Method CreateSymbolic

reference.go:74–101

(name, target string, force bool, msg string)

}

func (c *ReferenceCollection) CreateSymbolic(name, target string, force bool, msg string) (*Reference, error) {
	cname := C.CString(name)
	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cname))

	ctarget := C.CString(target)
	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(ctarget))

	var cmsg *C.char
	if msg == "" {
		cmsg = nil
	} else {
		cmsg = C.CString(msg)
		defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cmsg))
	}

	var ptr *C.git_reference

	runtime.LockOSThread()
	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()

	ecode := C.git_reference_symbolic_create(&ptr, c.repo.ptr, cname, ctarget, cbool(force), cmsg)
	runtime.KeepAlive(c)
	if ecode < 0 {
		return nil, MakeGitError(ecode)
	}

	return newReferenceFromC(ptr, c.repo), nil
}

// EnsureLog ensures that there is a reflog for the given reference
// name and creates an empty one if necessary.