This is some preparation work for the following patches that are using
the "refs/replace/" ref namespace.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
refs.c | 5 +++++
refs.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Junio wrote:
> What I thought we
> discussed during GitTogether was to write out the object name of the
> replacement object in refs/replace/<sha1>.
>
> When the caller asks read_sha1_file() for an object whose object name is
> <sha1>, you see if there is refs/replace/<sha1> in the repository, and
> read the ref to learn the object name of the object that replaces it.
> And you return that as if it is the original object.
Patch 2/3 in this series implements the new mechanism. As you can see I
prefered it to be called when reading parent commits than from
"read_sha1_file", because it seems to simplify things. I hope you still like
it.
Regards,
Christian.
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 33ced65..042106d 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
return do_for_each_ref("refs/remotes/", fn, 13, cb_data);
}
+int for_each_replace_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+{
+ return do_for_each_ref("refs/replace/", fn, 13, cb_data);
+}
+
/*
* Make sure "ref" is something reasonable to have under ".git/refs/";
* We do not like it if:
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 06ad260..8d2ee5a 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
extern int for_each_tag_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
extern int for_each_branch_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
extern int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
+extern int for_each_replace_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
/*
* Extra refs will be listed by for_each_ref() before any actual refs
--
1.6.1.162.g1cd53
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