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Diffstat (limited to 'refs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -648,6 +648,16 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err); * before the update. A copy of this value is made in the * transaction. * + * new_target -- the target reference that the reference will be + * updated to point to. If the reference is a regular reference, + * it will be converted to a symbolic reference. Cannot be set + * together with `new_oid`. A copy of this value is made in the + * transaction. + * + * old_target -- the reference that the reference must be pointing to. + * Canont be set together with `old_oid`. A copy of this value is + * made in the transaction. + * * flags -- flags affecting the update, passed to * update_ref_lock(). Possible flags: REF_NO_DEREF, * REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG. See those constants for more @@ -713,7 +723,11 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err); * beforehand. The old value is checked after the lock is taken to * prevent races. If the old value doesn't agree with old_oid, the * whole transaction fails. If old_oid is NULL, then the previous - * value is not checked. + * value is not checked. If `old_target` is not NULL, treat the reference + * as a symbolic ref and validate that its target before the update is + * `old_target`. If the `new_target` is not NULL, then the reference + * will be updated to a symbolic ref which targets `new_target`. + * Together, these allow us to update between regular refs and symrefs. * * See the above comment "Reference transaction updates" for more * information. @@ -722,6 +736,8 @@ int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction, const char *refname, const struct object_id *new_oid, const struct object_id *old_oid, + const char *new_target, + const char *old_target, unsigned int flags, const char *msg, struct strbuf *err); |