libgit2

git_reference_set_target

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Set the symbolic target of a reference.

The reference must be a symbolic reference, otherwise this method will fail.

The reference will be automatically updated in memory and on disk.

Signature

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int git_reference_set_target(git_reference *ref, const char *target);

Parameters

git_reference *
In
ref

The reference

const char *
In
target

The new target for the reference

Returns

int

0 on success; error code otherwise

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