diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 2d9265d9fe1e13c0295f5ff33c0cb26201f5fce0..b21335ee4c775d82901fb6b7dc785d63244f2bdd 100644 (file)
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
return check_commit(obj, sha1, 0);
}
+struct commit *lookup_commit_reference_by_name(const char *name)
+{
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ struct commit *commit;
+
+ if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
+ return NULL;
+ commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+ if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))
+ return NULL;
+ return commit;
+}
+
static unsigned long parse_commit_date(const char *buf, const char *tail)
{
const char *dateptr;