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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-07-11 18:27:25 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-07-11 18:27:25 -0700 |
commit | 79162bb8ad43aefb23172b9f164ea13ac2b60744 (patch) | |
tree | 411e665b69eef158141fe511470c6f724ed4bee8 /Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | |
parent | git-send-pack: Fix duplicate refname match (diff) | |
download | tgif-79162bb8ad43aefb23172b9f164ea13ac2b60744.tar.xz |
git-rev-parse: Allow a "zeroth" parent of a commit - the commit itself.
This sounds nonsensical, but it's useful to make sure that the result is
a commit.
For example, "git-rev-parse v2.6.12" will return the _tag_ object for
v2.6.12, but "git-rev-parse v2.6.12^0" will return the _commit_ object
associated with that tag (and v2.6.12^1 will return the first parent).
Also, since the "parent" code will actually parse the commit, this,
together with the "--verify" flag, will verify not only that the result
is a single SHA1, but will also have verified that it's a proper commit
that we can see.
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