Re: [PATCH 3/8] add get_sha1_with_real_ref() returning full name of ref on demand

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2007, 07:28 UTC
Message-ID: <7v8x5ny9yg.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1193503808519-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:

> The new function can be used by "git rev-parse" to print the full
> name of the matched ref and can be used by "git send-pack" to expand
> a local ref to its full name.

"can be"?  "will be used to implement git rev-parse --some-option"?

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> +static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **real_ref);
>  
>  static int get_parent(const char *name, int len,
>  		      unsigned char *result, int idx)
>  {
>  	unsigned char sha1[20];
> -	int ret = get_sha1_1(name, len, sha1);
> +	int ret = get_sha1_1(name, len, sha1, /*real_ref=*/ 0);

A null pointer constant in git sources is spelled as "NULL", not "0".

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