libgit2

git_object_lookup

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Lookup a reference to one of the objects in a repostory.

The generated reference is owned by the repository and should be closed with the git_object_free method instead of free'd manually.

The 'type' parameter must match the type of the object in the odb; the method will fail otherwise. The special value 'GIT_OBJ_ANY' may be passed to let the method guess the object's type.

Signature

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int git_object_lookup(git_object **object, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, git_otype type);

Parameters

git_object **
In
object

pointer to the looked-up object

git_repository *
In
repo

the repository to look up the object

const git_oid *
In
id

the unique identifier for the object

git_otype
In
type

the type of the object

Returns

int

a reference to the object

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