add_packed_ref(): new function in the refs API.

Add a new function add_packed_ref() that adds a reference directly to
the in-memory packed reference cache.  This will be useful for
creating local references while cloning.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 3785cc200c..b8843bb476 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ static struct ref_array *get_packed_refs(struct ref_cache *refs)
 	return &refs->packed;
 }
 
+void add_packed_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	add_ref(get_packed_refs(get_ref_cache(NULL)),
+			create_ref_entry(refname, sha1, REF_ISPACKED, 1));
+}
+
 static void get_ref_dir(struct ref_cache *refs, const char *base,
 			struct ref_array *array)
 {