[PATCH] Parse tags for absent objects

[git.git] / object.c

diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 5e83788..21f872e 100644 (file)
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ void mark_reachable(struct object *obj, unsigned int mask)
        }
 }
 
+struct object *lookup_object_type(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *type)
+{
+       if (!strcmp(type, blob_type)) {
+               return &lookup_blob(sha1)->object;
+       } else if (!strcmp(type, tree_type)) {
+               return &lookup_tree(sha1)->object;
+       } else if (!strcmp(type, commit_type)) {
+               return &lookup_commit(sha1)->object;
+       } else if (!strcmp(type, tag_type)) {
+               return &lookup_tag(sha1)->object;
+       } else {
+               error("Unknown type %s", type);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+}
+
 struct object *parse_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
        unsigned long mapsize;