[PATCH v4 3/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): expose this function in the refs API
From: <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:52:16
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Michael Haggerty <redacted> Make invalidate_ref_cache() an official part of the refs API. It is currently a fact of life that code outside of refs.c mucks about with references. This change gives such code a way of informing the refs module that it should no longer trust its cache. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <redacted> --- refs.c | 2 +- refs.h | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 68b73aa..ddd799e 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static struct ref_cache *get_ref_cache(const char *submodule) return refs; } -static void invalidate_ref_cache(const char *submodule) +void invalidate_ref_cache(const char *submodule) { clear_ref_cache(get_ref_cache(submodule)); }
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 0229c57..f439c54 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ extern void unlock_ref(struct ref_lock *lock); /** Writes sha1 into the ref specified by the lock. **/ extern int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *msg); +/* + * Invalidate the reference cache for the specified submodule. Use + * submodule=NULL to invalidate the cache for the main module. This + * function must be called if references are changed via a mechanism + * other than the refs API. + */ +extern void invalidate_ref_cache(const char *submodule); + /** Setup reflog before using. **/ int log_ref_setup(const char *ref_name, char *logfile, int bufsize);
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