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@@ -251,6 +251,61 @@ debug () {
done
}
+# Usage: test_ref_exists [options] <ref>
+#
+# -C <dir>:
+# Run all git commands in directory <dir>
+#
+# This helper function checks whether a reference exists. Symrefs or object IDs
+# will not be resolved. Can be used to check references with bad names.
+test_ref_exists () {
+ local indir=
+
+ while test $# != 0
+ do
+ case "$1" in
+ -C)
+ indir="$2"
+ shift
+ ;;
+ *)
+ break
+ ;;
+ esac
+ shift
+ done &&
+
+ indir=${indir:+"$indir"/} &&
+
+ if test "$#" != 1
+ then
+ BUG "expected exactly one reference"
+ fi &&
+
+ git ${indir:+ -C "$indir"} show-ref --exists "$1"
+}
+
+# Behaves the same as test_ref_exists, except that it checks for the absence of
+# a reference. This is preferable to `! test_ref_exists` as this function is
+# able to distinguish actually-missing references from other, generic errors.
+test_ref_missing () {
+ test_ref_exists "$@"
+ case "$?" in
+ 2)
+ # This is the good case.
+ return 0
+ ;;
+ 0)
+ echo >&4 "test_ref_missing: reference exists"
+ return 1
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo >&4 "test_ref_missing: generic error"
+ return 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+}
+
# Usage: test_commit [options] <message> [<file> [<contents> [<tag>]]]
# -C <dir>:
# Run all git commands in directory <dir>