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`	`const gchar*`
	The new target for the reference.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`log_message`	`const gchar*`
	The one line long message to be appended to the reflog.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`error`	`GError **`
	The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

Return value

Returns:	`GgitRef`
	The newly created `GgitRef` or `NULL`.
	The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
	The return value can be `NULL`.