On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 04:52:15PM +0100, Michael Haggerty wrote: > On 03/28/2013 04:38 PM, Jeff King wrote: > > 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? > > It's outputting the SHA1, which cat-file seems incapable of providing in > a useful way. Ah, I see; I was looking too much at your example, and not thinking about how you would want to use it in a script. -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