refs: implement function to read references from file

Currently, we only provide functions to read references directly from a
repository's reference store via e.g. `git_reference_lookup`. But in
some cases, we may want to read files not connected to the current
repository, e.g. when looking up HEAD of connected work trees. This
commit implements `git_reference__read_head`, which will read out and
allocate a reference at an arbitrary path.

Author: pks-t

src/refs.c

@@ -249,6 +249,40 @@ int git_reference_lookup_resolved(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int git_reference__read_head(
+	git_reference **out,
+	git_repository *repo,
+	const char *path)
+{
+	git_buf reference = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	char *name = NULL;
+	int error;
+
+	if ((error = git_futils_readbuffer(&reference, path)) < 0)
+		goto out;
+	git_buf_rtrim(&reference);
+
+	if (git__strncmp(reference.ptr, GIT_SYMREF, strlen(GIT_SYMREF)) == 0) {
+		git_buf_consume(&reference, reference.ptr + strlen(GIT_SYMREF));
+
+		name = git_path_basename(path);
+
+		if ((*out = git_reference__alloc_symbolic(name, reference.ptr)) == NULL) {
+			error = -1;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if ((error = git_reference_lookup(out, repo, reference.ptr)) < 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	free(name);
+	git_buf_clear(&reference);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 int git_reference_dwim(git_reference **out, git_repository *repo, const char *refname)
 {
 	int error = 0, i;

src/refs.h

@@ -107,6 +107,20 @@ int git_reference_lookup_resolved(
 	const char *name,
 	int max_deref);
 
+/**
+ * Read reference from a file.
+ *
+ * This function will read in the file at `path`. If it is a
+ * symref, it will return a new unresolved symbolic reference
+ * with the given name pointing to the reference pointed to by
+ * the file. If it is not a symbolic reference, it will return
+ * the resolved reference.
+ */
+int git_reference__read_head(
+	git_reference **out,
+	git_repository *repo,
+	const char *path);
+
 int git_reference__log_signature(git_signature **out, git_repository *repo);
 
 /** Update a reference after a commit. */