A symbolic reference is a reference name that refers to another
reference name. If the other name moves, the symbolic name will move,
too. As a simple example, the "HEAD" reference might refer to
"refs/heads/master" while on the "master" branch of a repository.
The symbolic reference will be created in the repository and written to
the disk. The generated reference object must be freed by the user.
Valid reference names must follow one of two patterns:
1. Top-level names must contain only capital letters and underscores,
and must begin and end with a letter. (e.g. "HEAD", "ORIG_HEAD").
2. Names prefixed with "refs/" can be almost anything. You must avoid
the characters '~', '^', ':', '\\', '?', '[', and '*', and the
sequences ".." and "@{" which have special meaning to revparse.
This function will return an error if a reference already exists with the
given name unless force is true, in which case it will be overwritten.
The message for the reflog will be ignored if the reference does
not belong in the standard set (HEAD, branches and remote-tracking
branches) and it does not have a reflog.
@param out_ Pointer to the newly created reference
@param repo Repository where that reference will live
@param name The name of the reference
@param target The target of the reference
@param force Overwrite existing references
@param log_message The one line long message to be appended to the reflog
@return 0 on success, git_error_code.GIT_EEXISTS, git_error_code.GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
Create a new symbolic reference.
A symbolic reference is a reference name that refers to another reference name. If the other name moves, the symbolic name will move, too. As a simple example, the "HEAD" reference might refer to "refs/heads/master" while on the "master" branch of a repository.
The symbolic reference will be created in the repository and written to the disk. The generated reference object must be freed by the user.
Valid reference names must follow one of two patterns:
1. Top-level names must contain only capital letters and underscores, and must begin and end with a letter. (e.g. "HEAD", "ORIG_HEAD"). 2. Names prefixed with "refs/" can be almost anything. You must avoid the characters '~', '^', ':', '\\', '?', '[', and '*', and the sequences ".." and "@{" which have special meaning to revparse.
This function will return an error if a reference already exists with the given name unless force is true, in which case it will be overwritten.
The message for the reflog will be ignored if the reference does not belong in the standard set (HEAD, branches and remote-tracking branches) and it does not have a reflog.
@param out_ Pointer to the newly created reference @param repo Repository where that reference will live @param name The name of the reference @param target The target of the reference @param force Overwrite existing references @param log_message The one line long message to be appended to the reflog @return 0 on success, git_error_code.GIT_EEXISTS, git_error_code.GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code