config: report errors at the EOL with correct line number

[git.git] / commit.h

diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 12d100b8b6fcd092f3a6886a75c720011ef1b7dc..14f6a5a2ed91e2176cce4543798774f88a8628b1 100644 (file)
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ struct commit *lookup_commit_reference_gently(const unsigned char *sha1,
                                              int quiet);
 struct commit *lookup_commit_reference_by_name(const char *name);
 
+/*
+ * Look up object named by "sha1", dereference tag as necessary,
+ * get a commit and return it. If "sha1" does not dereference to
+ * a commit, use ref_name to report an error and die.
+ */
+struct commit *lookup_commit_or_die(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *ref_name);
+
 int parse_commit_buffer(struct commit *item, const void *buffer, unsigned long size);
 int parse_commit(struct commit *item);