Method

GgitRepositoryrevparse

Declaration [src]

GgitObject*
ggit_repository_revparse (
  GgitRepository* repository,
  const gchar* spec,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Find an object, as specified by a revision string. See man gitrevisions, or the documentation for git rev-parse for information on the syntax accepted.

Parameters

`spec`	`const gchar*`
	The revision specification.
	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:	`GgitObject`
	A `GgitObject` or `NULL` if the revision could not be found.
	The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
	The return value can be `NULL`.