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rename_ref_available(): add docstring

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And improve the internal variable names.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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David Turner
2016-09-04 18:08:08 +02:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent f6e75467ca
commit ff3a299c45
2 changed files with 17 additions and 7 deletions
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refs/refs-internal.h
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@ -240,7 +240,17 @@ 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 rename_ref_available(const char *old_refname, const char *new_refname);
/* We allow "recursive" symbolic refs. Only within reason, though */
#define SYMREF_MAXDEPTH 5