On 2022-08-21 at 00:54:40, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Sorry, I assumed it was clear, but that was dumb of me.
> >
> > I have a string - might be a tag name, might be a branch name, might
> > be a SHA (complete or partial). I want to resolve that into a
> > canonical SHA.
>
> "git rev-parse --verify string" would insist that 'string' is an
> object name and show it as an object name to the standard output, or
> gives an error message and exits with a non-zero status.
Note that this will print a full hex object ID whether it exists in the
repo or not if one is given (for example, the all-zeros object ID). If
you want to verify that the object exists, write this:
git rev-parse --verify string^{object}
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
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