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Diffstat (limited to 'cache.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 21 |
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@@ -1292,6 +1292,27 @@ extern char *oid_to_hex_r(char *out, const struct object_id *oid); extern char *sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1); /* static buffer result! */ extern char *oid_to_hex(const struct object_id *oid); /* same static buffer as sha1_to_hex */ +/* + * This reads short-hand syntax that not only evaluates to a commit + * object name, but also can act as if the end user spelled the name + * of the branch from the command line. + * + * - "@{-N}" finds the name of the Nth previous branch we were on, and + * places the name of the branch in the given buf and returns the + * number of characters parsed if successful. + * + * - "<branch>@{upstream}" finds the name of the other ref that + * <branch> is configured to merge with (missing <branch> defaults + * to the current branch), and places the name of the branch in the + * given buf and returns the number of characters parsed if + * successful. + * + * If the input is not of the accepted format, it returns a negative + * number to signal an error. + * + * If the input was ok but there are not N branch switches in the + * reflog, it returns 0. + */ extern int interpret_branch_name(const char *str, int len, struct strbuf *); extern int get_oid_mb(const char *str, struct object_id *oid); |