git/branch.h
Junio C Hamano b2dd021120 Merge branch 'jn/branch-move-to-self'
* jn/branch-move-to-self:
  Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch
  branch: allow a no-op "branch -M <current-branch> HEAD"
2011-12-13 22:53:08 -08:00

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#ifndef BRANCH_H
#define BRANCH_H
/* Functions for acting on the information about branches. */
/*
* Creates a new branch, where head is the branch currently checked
* out, name is the new branch name, start_name is the name of the
* existing branch that the new branch should start from, force
* enables overwriting an existing (non-head) branch, reflog creates a
* reflog for the branch, and track causes the new branch to be
* configured to merge the remote branch that start_name is a tracking
* branch for (if any).
*/
void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
int force, int reflog,
int clobber_head, enum branch_track track);
/*
* Validates that the requested branch may be created, returning the
* interpreted ref in ref, force indicates whether (non-head) branches
* may be overwritten. A non-zero return value indicates that the force
* parameter was non-zero and the branch already exists.
*
* Contrary to all of the above, when attr_only is 1, the caller is
* not interested in verifying if it is Ok to update the named
* branch to point at a potentially different commit. It is merely
* asking if it is OK to change some attribute for the named branch
* (e.g. tracking upstream).
*
* NEEDSWORK: This needs to be split into two separate functions in the
* longer run for sanity.
*
*/
int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force, int attr_only);
/*
* Remove information about the state of working on the current
* branch. (E.g., MERGE_HEAD)
*/
void remove_branch_state(void);
/*
* Configure local branch "local" as downstream to branch "remote"
* from remote "origin". Used by git branch --set-upstream.
*/
#define BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE 01
extern void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, const char *remote);
/*
* Read branch description
*/
extern int read_branch_desc(struct strbuf *, const char *branch_name);
#endif