libgit2

git_commit_lookup_prefix

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

The returned object should be released with git_commit_free when no longer needed.

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int git_commit_lookup_prefix(git_commit **commit, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, size_t 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.

size_t
In
len

the length of the short identifier

Returns

int

0 or an error code

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