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| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -1872,13 +1872,13 @@ done: return result; } -static int is_special_ref(const char *refname) +static int is_pseudo_ref(const char *refname) { /* - * Special references are refs that have different semantics compared - * to "normal" refs. These refs can thus not be stored in the ref - * backend, but must always be accessed via the filesystem. The - * following refs are special: + * Pseudorefs are refs that have different semantics compared to + * "normal" refs. These refs can thus not be stored in the ref backend, + * but must always be accessed via the filesystem. The following refs + * are pseudorefs: * * - FETCH_HEAD may contain multiple object IDs, and each one of them * carries additional metadata like where it came from. @@ -1887,17 +1887,17 @@ static int is_special_ref(const char *refname) * heads. * * Reading, writing or deleting references must consistently go either - * through the filesystem (special refs) or through the reference + * through the filesystem (pseudorefs) or through the reference * backend (normal ones). */ - static const char * const special_refs[] = { + static const char * const pseudo_refs[] = { "FETCH_HEAD", "MERGE_HEAD", }; size_t i; - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(special_refs); i++) - if (!strcmp(refname, special_refs[i])) + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pseudo_refs); i++) + if (!strcmp(refname, pseudo_refs[i])) return 1; return 0; @@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ int refs_read_raw_ref(struct ref_store *ref_store, const char *refname, unsigned int *type, int *failure_errno) { assert(failure_errno); - if (is_special_ref(refname)) + if (is_pseudo_ref(refname)) return refs_read_special_head(ref_store, refname, oid, referent, type, failure_errno); |