NAME
Git::Raw::Reference - Git reference class
VERSION
version 0.90
DESCRIPTION
A Git::Raw::Reference represents a Git reference.
WARNING: The API of this module is unstable and may change without warning (any change will be appropriately documented in the changelog).
METHODS
annotated_commit( )
Create a Git::Raw::AnnotatedCommit from the reference.
lookup( $name, $repo )
Retrieve the reference with name $name
in $repo
.
create( $name, $repo, $object [, $force, $symbolic] )
Creates and returns a new reference named $name
in $repo
pointing to $object
. $object
can be a Git::Raw::Blob, Git::Raw::Commit, or a Git::Raw::Tree object. If $force
is a truthy value, any existing reference is overwritten. If $force
is falsy (the default) and a reference named $name
already exists, an error is thrown. If $symbolic
is a truthy value, then a symbolic reference is created. If $symbolic
is falsy (the default), then a direct reference is created. If $symbolic
is a truthy value, then $object
can be a Git::Raw::Reference or a string.
delete( )
Delete the reference. The Git::Raw::Reference object must not be accessed afterwards.
name( )
Retrieve the name of the reference.
shorthand( )
Get the reference's short name. This will transform the reference name into a "human-readable" version. If no shortname is appropriate, it will return the full name.
type( )
Retrieve the type of the reference. Can be either "direct"
or "symbolic"
.
target( [$new_target] )
Retrieve the target of the reference. If the $new_target
parameter of type Git::Raw::Reference is passed, the reference will be changed to point to it.
Note that updating the target will invalidate all existing handles to the reference.
This function returns either an object (Git::Raw::Blob, Git::Raw::Commit, Git::Raw::Tag or Git::Raw::Tree) for direct references, or another reference for symbolic references.
peel( $type )
Recursively peel the reference until an object of the specified $type
is found. Valid values for $type
include: "commit"
, "tree"
or "tag"
.
reflog( )
Retrieve the Git::Raw::Reflog of the reference. Shortcut for Git::Raw::Reflog->open()
.
owner( )
Retrieve the Git::Raw::Repository owning the reference.
is_branch( )
Check if the reference is a branch.
is_remote( )
Check if the reference is remote.
is_tag( )
Check if the reference lives in the refs/tags
namespace.
is_note( )
Check if the reference lives in the refs/notes
namespace.
AUTHOR
Alessandro Ghedini <alexbio@cpan.org>
Jacques Germishuys <jacquesg@cpan.org>
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2012 Alessandro Ghedini.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.