return ref_kind[i].kind;
}
- if (is_pseudoref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname))
+ if (is_root_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), refname))
return FILTER_REFS_PSEUDOREFS;
return FILTER_REFS_OTHERS;
starts_with(refname, "refs/rewritten/");
}
-static int is_pseudoref_syntax(const char *refname)
+static int is_root_ref_syntax(const char *refname)
{
const char *c;
return 0;
}
- /*
- * HEAD is not a pseudoref, but it certainly uses the
- * pseudoref syntax.
- */
return 1;
}
-int is_pseudoref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname)
+int is_root_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname)
{
- static const char *const irregular_pseudorefs[] = {
+ static const char *const irregular_root_refs[] = {
"AUTO_MERGE",
"BISECT_EXPECTED_REV",
"NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL",
struct object_id oid;
size_t i;
- if (!is_pseudoref_syntax(refname))
+ if (!is_root_ref_syntax(refname))
return 0;
if (ends_with(refname, "_HEAD")) {
return !is_null_oid(&oid);
}
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(irregular_pseudorefs); i++)
- if (!strcmp(refname, irregular_pseudorefs[i])) {
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(irregular_root_refs); i++)
+ if (!strcmp(refname, irregular_root_refs[i])) {
refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(refs, refname,
RESOLVE_REF_READING | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE,
&oid, NULL);
}
static int is_current_worktree_ref(const char *ref) {
- return is_pseudoref_syntax(ref) || is_per_worktree_ref(ref);
+ return is_root_ref_syntax(ref) || is_per_worktree_ref(ref);
}
enum ref_worktree_type parse_worktree_ref(const char *maybe_worktree_ref,
*/
void update_ref_namespace(enum ref_namespace namespace, char *ref);
-int is_pseudoref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname);
+/*
+ * Check whether the reference is an existing root reference.
+ *
+ * A root ref is a reference that lives in the root of the reference hierarchy.
+ * These references must conform to special syntax:
+ *
+ * - Their name must be all-uppercase or underscores ("_").
+ *
+ * - Their name must end with "_HEAD".
+ *
+ * - Their name may not contain a slash.
+ *
+ * There is a special set of irregular root refs that exist due to historic
+ * reasons, only. This list shall not be expanded in the future:
+ *
+ * - AUTO_MERGE
+ *
+ * - BISECT_EXPECTED_REV
+ *
+ * - NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL
+ *
+ * - NOTES_MERGE_REF
+ *
+ * - MERGE_AUTOSTASH
+ */
+int is_root_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname);
+
int is_headref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *refname);
#endif /* REFS_H */
strbuf_addstr(&refname, de->d_name);
dtype = get_dtype(de, &path, 1);
- if (dtype == DT_REG && (is_pseudoref(ref_store, de->d_name) ||
+ if (dtype == DT_REG && (is_root_ref(ref_store, de->d_name) ||
is_headref(ref_store, de->d_name)))
loose_fill_ref_dir_regular_file(refs, refname.buf, dir);
*/
if (!starts_with(iter->ref.refname, "refs/") &&
!(iter->flags & DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS &&
- (is_pseudoref(&iter->refs->base, iter->ref.refname) ||
+ (is_root_ref(&iter->refs->base, iter->ref.refname) ||
is_headref(&iter->refs->base, iter->ref.refname)))) {
continue;
}