On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 04:34:19PM +0100, Michael Haggerty wrote: > Is there a simple way to verify an object name more strictly and convert > it to an SHA1? I can only think of solutions that require two commands, > like > > git cat-file -e $ARG && git rev-parse --verify $ARG Is the rev-parse line doing anything there? If $ARG does not resolve to a sha1, then wouldn't cat-file have failed? -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html