in the update and checks that the
+ * update has no errors, has been called successfully for the
+ * transaction. A PREPARED transaction can be committed or
+ * aborted.
+ *
+ * CLOSED: The transaction is no longer active. A transaction becomes
+ * CLOSED if there is a failure while building the transaction
+ * or if a transaction is committed or aborted. A CLOSED
+ * transaction can only be freed.
*/
enum ref_transaction_state {
- REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN = 0,
- REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED = 1
+ REF_TRANSACTION_OPEN = 0,
+ REF_TRANSACTION_PREPARED = 1,
+ REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED = 2
};
/*
@@ -171,16 +200,14 @@ enum ref_transaction_state {
* as atomically as possible. This structure is opaque to callers.
*/
struct ref_transaction {
+ struct ref_store *ref_store;
struct ref_update **updates;
size_t alloc;
size_t nr;
enum ref_transaction_state state;
+ void *backend_data;
};
-int files_log_ref_write(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
- const unsigned char *new_sha1, const char *msg,
- int flags, struct strbuf *err);
-
/*
* Check for entries in extras that are within the specified
* directory, where dirname is a reference directory name including
@@ -195,6 +222,451 @@ const char *find_descendant_ref(const char *dirname,
const struct string_list *extras,
const struct string_list *skip);
-int rename_ref_available(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
+/*
+ * Check whether an attempt to rename old_refname to new_refname would
+ * cause a D/F conflict with any existing reference (other than
+ * possibly old_refname). If there would be a conflict, emit an error
+ * message and return false; otherwise, return true.
+ *
+ * Note that this function is not safe against all races with other
+ * processes (though rename_ref() catches some races that might get by
+ * this check).
+ */
+int refs_rename_ref_available(struct ref_store *refs,
+ const char *old_refname,
+ const char *new_refname);
+
+/* We allow "recursive" symbolic refs. Only within reason, though */
+#define SYMREF_MAXDEPTH 5
+
+/* Include broken references in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration: */
+#define DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN 0x01
+
+/*
+ * Reference iterators
+ *
+ * A reference iterator encapsulates the state of an in-progress
+ * iteration over references. Create an instance of `struct
+ * ref_iterator` via one of the functions in this module.
+ *
+ * A freshly-created ref_iterator doesn't yet point at a reference. To
+ * advance the iterator, call ref_iterator_advance(). If successful,
+ * this sets the iterator's refname, oid, and flags fields to describe
+ * the next reference and returns ITER_OK. The data pointed at by
+ * refname and oid belong to the iterator; if you want to retain them
+ * after calling ref_iterator_advance() again or calling
+ * ref_iterator_abort(), you must make a copy. When the iteration has
+ * been exhausted, ref_iterator_advance() releases any resources
+ * assocated with the iteration, frees the ref_iterator object, and
+ * returns ITER_DONE. If you want to abort the iteration early, call
+ * ref_iterator_abort(), which also frees the ref_iterator object and
+ * any associated resources. If there was an internal error advancing
+ * to the next entry, ref_iterator_advance() aborts the iteration,
+ * frees the ref_iterator, and returns ITER_ERROR.
+ *
+ * The reference currently being looked at can be peeled by calling
+ * ref_iterator_peel(). This function is often faster than peel_ref(),
+ * so it should be preferred when iterating over references.
+ *
+ * Putting it all together, a typical iteration looks like this:
+ *
+ * int ok;
+ * struct ref_iterator *iter = ...;
+ *
+ * while ((ok = ref_iterator_advance(iter)) == ITER_OK) {
+ * if (want_to_stop_iteration()) {
+ * ok = ref_iterator_abort(iter);
+ * break;
+ * }
+ *
+ * // Access information about the current reference:
+ * if (!(iter->flags & REF_ISSYMREF))
+ * printf("%s is %s\n", iter->refname, oid_to_hex(&iter->oid));
+ *
+ * // If you need to peel the reference:
+ * ref_iterator_peel(iter, &oid);
+ * }
+ *
+ * if (ok != ITER_DONE)
+ * handle_error();
+ */
+struct ref_iterator {
+ struct ref_iterator_vtable *vtable;
+
+ /*
+ * Does this `ref_iterator` iterate over references in order
+ * by refname?
+ */
+ unsigned int ordered : 1;
+
+ const char *refname;
+ const struct object_id *oid;
+ unsigned int flags;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Advance the iterator to the first or next item and return ITER_OK.
