This function might be used by other refs backends
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dtur...@twopensource.com>
---
refs.h | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 2bafa55..db60bfe 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -259,6 +259,17 @@ int verify_refname_available(const char *newname, struct
string_list *extra,
struct string_list *skip, struct strbuf *err);
/*
+ * Check if a refname is safe.
+ * For refs that start with "refs/" we consider it safe as long they do
+ * not try to resolve to outside of refs/.
+ *
+ * For all other refs we only consider them safe iff they only contain
+ * upper case characters and '_' (like "HEAD" AND "MERGE_HEAD", and not like
+ * "config").
+ */
+int refname_is_safe(const char *refname);
+
+/*
* Flags controlling ref_transaction_update(), ref_transaction_create(), etc.
* REF_NODEREF: act on the ref directly, instead of dereferencing
* symbolic references.
--
2.4.2.644.g97b850b-twtrsrc
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