Method
GgitRefset_symbolic_target
Declaration [src]
GgitRef*
ggit_ref_set_symbolic_target (
GgitRef* ref,
const gchar* target,
const gchar* log_message,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Create a new reference with the same name as the given reference but a different symbolic target. The reference must be a symbolic reference, otherwise this will fail.
The new reference will be written to disk, overwriting the given reference.
The target name will be checked for validity.
See ggit_ref_create_symbolic() for rules about valid names.
Parameters
target-
Type:
const gchar*The new target for the reference.
The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. log_message-
Type:
const gchar*The one line long message to be appended to the reflog.
The argument can be NULL.The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the method if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.
Return value
Type: GgitRef
The newly created GgitRef or NULL.
| The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it. |
The return value can be NULL. |