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libgit2: Resolving HEAD to a SHA

Subject: libgit2: Resolving HEAD to a SHA

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2 messages between Mar 3, 2011 and Mar 3, 2011.

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Joshua Jensen· Mar 3, 2011, 16:08 UTC · lore

I spent a couple hours yesterday trying different methods of resolving HEAD to its appropriate SHA-1. At best, I could get a resolution of HEAD to 'master'.

How do I achieve the functionality of 'git rev-parse' with the libgit2 API?

Thanks.

Josh

Sverre Rabbelier· Mar 3, 2011, 17:31 UTC · re: Joshua Jensen · lore

Re: libgit2: Resolving HEAD to a SHA

Heya,

[+scott, vincent]

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 17:08, Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com> wrote:

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> I spent a couple hours yesterday trying different methods of resolving HEAD
> to its appropriate SHA-1.  At best, I could get a resolution of HEAD to
> 'master'.
>
> How do I achieve the functionality of 'git rev-parse' with the libgit2 API?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Josh

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

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