refs: new public ref function: safe_create_reflog

The safe_create_reflog function creates a reflog, if it does not
already exist.

The log_ref_setup function becomes private and gains a force_create
parameter to force the creation of a reflog even if log_all_ref_updates
is false or the refname is not one of the special refnames.

The new parameter also reduces the need to store, modify, and restore
the log_all_ref_updates global before reflog creation.

In a moment, we will use this to add reflog creation commands to
git-reflog.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/checkout.c

@@ -619,24 +619,20 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 	if (opts->new_branch) {
 		if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
 			if (opts->new_branch_log && !log_all_ref_updates) {
-				int temp;
-				struct strbuf log_file = STRBUF_INIT;
 				int ret;
-				const char *ref_name;
+				char *refname;
 				struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-				ref_name = mkpath("refs/heads/%s", opts->new_orphan_branch);
-				temp = log_all_ref_updates;
-				log_all_ref_updates = 1;
-				ret = log_ref_setup(ref_name, &log_file, &err);
-				log_all_ref_updates = temp;
-				strbuf_release(&log_file);
+				refname = mkpathdup("refs/heads/%s", opts->new_orphan_branch);
+				ret = safe_create_reflog(refname, 1, &err);
+				free(refname);
 				if (ret) {
 					fprintf(stderr, _("Can not do reflog for '%s': %s\n"),
 						opts->new_orphan_branch, err.buf);
 					strbuf_release(&err);
 					return;
 				}
+				strbuf_release(&err);
 			}
 		}
 		else

refs.c

@@ -3063,8 +3063,13 @@ static int should_autocreate_reflog(const char *refname)
 		!strcmp(refname, "HEAD");
 }
 
-/* This function will fill in *err and return -1 on failure */
-int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, struct strbuf *sb_logfile, struct strbuf *err)
+/*
+ * Create a reflog for a ref.  If force_create = 0, the reflog will
+ * only be created for certain refs (those for which
+ * should_autocreate_reflog returns non-zero.  Otherwise, create it
+ * regardless of the ref name.  Fill in *err and return -1 on failure.
+ */
+static int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, struct strbuf *sb_logfile, struct strbuf *err, int force_create)
 {
 	int logfd, oflags = O_APPEND | O_WRONLY;
 	char *logfile;
@@ -3073,7 +3078,7 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, struct strbuf *sb_logfile, struct strbuf
 	logfile = sb_logfile->buf;
 	/* make sure the rest of the function can't change "logfile" */
 	sb_logfile = NULL;
-	if (should_autocreate_reflog(refname)) {
+	if (force_create || should_autocreate_reflog(refname)) {
 		if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0) {
 			strbuf_addf(err, "unable to create directory for %s: "
 				    "%s", logfile, strerror(errno));
@@ -3108,6 +3113,17 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, struct strbuf *sb_logfile, struct strbuf
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+int safe_create_reflog(const char *refname, int force_create, struct strbuf *err)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	ret = log_ref_setup(refname, &sb, err, force_create);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int log_ref_write_fd(int fd, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 			    const unsigned char *new_sha1,
 			    const char *committer, const char *msg)
@@ -3144,7 +3160,7 @@ static int log_ref_write_1(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 	if (log_all_ref_updates < 0)
 		log_all_ref_updates = !is_bare_repository();
 
-	result = log_ref_setup(refname, sb_log_file, err);
+	result = log_ref_setup(refname, sb_log_file, err, 0);
 
 	if (result)
 		return result;

refs.h

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ extern int peel_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
 /*
  * Setup reflog before using. Fill in err and return -1 on failure.
  */
-int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, struct strbuf *logfile, struct strbuf *err);
+int safe_create_reflog(const char *refname, int force_create, struct strbuf *err);
 
 /** Reads log for the value of ref during at_time. **/
 extern int read_ref_at(const char *refname, unsigned int flags,