libgit2

git_repository_set_head_detached

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Make the repository HEAD directly point to the Commit.

If the provided committish cannot be found in the repository, the HEAD is unaltered and GIT_ENOTFOUND is returned.

If the provided commitish cannot be peeled into a commit, the HEAD is unaltered and -1 is returned.

Otherwise, the HEAD will eventually be detached and will directly point to the peeled Commit.

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int git_repository_set_head_detached(git_repository *repo, const git_oid *commitish, const git_signature *signature, const char *log_message);

Parameters

git_repository *
In
repo

Repository pointer

const git_oid *
In
commitish

Object id of the Commit the HEAD should point to

const git_signature *
In
signature

The identity that will used to populate the reflog entry

const char *
In
log_message

The one line long message to be appended to the reflog

Returns

int

0 on success, or an error code

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