delete_refs(): new function for the refs API

Move the function remove_branches() from builtin/remote.c to refs.c,
rename it to delete_refs(), and make it public.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 53b8e13..c8dc724 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -746,25 +746,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int remove_branches(struct string_list *branches)
-{
-	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int i, result = 0;
-
-	if (repack_without_refs(branches, &err))
-		result |= error("%s", err.buf);
-	strbuf_release(&err);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < branches->nr; i++) {
-		const char *refname = branches->items[i].string;
-
-		if (delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0))
-			result |= error(_("Could not remove branch %s"), refname);
-	}
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 static int rm(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -821,7 +802,7 @@
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 	if (!result)
-		result = remove_branches(&branches);
+		result = delete_refs(&branches);
 	string_list_clear(&branches, 0);
 
 	if (skipped.nr) {