libgit2

git_describe_commit

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Describe a commit

Perform the describe operation on the given committish object.

Signature

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int git_describe_commit(git_describe_result **result, git_object *committish, git_describe_options *opts);

Parameters

git_describe_result **
In
result

pointer to store the result. You must free this once you're done with it.

git_object *
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committish

a committish to describe

git_describe_options *
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opts

the lookup options (or NULL for defaults)

Returns

int

0 or an error code.

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