libgit2

git_reference_peel

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Recursively peel reference until object of the specified type is found.

The retrieved peeled object is owned by the repository and should be closed with the git_object_free method.

If you pass GIT_OBJECT_ANY as the target type, then the object will be peeled until a non-tag object is met.

Signature

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int git_reference_peel(git_object **out, const git_reference *ref, git_object_t type);

Parameters

git_object **
In
out

Pointer to the peeled git_object

const git_reference *
In
ref

The reference to be processed

git_object_t
In
type

The type of the requested object (GIT_OBJECT_COMMIT, GIT_OBJECT_TAG, GIT_OBJECT_TREE, GIT_OBJECT_BLOB or GIT_OBJECT_ANY).

Returns

int

0 on success, GIT_EAMBIGUOUS, GIT_ENOTFOUND or an error code

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