Method

GgitIndexread

Declaration [src]

gboolean
ggit_index_read (
  GgitIndex* idx,
  gboolean force,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Update the contents of an existing index object in memory by reading from the hard disk.

If force is true, this performs a “hard” read that discards in-memory changes and always reloads the on-disk index data. If there is no on-disk version, the index will be cleared.

If force is false, this does a “soft” read that reloads the index data from disk only if it has changed since the last time it was loaded. Purely in-memory index data will be untouched. Be aware: if there are changes on disk, unwritten in-memory changes are discarded.

Parameters

force

Type: gboolean

Force read even if there are in-memory changes.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if the index could be read from the file associated with the index, FALSE otherwise.