From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:21:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] add get_sha1_with_real_ref() returning full name of ref on demand
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710141819490.25221@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <11923520852991-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

Hi,

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

> Deep inside get_sha1() the name of the requested ref is matched
> according to the rules documented in git-rev-parse. This patch
> introduces a function that returns the full name of the matched
> ref to the outside.
> 
> For example 'master' is typically returned as 'refs/heads/master'.
> 
> 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.

I have not really studies your patch, but from your description it sounds 
as if dwim_ref() does what you want.

Ciao,
Dscho