After all, it doesn't hold the symbolic reference, but rather the
reference referred to.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
refs/files-backend.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
refs/refs-internal.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 8ced104..fbbd48f 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -1393,9 +1393,10 @@ static int resolve_missing_loose_ref(const char *refname,
*
* If the ref is a sha1, fill in sha1 and return 0.
*
- * If the ref is symbolic, fill in *symref with the referrent
- * (e.g. "refs/heads/master") and return 0. The caller is responsible
- * for validating the referrent. Set REF_ISSYMREF in type.
+ * If the ref is symbolic, fill in *referent with the name of the
+ * branch to which it refers (e.g. "refs/heads/master") and return 0.
+ * The caller is responsible for validating the referent. Set
+ * REF_ISSYMREF in type.
*
* If the ref doesn't exist, set errno to ENOENT and return -1.
*
@@ -1411,15 +1412,15 @@ static int resolve_missing_loose_ref(const char
*refname,
*
* sb_path is workspace: the caller should allocate and free it.
*
- * It is OK for refname to point into symref. In this case:
- * - if the function succeeds with REF_ISSYMREF, symref will be
+ * It is OK for refname to point into referent. In this case:
+ * - if the function succeeds with REF_ISSYMREF, referent will be
* overwritten and the memory pointed to by refname might be changed
* or even freed.
- * - in all other cases, symref will be untouched, and therefore
+ * - in all other cases, referent will be untouched, and therefore
* refname will still be valid and unchanged.
*/
int read_raw_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1,
- struct strbuf *symref, unsigned int *type)
+ struct strbuf *referent, unsigned int *type)
{
struct strbuf sb_contents = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf sb_path = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -1469,7 +1470,7 @@ stat_ref:
}
if (starts_with(sb_contents.buf, "refs/") &&
!check_refname_format(sb_contents.buf, 0)) {
- strbuf_swap(&sb_contents, symref);
+ strbuf_swap(&sb_contents, referent);
*type |= REF_ISSYMREF;
ret = 0;
goto out;
@@ -1518,8 +1519,8 @@ stat_ref:
while (isspace(*buf))
buf++;
- strbuf_reset(symref);
- strbuf_addstr(symref, buf);
+ strbuf_reset(referent);
+ strbuf_addstr(referent, buf);
*type |= REF_ISSYMREF;
ret = 0;
goto out;
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 0b047f6..37a1a37 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -210,6 +210,6 @@ int do_for_each_ref(const char *submodule, const char *base,
each_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags, void *cb_data);
int read_raw_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1,
- struct strbuf *symref, unsigned int *type);
+ struct strbuf *referent, unsigned int *type);
#endif /* REFS_REFS_INTERNAL_H */
--
2.8.1
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