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* This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
* a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
#ifndef INCLUDE_git_describe_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_describe_h__
* @brief Git describing routines
* @defgroup git_describe Git describing routines
* Reference lookup strategy
* These behave like the --tags and --all options to git-describe,
* namely they say to look for any reference in either refs/tags/ or
} git_describe_strategy_t;
* Describe options structure
* Initialize with `GIT_DESCRIBE_OPTIONS_INIT`. Alternatively, you can
* use `git_describe_options_init`.
typedef struct git_describe_options {
unsigned int max_candidates_tags; /**< default: 10 */
unsigned int describe_strategy; /**< default: GIT_DESCRIBE_DEFAULT */
* When calculating the distance from the matching tag or
* reference, only walk down the first-parent ancestry.
int only_follow_first_parent;
* If no matching tag or reference is found, the describe
* operation would normally fail. If this option is set, it
* will instead fall back to showing the full id of the
int show_commit_oid_as_fallback;
#define GIT_DESCRIBE_DEFAULT_MAX_CANDIDATES_TAGS 10
#define GIT_DESCRIBE_DEFAULT_ABBREVIATED_SIZE 7
#define GIT_DESCRIBE_OPTIONS_VERSION 1
#define GIT_DESCRIBE_OPTIONS_INIT { \
GIT_DESCRIBE_OPTIONS_VERSION, \
GIT_DESCRIBE_DEFAULT_MAX_CANDIDATES_TAGS, \
* Initialize git_describe_options structure
* Initializes a `git_describe_options` with default values. Equivalent to creating
* an instance with GIT_DESCRIBE_OPTIONS_INIT.
* @param opts The `git_describe_options` struct to initialize.
* @param version The struct version; pass `GIT_DESCRIBE_OPTIONS_VERSION`.
* @return Zero on success; -1 on failure.
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_describe_options_init(git_describe_options *opts, unsigned int version);
* Describe format options structure
* Initialize with `GIT_DESCRIBE_FORMAT_OPTIONS_INIT`. Alternatively, you can
* use `git_describe_format_options_init`.
* Size of the abbreviated commit id to use. This value is the
* lower bound for the length of the abbreviated string. The
unsigned int abbreviated_size;
* Set to use the long format even when a shorter name could be used.
int always_use_long_format;
* If the workdir is dirty and this is set, this string will
* be appended to the description string.
const char *dirty_suffix;
} git_describe_format_options;
#define GIT_DESCRIBE_FORMAT_OPTIONS_VERSION 1
#define GIT_DESCRIBE_FORMAT_OPTIONS_INIT { \
GIT_DESCRIBE_FORMAT_OPTIONS_VERSION, \
GIT_DESCRIBE_DEFAULT_ABBREVIATED_SIZE, \
* Initialize git_describe_format_options structure
* Initializes a `git_describe_format_options` with default values. Equivalent to creating
* an instance with GIT_DESCRIBE_FORMAT_OPTIONS_INIT.
* @param opts The `git_describe_format_options` struct to initialize.
* @param version The struct version; pass `GIT_DESCRIBE_FORMAT_OPTIONS_VERSION`.
* @return Zero on success; -1 on failure.
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_describe_format_options_init(git_describe_format_options *opts, unsigned int version);
* A struct that stores the result of a describe operation.
typedef struct git_describe_result git_describe_result;
* Perform the describe operation on the given committish object.
* @param result pointer to store the result. You must free this once
* @param committish a committish to describe
* @param opts the lookup options (or NULL for defaults)
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_describe_commit(
git_describe_result **result,
git_describe_options *opts);
* Perform the describe operation on the current commit and the
* worktree. After peforming describe on HEAD, a status is run and the
* description is considered to be dirty if there are.
* @param out pointer to store the result. You must free this once
* @param repo the repository in which to perform the describe
* @param opts the lookup options (or NULL for defaults)
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_describe_workdir(
git_describe_result **out,
git_describe_options *opts);
* Print the describe result to a buffer
* @param out The buffer to store the result
* @param result the result from `git_describe_commit()` or
* `git_describe_workdir()`.
* @param opts the formatting options (or NULL for defaults)
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_describe_format(
const git_describe_result *result,
const git_describe_format_options *opts);
* Free the describe result.
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_describe_result_free(git_describe_result *result);