Method

GgitRepositorylookup_reference_dwim

Declaration [src]

GgitRef*
ggit_repository_lookup_reference_dwim (
  GgitRepository* repository,
  const gchar* short_name,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Lookups a reference by its short name in repository applying the git precendence rules to the given shorthand to determine which reference the user is referring to. The returned GgitRef must be freed with g_object_unref().

Parameters

`short_name`	`const gchar*`
	The short name for the reference (e.g. master, v0.1.0, …).
	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 searched reference.
	The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
	The return value can be `NULL`.