delete_refs(): new function for the refs API

Move the function remove_branches() from builtin/remote.c to refs.c,
rename it to delete_refs(), and make it public.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 68b5e81..1a5d44a 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ extern int reflog_exists(const char *refname);
 extern int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 		      unsigned int flags);
 
+/*
+ * Delete the specified references. If there are any problems, emit
+ * errors but attempt to keep going (i.e., the deletes are not done in
+ * an all-or-nothing transaction).
+ */
+extern int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames);
+
 /** Delete a reflog */
 extern int delete_reflog(const char *refname);