+ * If the iteration is exhausted, free the resources associated with
+ * the ref_iterator and return ITER_DONE. On errors, free the iterator
+ * resources and return ITER_ERROR. It is a bug to use ref_iterator or
+ * call this function again after it has returned ITER_DONE or
+ * ITER_ERROR.
+ */
+int ref_iterator_advance(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
+
+/*
+ * If possible, peel the reference currently being viewed by the
+ * iterator. Return 0 on success.
+ */
+int ref_iterator_peel(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator,
+ struct object_id *peeled);
+
+/*
+ * End the iteration before it has been exhausted, freeing the
+ * reference iterator and any associated resources and returning
+ * ITER_DONE. If the abort itself failed, return ITER_ERROR.
+ */
+int ref_iterator_abort(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
+
+/*
+ * An iterator over nothing (its first ref_iterator_advance() call
+ * returns ITER_DONE).
+ */
+struct ref_iterator *empty_ref_iterator_begin(void);
+
+/*
+ * Return true iff ref_iterator is an empty_ref_iterator.
+ */
+int is_empty_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
+
+/*
+ * Return an iterator that goes over each reference in `refs` for
+ * which the refname begins with prefix. If trim is non-zero, then
+ * trim that many characters off the beginning of each refname. flags
+ * can be DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN to include broken references in
+ * the iteration. The output is ordered by refname.
+ */
+struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
+ struct ref_store *refs,
+ const char *prefix, int trim, int flags);
+
+/*
+ * A callback function used to instruct merge_ref_iterator how to
+ * interleave the entries from iter0 and iter1. The function should
+ * return one of the constants defined in enum iterator_selection. It
+ * must not advance either of the iterators itself.
+ *
+ * The function must be prepared to handle the case that iter0 and/or
+ * iter1 is NULL, which indicates that the corresponding sub-iterator
+ * has been exhausted. Its return value must be consistent with the
+ * current states of the iterators; e.g., it must not return
+ * ITER_SKIP_1 if iter1 has already been exhausted.
+ */
+typedef enum iterator_selection ref_iterator_select_fn(
+ struct ref_iterator *iter0, struct ref_iterator *iter1,
+ void *cb_data);
+
+/*
+ * Iterate over the entries from iter0 and iter1, with the values
+ * interleaved as directed by the select function. The iterator takes
+ * ownership of iter0 and iter1 and frees them when the iteration is
+ * over. A derived class should set `ordered` to 1 or 0 based on
+ * whether it generates its output in order by reference name.
+ */
+struct ref_iterator *merge_ref_iterator_begin(
+ int ordered,
+ struct ref_iterator *iter0, struct ref_iterator *iter1,
+ ref_iterator_select_fn *select, void *cb_data);
+
+/*
+ * An iterator consisting of the union of the entries from front and
+ * back. If there are entries common to the two sub-iterators, use the
+ * one from front. Each iterator must iterate over its entries in
+ * strcmp() order by refname for this to work.
+ *
+ * The new iterator takes ownership of its arguments and frees them
+ * when the iteration is over. As a convenience to callers, if front
+ * or back is an empty_ref_iterator, then abort that one immediately
+ * and return the other iterator directly, without wrapping it.
+ */
+struct ref_iterator *overlay_ref_iterator_begin(
+ struct ref_iterator *front, struct ref_iterator *back);
+
+/*
+ * Wrap iter0, only letting through the references whose names start
+ * with prefix. If trim is set, set iter->refname to the name of the
+ * reference with that many characters trimmed off the front;
+ * otherwise set it to the full refname. The new iterator takes over
+ * ownership of iter0 and frees it when iteration is over. It makes
+ * its own copy of prefix.
+ *
+ * As an convenience to callers, if prefix is the empty string and
+ * trim is zero, this function returns iter0 directly, without
+ * wrapping it.
+ *
+ * The resulting ref_iterator is ordered if iter0 is.
+ */
+struct ref_iterator *prefix_ref_iterator_begin(struct ref_iterator *iter0,
+ const char *prefix,
+ int trim);
+
+/* Internal implementation of reference iteration: */
+
+/*
+ * Base class constructor for ref_iterators. Initialize the
+ * ref_iterator part of iter, setting its vtable pointer as specified.
+ * `ordered` should be set to 1 if the iterator will iterate over
+ * references in order by refname; otherwise it should be set to 0.
+ * This is meant to be called only by the initializers of derived
+ * classes.
