1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 192f9f85c9..6f8f9f5619 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@
  */
 int refname_is_safe(const char *refname);
 
+/*
+ * Helper function: return true if refname, which has the specified
+ * oid and flags, can be resolved to an object in the database. If the
+ * referred-to object does not exist, emit a warning and return false.
+ */
+int ref_resolves_to_object(const char *refname,
+			   const struct object_id *oid,
+			   unsigned int flags);
+
 enum peel_status {
 	/* object was peeled successfully: */
 	PEEL_PEELED = 0,