Class: Git::Object

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/git/object.rb

Overview

represents a git object

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: AbstractObject, Blob, Commit, Tag, Tree

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.new(base, objectish, type = nil, is_tag = false)

if we're calling this, we don't know what type it is yet so this is our little factory method



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# File 'lib/git/object.rb', line 294

def self.new(base, objectish, type = nil, is_tag = false)
  if is_tag
    sha = base.lib.tag_sha(objectish)
    if sha == ''
      raise Git::UnexpectedResultError.new("Tag '#{objectish}' does not exist.")
    end
    return Git::Object::Tag.new(base, sha, objectish)
  end

  type ||= base.lib.cat_file_type(objectish)
  klass =
    case type
    when /blob/   then Blob
    when /commit/ then Commit
    when /tree/   then Tree
    end
  klass.new(base, objectish)
end