Ggit.Ref.set_target

### Method

# Ggit Refset_target

#### Declaration [src]

    GgitRef*
    ggit_ref_set_target (
      GgitRef* ref,
      GgitOId* oid,
      const gchar* log_message,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description [src]

Create a new reference with the same name as the given reference but a different OID target. The reference must be a direct reference, otherwise this will fail.

The new reference will be written to disk, overwriting the given reference.

#### Parameters

`oid` | `GgitOId`
| A `GgitOId`.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`log_message` | `const gchar*`
| The one line long message to be appended to the reflog.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.
| The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`error` | `GError **`
| The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

#### Return value

Returns: | `GgitRef`
| The newly created `GgitRef` or `NULL`.
| The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
| The return value can be `NULL`.