libgit2

git_commit_lookup_prefix

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Lookup a commit object from a repository, given a prefix of its identifier (short id).

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int git_commit_lookup_prefix(git_commit **commit, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, unsigned int len);

Parameters

git_commit **
In
commit

pointer to the looked up commit

git_repository *
In
repo

the repo to use when locating the commit.

const git_oid *
In
id

identity of the commit to locate. If the object is an annotated tag it will be peeled back to the commit.

unsigned int
In
len

the length of the short identifier

Returns

int

GIT_SUCCESS or an error code

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