Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / branch.h

diff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index eed817a64c7620bfe67f395e39b4eef2f85a4ab3..b99c5a369e31a85d1fff822460e69a79d8c6102b 100644 (file)
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -13,7 +13,26 @@
  * branch for (if any).
  */
 void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
-                  int force, int reflog, enum branch_track track);
+                  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
@@ -22,10 +41,15 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name,
 void remove_branch_state(void);
 
 /*
- * Configure local branch "local" to merge remote branch "remote"
- * taken from origin "origin".
+ * 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