libgit2

git_commit_create_buffer

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Create a commit and write it into a buffer

Create a commit as with git_commit_create() but instead of writing it to the objectdb, write the contents of the object into a buffer.

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int git_commit_create_buffer(git_buf *out, git_repository *repo, const git_signature *author, const git_signature *committer, const char *message_encoding, const char *message, const git_tree *tree, size_t parent_count, git_commit *const *parents);

Parameters

git_buf *
In
out

the buffer into which to write the commit object content

git_repository *
In
repo

Repository where the referenced tree and parents live

const git_signature *
In
author

Signature with author and author time of commit

const git_signature *
In
committer

Signature with committer and * commit time of commit

const char *
In
message_encoding

The encoding for the message in the commit, represented with a standard encoding name. E.g. "UTF-8". If NULL, no encoding header is written and UTF-8 is assumed.

const char *
In
message

Full message for this commit

const git_tree *
In
tree

An instance of a git_tree object that will be used as the tree for the commit. This tree object must also be owned by the given repo.

size_t
In
parent_count

Number of parents for this commit

git_commit *const *
In
parents

Array of parent_count pointers to git_commit objects that will be used as the parents for this commit. This array may be NULL if parent_count is 0 (root commit). All the given commits must be owned by the repo.

Returns

int

0 or an error code

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