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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_refdb_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_refdb_h__
* @brief Git custom refs backend functions
* @defgroup git_refdb Git custom refs backend API
* Create a new reference database with no backends.
* Before the Ref DB can be used for read/writing, a custom database
* backend must be manually set using `git_refdb_set_backend()`
* @param out location to store the database pointer, if opened.
* Set to NULL if the open failed.
* @param repo the repository
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refdb_new(git_refdb **out, git_repository *repo);
* Create a new reference database and automatically add
* - git_refdb_dir: read and write loose and packed refs
* from disk, assuming the repository dir as the folder
* @param out location to store the database pointer, if opened.
* Set to NULL if the open failed.
* @param repo the repository
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refdb_open(git_refdb **out, git_repository *repo);
* Suggests that the given refdb compress or optimize its references.
* This mechanism is implementation specific. For on-disk reference
* databases, for example, this may pack all loose references.
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refdb_compress(git_refdb *refdb);
* Close an open reference database.
* @param refdb reference database pointer or NULL
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_refdb_free(git_refdb *refdb);