Allow callers of refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() to pass NULL if they don't
need the resolved hash value. We already allow the same for the flags
parameter. This new leniency is inherited by the various wrappers like
resolve_ref_unsafe().
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx>
---
refs.c | 3 +++
refs.h | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index c30f4c36be..36439fdb54 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1396,9 +1396,12 @@ const char *refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(struct ref_store *refs,
unsigned char *sha1, int *flags)
{
static struct strbuf sb_refname = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct object_id unused_oid;
int unused_flags;
int symref_count;
+ if (!sha1)
+ sha1 = unused_oid.hash;
if (!flags)
flags = &unused_flags;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 78a26400b6..996d4ea54d 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ struct worktree;
/*
* Resolve a reference, recursively following symbolic refererences.
*
- * Store the referred-to object's name in sha1 and return the name of
- * the non-symbolic reference that ultimately pointed at it. The
- * return value, if not NULL, is a pointer into either a static buffer
- * or the input ref.
+ * Return the name of the non-symbolic reference that ultimately pointed
+ * at the resolved object name. The return value, if not NULL, is a
+ * pointer into either a static buffer or the input ref.
+ *
+ * If sha1 is non-NULL, store the referred-to object's name in it.
*
* If the reference cannot be resolved to an object, the behavior
* depends on the RESOLVE_REF_READING flag:
--
2.14.1
