5 static const char git_update_ref_usage[] =
6 "git-update-ref [-m <reason>] (-d <refname> <value> | [--no-deref] <refname> <value> [<oldval>])";
8 int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
10 const char *refname=NULL, *value=NULL, *oldval=NULL, *msg=NULL;
11 struct ref_lock *lock;
12 unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20];
13 int i, delete, ref_flags;
17 git_config(git_default_config);
19 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
20 if (!strcmp("-m", argv[i])) {
22 usage(git_update_ref_usage);
25 die("Refusing to perform update with empty message.");
26 if (strchr(msg, '\n'))
27 die("Refusing to perform update with \\n in message.");
30 if (!strcmp("-d", argv[i])) {
34 if (!strcmp("--no-deref", argv[i])) {
35 ref_flags |= REF_NODEREF;
51 if (!refname || !value)
52 usage(git_update_ref_usage);
54 if (get_sha1(value, sha1))
55 die("%s: not a valid SHA1", value);
59 usage(git_update_ref_usage);
60 return delete_ref(refname, sha1);
64 if (oldval && *oldval && get_sha1(oldval, oldsha1))
65 die("%s: not a valid old SHA1", oldval);
67 lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(refname, oldval ? oldsha1 : NULL, ref_flags);
69 die("%s: cannot lock the ref", refname);
70 if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, msg) < 0)
71 die("%s: cannot update the ref", refname);