[PATCH 19/26] refs: add expand_ref()

["Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>]

This is basically dwim_ref() without @{} support. To be used on the
server side where we want to expand abbreviated to full ref names and
nothing else. The first user is "git clone/fetch --shallow-exclude".

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 refs.c | 8 +++++++-
 refs.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index e2d34b2..842e4d8 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ static char *substitute_branch_name(const char **string, int *len)
 int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref)
 {
 	char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(&str, &len);
+	int   refs_found  = expand_ref(str, len, sha1, ref);
+	free(last_branch);
+	return refs_found;
+}
+
+int expand_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref)
+{
 	const char **p, *r;
 	int refs_found = 0;
 
@@ -417,7 +424,6 @@ int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref)
 			warning("ignoring broken ref %s.", fullref);
 		}
 	}
-	free(last_branch);
 	return refs_found;
 }
 
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 3c3da29..31a2fa6 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ extern int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned c
  */
 extern int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name, const char *full_name);
 
+extern int expand_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref);
 extern int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref);
 extern int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref);
 
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