expose a helper function peel_to_type().
[gitweb.git] / sha1_name.c
index be8489e4e5fc98c6e38036a40fb5ca8c0db77ebc..739f1b2d49a6a87e3b5db3d8cadb151d27363a6a 100644 (file)
@@ -423,6 +423,37 @@ static int get_nth_ancestor(const char *name, int len,
        return 0;
 }
 
+struct object *peel_to_type(const char *name, int namelen,
+                           struct object *o, enum object_type expected_type)
+{
+       if (name && !namelen)
+               namelen = strlen(name);
+       if (!o) {
+               unsigned char sha1[20];
+               if (get_sha1_1(name, namelen, sha1))
+                       return NULL;
+               o = parse_object(sha1);
+       }
+       while (1) {
+               if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
+                       return NULL;
+               if (o->type == expected_type)
+                       return o;
+               if (o->type == OBJ_TAG)
+                       o = ((struct tag*) o)->tagged;
+               else if (o->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
+                       o = &(((struct commit *) o)->tree->object);
+               else {
+                       if (name)
+                               error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object "
+                                     "dereferences to %s type",
+                                     namelen, name, typename(expected_type),
+                                     typename(o->type));
+                       return NULL;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
 static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
        unsigned char outer[20];
@@ -474,29 +505,17 @@ static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
                hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
        }
        else {
-               /* At this point, the syntax look correct, so
+               /*
+                * At this point, the syntax look correct, so
                 * if we do not get the needed object, we should
                 * barf.
                 */
-
-               while (1) {
-                       if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
-                               return -1;
-                       if (o->type == expected_type) {
-                               hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
-                               return 0;
-                       }
-                       if (o->type == OBJ_TAG)
-                               o = ((struct tag*) o)->tagged;
-                       else if (o->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
-                               o = &(((struct commit *) o)->tree->object);
-                       else
-                               return error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object dereferences to %s type",
-                                            len, name, typename(expected_type),
-                                            typename(o->type));
-                       if (!o->parsed)
-                               parse_object(o->sha1);
+               o = peel_to_type(name, len, o, expected_type);
+               if (o) {
+                       hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
+                       return 0;
                }
+               return -1;
        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -578,8 +597,11 @@ static int handle_one_ref(const char *path,
        struct object *object = parse_object(sha1);
        if (!object)
                return 0;
-       if (object->type == OBJ_TAG)
+       if (object->type == OBJ_TAG) {
                object = deref_tag(object, path, strlen(path));
+               if (!object)
+                       return 0;
+       }
        if (object->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
                return 0;
        insert_by_date((struct commit *)object, list);