libgit2

git_reference_create_oid

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Create a new object id reference.

The reference will be created in the repository and written to the disk.

The generated reference must be freed by the user.

If force is true and there already exists a reference with the same name, it will be overwritten.

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int git_reference_create_oid(git_reference **ref_out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const git_oid *id, int force);

Parameters

git_reference **
In
ref_out

Pointer to the newly created reference

git_repository *
In
repo

Repository where that reference will live

const char *
In
name

The name of the reference

const git_oid *
In
id

The object id pointed to by the reference.

int
In
force

Overwrite existing references

Returns

int

0 or an error code

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