1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index a6cd12267f..e6d8f67895 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -562,5 +562,16 @@ int reflog_expire(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
 int ref_storage_backend_exists(const char *name);
 
 struct ref_store *get_main_ref_store(void);
+/*
+ * Return the ref_store instance for the specified submodule. For the
+ * main repository, use submodule==NULL; such a call cannot fail. For
+ * a submodule, the submodule must exist and be a nonbare repository,
+ * otherwise return NULL. If the requested reference store has not yet
+ * been initialized, initialize it first.
+ *
+ * For backwards compatibility, submodule=="" is treated the same as
+ * submodule==NULL.
+ */
+struct ref_store *get_submodule_ref_store(const char *submodule);
 
 #endif /* REFS_H */