delete_refs(): new function for the refs API

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 9b7bdd4198efe43d4eec0c149e7d3127ffd354cc..72e51a9675c9226057b1df31ac55af7642a9e276 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2830,6 +2830,25 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
        return 0;
 }
 
+int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames)
+{
+       struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+       int i, result = 0;
+
+       if (repack_without_refs(refnames, &err))
+               result |= error("%s", err.buf);
+       strbuf_release(&err);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < refnames->nr; i++) {
+               const char *refname = refnames->items[i].string;
+
+               if (delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0))
+                       result |= error(_("Could not remove branch %s"), refname);
+       }
+
+       return result;
+}
+
 /*
  * People using contrib's git-new-workdir have .git/logs/refs ->
  * /some/other/path/.git/logs/refs, and that may live on another device.