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* This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_note_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_note_h__
* @brief Git notes management routines
* @defgroup git_note Git notes management routines
* Callback for git_note_foreach.
* - blob_id: Oid of the blob containing the message
* - annotated_object_id: Oid of the git object being annotated
* - payload: Payload data passed to `git_note_foreach`
typedef int GIT_CALLBACK(git_note_foreach_cb)(
const git_oid *blob_id, const git_oid *annotated_object_id, void *payload);
typedef struct git_iterator git_note_iterator;
* Creates a new iterator for notes
* The iterator must be freed manually by the user.
* @param out pointer to the iterator
* @param repo repository where to look up the note
* @param notes_ref canonical name of the reference to use (optional); defaults to
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_iterator_new(
* Creates a new iterator for notes from a commit
* The iterator must be freed manually by the user.
* @param out pointer to the iterator
* @param notes_commit a pointer to the notes commit object
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_commit_iterator_new(
git_commit *notes_commit);
* Frees an git_note_iterator
* @param it pointer to the iterator
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_note_iterator_free(git_note_iterator *it);
* Return the current item (note_id and annotated_id) and advance the iterator
* internally to the next value
* @param note_id id of blob containing the message
* @param annotated_id id of the git object being annotated
* @param it pointer to the iterator
* @return 0 (no error), GIT_ITEROVER (iteration is done) or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_next(
* Read the note for an object
* The note must be freed manually by the user.
* @param out pointer to the read note; NULL in case of error
* @param repo repository where to look up the note
* @param notes_ref canonical name of the reference to use (optional); defaults to
* @param oid OID of the git object to read the note from
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_read(
* Read the note for an object from a note commit
* The note must be freed manually by the user.
* @param out pointer to the read note; NULL in case of error
* @param repo repository where to look up the note
* @param notes_commit a pointer to the notes commit object
* @param oid OID of the git object to read the note from
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_commit_read(
git_commit *notes_commit,
GIT_EXTERN(const git_signature *) git_note_author(const git_note *note);
GIT_EXTERN(const git_signature *) git_note_committer(const git_note *note);
* @return the note message
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_note_message(const git_note *note);
* Get the note object's id
* @return the note object's id
GIT_EXTERN(const git_oid *) git_note_id(const git_note *note);
* Add a note for an object
* @param out pointer to store the OID (optional); NULL in case of error
* @param repo repository where to store the note
* @param notes_ref canonical name of the reference to use (optional);
* defaults to "refs/notes/commits"
* @param author signature of the notes commit author
* @param committer signature of the notes commit committer
* @param oid OID of the git object to decorate
* @param note Content of the note to add for object oid
* @param force Overwrite existing note
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_create(
const git_signature *author,
const git_signature *committer,
* Add a note for an object from a commit
* This function will create a notes commit for a given object,
* the commit is a dangling commit, no reference is created.
* @param notes_commit_out pointer to store the commit (optional);
* @param notes_blob_out a point to the id of a note blob (optional)
* @param repo repository where the note will live
* @param parent Pointer to parent note
* or NULL if this shall start a new notes tree
* @param author signature of the notes commit author
* @param committer signature of the notes commit committer
* @param oid OID of the git object to decorate
* @param note Content of the note to add for object oid
* @param allow_note_overwrite Overwrite existing note
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_commit_create(
git_oid *notes_commit_out,
const git_signature *author,
const git_signature *committer,
int allow_note_overwrite);
* Remove the note for an object
* @param repo repository where the note lives
* @param notes_ref canonical name of the reference to use (optional);
* defaults to "refs/notes/commits"
* @param author signature of the notes commit author
* @param committer signature of the notes commit committer
* @param oid OID of the git object to remove the note from
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_remove(
const git_signature *author,
const git_signature *committer,
* Remove the note for an object
* @param notes_commit_out pointer to store the new notes commit (optional);
* When removing a note a new tree containing all notes
* sans the note to be removed is created and a new commit
* pointing to that tree is also created.
* In the case where the resulting tree is an empty tree
* a new commit pointing to this empty tree will be returned.
* @param repo repository where the note lives
* @param notes_commit a pointer to the notes commit object
* @param author signature of the notes commit author
* @param committer signature of the notes commit committer
* @param oid OID of the git object to remove the note from
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_commit_remove(
git_oid *notes_commit_out,
git_commit *notes_commit,
const git_signature *author,
const git_signature *committer,
* @param note git_note object
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_note_free(git_note *note);
* Get the default notes reference for a repository
* @param out buffer in which to store the name of the default notes reference
* @param repo The Git repository
* @return 0 or an error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_default_ref(git_buf *out, git_repository *repo);
* Loop over all the notes within a specified namespace
* and issue a callback for each one.
* @param repo Repository where to find the notes.
* @param notes_ref Reference to read from (optional); defaults to
* @param note_cb Callback to invoke per found annotation. Return non-zero
* @param payload Extra parameter to callback function.
* @return 0 on success, non-zero callback return value, or error code
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_note_foreach(
git_note_foreach_cb note_cb,