+ */
+void base_ref_iterator_init(struct ref_iterator *iter,
+ struct ref_iterator_vtable *vtable,
+ int ordered);
+
+/*
+ * Base class destructor for ref_iterators. Destroy the ref_iterator
+ * part of iter and shallow-free the object. This is meant to be
+ * called only by the destructors of derived classes.
+ */
+void base_ref_iterator_free(struct ref_iterator *iter);
+
+/* Virtual function declarations for ref_iterators: */
+
+typedef int ref_iterator_advance_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
+
+typedef int ref_iterator_peel_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator,
+ struct object_id *peeled);
+
+/*
+ * Implementations of this function should free any resources specific
+ * to the derived class, then call base_ref_iterator_free() to clean
+ * up and free the ref_iterator object.
+ */
+typedef int ref_iterator_abort_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
+
+struct ref_iterator_vtable {
+ ref_iterator_advance_fn *advance;
+ ref_iterator_peel_fn *peel;
+ ref_iterator_abort_fn *abort;
+};
+
+/*
+ * current_ref_iter is a performance hack: when iterating over
+ * references using the for_each_ref*() functions, current_ref_iter is
+ * set to the reference iterator before calling the callback function.
+ * If the callback function calls peel_ref(), then peel_ref() first
+ * checks whether the reference to be peeled is the one referred to by
+ * the iterator (it usually is) and if so, asks the iterator for the
+ * peeled version of the reference if it is available. This avoids a
+ * refname lookup in a common case. current_ref_iter is set to NULL
+ * when the iteration is over.
+ */
+extern struct ref_iterator *current_ref_iter;
+
+/*
+ * The common backend for the for_each_*ref* functions. Call fn for
+ * each reference in iter. If the iterator itself ever returns
+ * ITER_ERROR, return -1. If fn ever returns a non-zero value, stop
+ * the iteration and return that value. Otherwise, return 0. In any
+ * case, free the iterator when done. This function is basically an
+ * adapter between the callback style of reference iteration and the
+ * iterator style.
+ */
+int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
+ each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+
+/*
+ * Only include per-worktree refs in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration.
+ * Normally this will be used with a files ref_store, since that's
+ * where all reference backends will presumably store their
+ * per-worktree refs.
+ */
+#define DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY 0x02
+
+struct ref_store;
+
+/* refs backends */
+
+/* ref_store_init flags */
+#define REF_STORE_READ (1 << 0)
+#define REF_STORE_WRITE (1 << 1) /* can perform update operations */
+#define REF_STORE_ODB (1 << 2) /* has access to object database */
+#define REF_STORE_MAIN (1 << 3)
+#define REF_STORE_ALL_CAPS (REF_STORE_READ | \
+ REF_STORE_WRITE | \
+ REF_STORE_ODB | \
+ REF_STORE_MAIN)
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the ref_store for the specified gitdir. These functions
+ * should call base_ref_store_init() to initialize the shared part of
+ * the ref_store and to record the ref_store for later lookup.
+ */
+typedef struct ref_store *ref_store_init_fn(const char *gitdir,
+ unsigned int flags);
+
+typedef int ref_init_db_fn(struct ref_store *refs, struct strbuf *err);
+
+typedef int ref_transaction_prepare_fn(struct ref_store *refs,
+ struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ struct strbuf *err);
+
+typedef int ref_transaction_finish_fn(struct ref_store *refs,
+ struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ struct strbuf *err);
+
+typedef int ref_transaction_abort_fn(struct ref_store *refs,
+ struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ struct strbuf *err);
+
+typedef int ref_transaction_commit_fn(struct ref_store *refs,
+ struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ struct strbuf *err);
+
+typedef int pack_refs_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, unsigned int flags);
+typedef int create_symref_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *ref_target,
+ const char *refs_heads_master,
+ const char *logmsg);
+typedef int delete_refs_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *msg,
+ struct string_list *refnames, unsigned int flags);
+typedef int rename_ref_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *oldref, const char *newref,
+ const char *logmsg);
+typedef int copy_ref_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *oldref, const char *newref,
+ const char *logmsg);
+
+/*
+ * Iterate over the references in `ref_store` whose names start with
+ * `prefix`. `prefix` is matched as a literal string, without regard
+ * for path separators. If prefix is NULL or the empty string, iterate
+ * over all references in `ref_store`. The output is ordered by
+ * refname.
+ */
+typedef struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator_begin_fn(
+ struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *prefix, unsigned int flags);
+
+/* reflog functions */
+
+/*
+ * Iterate over the references in the specified ref_store that have a
+ * reflog. The refs are iterated over in arbitrary order.
