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 <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
return refs;
}
-static void invalidate_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
+void invalidate_ref_cache(const char *submodule)
{
clear_ref_cache(get_ref_cache(submodule));
}
/** 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);