Hi, On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > Deep inside get_sha1() the name of the requested ref is matched > according to the rules documented in git-rev-parse. This patch > introduces a function that returns the full name of the matched > ref to the outside. > > For example 'master' is typically returned as 'refs/heads/master'. > > The new function can be used by "git rev-parse" to print the full > name of the matched ref and can be used by "git send-pack" to expand > a local ref to its full name. I have not really studies your patch, but from your description it sounds as if dwim_ref() does what you want. Ciao, Dscho - 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