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[PATCH v11 03/12] refs: document how ref_iterator_advance_fn should handle symrefs

From: Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2020-05-04 19:04:01
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <redacted>

Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <redacted>
---
 refs/refs-internal.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index ff2436c0fb7..3490aac3a40 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ void base_ref_iterator_free(struct ref_iterator *iter);
 
 /* Virtual function declarations for ref_iterators: */
 
+/*
+ * backend-specific implementation of ref_iterator_advance.
+ * For symrefs, the function should set REF_ISSYMREF, and it should also
+ * dereference the symref to provide the OID referent.
+ */
 typedef int ref_iterator_advance_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
 
 typedef int ref_iterator_peel_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator,
-- 
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