On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 05:43:13PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> > sub get_headref {
> > my ($it) = (@_);
> > my $r = `git-rev-parse --verify "refs/$it"`;
> > return undef unless $? == 0;
> > chomp $r;
> > return $r;
> > }
>
> I have no comment on which is the best command to use (you would know
> much better than I), but adding "refs/" is wrong.
BTW, one bad thing about the new get_headref compared to the original is
that it does not distinguish very well between "ref does not exist" and
"an error occurred." Is there a lookup command that makes such a
distinction possible?
-Peff
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