1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 8248a994a5..42af4c1f23 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct commit *lookup_commit_reference_by_name(const char *name)
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	struct commit *commit;
 
-	if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
+	if (get_sha1_committish(name, sha1))
 		return NULL;
 	commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
 	if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))