[PATCH 3/6] refs: improve documentation for ref iterator

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Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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May 20, 2020, 17:36 UTC

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From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>

Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 refs/refs-internal.h | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index ff2436c0fb7..4271362d264 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -347,9 +347,13 @@ int is_empty_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
 /*
  * Return an iterator that goes over each reference in `refs` for
  * which the refname begins with prefix. If trim is non-zero, then
- * trim that many characters off the beginning of each refname. flags
- * can be DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN to include broken references in
- * the iteration. The output is ordered by refname.
+ * trim that many characters off the beginning of each refname.
+ * The output is ordered by refname. The following flags are supported:
+ *
+ * DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN: include broken references in
+ *         the iteration.
+ *
+ * DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY: only produce REF_TYPE_PER_WORKTREE refs.
  */
 struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 		struct ref_store *refs,
@@ -438,6 +442,14 @@ void base_ref_iterator_free(struct ref_iterator *iter);
 
 /* Virtual function declarations for ref_iterators: */
 
+/*
+ * backend-specific implementation of ref_iterator_advance. For symrefs, the
+ * function should set REF_ISSYMREF, and it should also dereference the symref
+ * to provide the OID referent. If DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN is set, symrefs
+ * with non-existent referents and refs pointing to non-existent object names
+ * should also be returned. If DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY, only
+ * REF_TYPE_PER_WORKTREE refs should be returned.
+ */
 typedef int ref_iterator_advance_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator);
 
 typedef int ref_iterator_peel_fn(struct ref_iterator *ref_iterator,

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