gitrevisions(7) implies that <rev>^{tag} should work, but before now it did not: $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{tag} fatal: Needed a single revision This commit fixes the omission: $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{tag} 4bc068950abec778a02ebf3ee73cf0735affabb4 Other object type names work as expected: $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{commit} 362de916c06521205276acb7f51c99f47db94727 $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{tree} c1fef48675edd74e9af19405339e8bdaebd56b0c $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{blob} error: v1.8.3.1^{blob}: expected blob type, but the object dereferences to tree type fatal: Needed a single revision Note that <rev>^{tag} is not the same as <rev>^{object} when <rev> is not a tag: $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{}^{object} 362de916c06521205276acb7f51c99f47db94727 $ git rev-parse --verify v1.8.3.1^{}^{tag} error: v1.8.3.1^{}^{tag}: expected tag type, but the object dereferences to tree type fatal: Needed a single revision Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <rhansen@xxxxxxx> --- sha1_name.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c index 90419ef..68fd0e4 100644 --- a/sha1_name.c +++ b/sha1_name.c @@ -677,6 +677,8 @@ static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1) sp++; /* beginning of type name, or closing brace for empty */ if (!strncmp(commit_type, sp, 6) && sp[6] == '}') expected_type = OBJ_COMMIT; + else if (!strncmp(tag_type, sp, 3) && sp[3] == '}') + expected_type = OBJ_TAG; else if (!strncmp(tree_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}') expected_type = OBJ_TREE; else if (!strncmp(blob_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}') -- 1.8.3.1 -- 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