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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_refdb_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_refdb_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "types.h"
+#include "oid.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+
+/**
+ * @file git2/refdb.h
+ * @brief Git custom refs backend functions
+ * @defgroup git_refdb Git custom refs backend API
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * Create a new reference database with no backends.
+ *
+ * Before the Ref DB can be used for read/writing, a custom database
+ * backend must be manually set using `git_refdb_set_backend()`
+ *
+ * @param out location to store the database pointer, if opened.
+ *			Set to NULL if the open failed.
+ * @param repo the repository
+ * @return 0 or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refdb_new(git_refdb **out, git_repository *repo);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new reference database and automatically add
+ * the default backends:
+ *
+ *  - git_refdb_dir: read and write loose and packed refs
+ *      from disk, assuming the repository dir as the folder
+ *
+ * @param out location to store the database pointer, if opened.
+ *			Set to NULL if the open failed.
+ * @param repo the repository
+ * @return 0 or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refdb_open(git_refdb **out, git_repository *repo);
+
+/**
+ * Suggests that the given refdb compress or optimize its references.
+ * This mechanism is implementation specific.  For on-disk reference
+ * databases, for example, this may pack all loose references.
+ *
+ * @param refdb The reference database to optimize.
+ * @return 0 or an error code.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refdb_compress(git_refdb *refdb);
+
+/**
+ * Close an open reference database.
+ *
+ * @param refdb reference database pointer or NULL
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_refdb_free(git_refdb *refdb);
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+
+#endif