+ */
+typedef struct ref_iterator *reflog_iterator_begin_fn(
+ struct ref_store *ref_store);
+
+typedef int for_each_reflog_ent_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *refname,
+ each_reflog_ent_fn fn,
+ void *cb_data);
+typedef int for_each_reflog_ent_reverse_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *refname,
+ each_reflog_ent_fn fn,
+ void *cb_data);
+typedef int reflog_exists_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname);
+typedef int create_reflog_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname,
+ int force_create, struct strbuf *err);
+typedef int delete_reflog_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname);
+typedef int reflog_expire_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
+ unsigned int flags,
+ reflog_expiry_prepare_fn prepare_fn,
+ reflog_expiry_should_prune_fn should_prune_fn,
+ reflog_expiry_cleanup_fn cleanup_fn,
+ void *policy_cb_data);
+
+/*
+ * Read a reference from the specified reference store, non-recursively.
+ * Set type to describe the reference, and:
+ *
+ * - If refname is the name of a normal reference, fill in oid
+ * (leaving referent unchanged).
+ *
+ * - If refname is the name of a symbolic reference, write the full
+ * name of the reference to which it refers (e.g.
+ * "refs/heads/master") to referent and set the REF_ISSYMREF bit in
+ * type (leaving oid unchanged). The caller is responsible for
+ * validating that referent is a valid reference name.
+ *
+ * WARNING: refname might be used as part of a filename, so it is
+ * important from a security standpoint that it be safe in the sense
+ * of refname_is_safe(). Moreover, for symrefs this function sets
+ * referent to whatever the repository says, which might not be a
+ * properly-formatted or even safe reference name. NEITHER INPUT NOR
+ * OUTPUT REFERENCE NAMES ARE VALIDATED WITHIN THIS FUNCTION.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success. If the ref doesn't exist, set errno to ENOENT
+ * and return -1. If the ref exists but is neither a symbolic ref nor
+ * an object ID, it is broken; set REF_ISBROKEN in type, set errno to
+ * EINVAL, and return -1. If there is another error reading the ref,
+ * set errno appropriately and return -1.
+ *
+ * Backend-specific flags might be set in type as well, regardless of
+ * outcome.
+ *
+ * It is OK for refname to point into referent. If so:
+ *
+ * - if the function succeeds with REF_ISSYMREF, referent will be
+ * overwritten and the memory formerly pointed to by it might be
+ * changed or even freed.
+ *
+ * - in all other cases, referent will be untouched, and therefore
+ * refname will still be valid and unchanged.
+ */
+typedef int read_raw_ref_fn(struct ref_store *ref_store,
+ const char *refname, struct object_id *oid,
+ struct strbuf *referent, unsigned int *type);
+
+struct ref_storage_be {
+ struct ref_storage_be *next;
+ const char *name;
+ ref_store_init_fn *init;
+ ref_init_db_fn *init_db;
+
+ ref_transaction_prepare_fn *transaction_prepare;
+ ref_transaction_finish_fn *transaction_finish;
+ ref_transaction_abort_fn *transaction_abort;
+ ref_transaction_commit_fn *initial_transaction_commit;
+
+ pack_refs_fn *pack_refs;
+ create_symref_fn *create_symref;
+ delete_refs_fn *delete_refs;
+ rename_ref_fn *rename_ref;
+ copy_ref_fn *copy_ref;
+
+ ref_iterator_begin_fn *iterator_begin;
+ read_raw_ref_fn *read_raw_ref;
+
+ reflog_iterator_begin_fn *reflog_iterator_begin;
+ for_each_reflog_ent_fn *for_each_reflog_ent;
+ for_each_reflog_ent_reverse_fn *for_each_reflog_ent_reverse;
+ reflog_exists_fn *reflog_exists;
+ create_reflog_fn *create_reflog;
+ delete_reflog_fn *delete_reflog;
+ reflog_expire_fn *reflog_expire;
+};
+
+extern struct ref_storage_be refs_be_files;
+extern struct ref_storage_be refs_be_packed;
+
+/*
+ * A representation of the reference store for the main repository or
+ * a submodule. The ref_store instances for submodules are kept in a
+ * linked list.
+ */
+struct ref_store {
+ /* The backend describing this ref_store's storage scheme: */
+ const struct ref_storage_be *be;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Fill in the generic part of refs and add it to our collection of
+ * reference stores.
+ */
+void base_ref_store_init(struct ref_store *refs,
+ const struct ref_storage_be *be);
#endif /* REFS_REFS_INTERNAL_H */