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-rw-r--r--commit.c29
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 706c7cba0..e83056406 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "tag.h"
#include "commit.h"
#include "cache.h"
#include <string.h>
@@ -5,6 +6,27 @@
const char *commit_type = "commit";
+static struct commit *check_commit(struct object *obj, unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+ if (obj->type != commit_type) {
+ error("Object %s is a %s, not a commit",
+ sha1_to_hex(sha1), obj->type);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return (struct commit *) obj;
+}
+
+struct commit *lookup_commit_reference(unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+ struct object *obj = parse_object(sha1);
+
+ if (!obj)
+ return NULL;
+ if (obj->type == tag_type)
+ obj = ((struct tag *)obj)->tagged;
+ return check_commit(obj, sha1);
+}
+
struct commit *lookup_commit(unsigned char *sha1)
{
struct object *obj = lookup_object(sha1);
@@ -15,12 +37,7 @@ struct commit *lookup_commit(unsigned char *sha1)
ret->object.type = commit_type;
return ret;
}
- if (obj->type != commit_type) {
- error("Object %s is a %s, not a commit",
- sha1_to_hex(sha1), obj->type);
- return NULL;
- }
- return (struct commit *) obj;
+ return check_commit(obj, sha1);
}
static unsigned long parse_commit_date(const char *buf)