Method: Rugged::Repository#read_header

Defined in:

ext/rugged/rugged_repo.c

#read_header(oid) ⇒ Hash

Read and return the header information in repo‘s ODB for the object identified by the given oid.

Returns a Hash object with the following key/value pairs:

:type

A Symbol denoting the object’s type. Possible values are: :tree, :blob, :commit or :tag.

:len

A Number representing the object’s length, in bytes.

Returns:

• (Hash)

# File 'ext/rugged/rugged_repo.c', line 1181

static VALUE rb_git_repo_read_header(VALUE self, VALUE hex)
{
	git_repository *repo;
	git_oid oid;
	git_odb *odb;
	git_otype type;
	size_t len;
	VALUE rb_hash;
	int error;

	Data_Get_Struct(self, git_repository, repo);
	Check_Type(hex, T_STRING);

	error = git_oid_fromstr(&oid, StringValueCStr(hex));
	rugged_exception_check(error);

	error = git_repository_odb(&odb, repo);
	rugged_exception_check(error);

	error = git_odb_read_header(&len, &type, odb, &oid);
	git_odb_free(odb);
	rugged_exception_check(error);

	rb_hash = rb_hash_new();
	rb_hash_aset(rb_hash, CSTR2SYM("type"), CSTR2SYM(git_object_type2string(type)));
	rb_hash_aset(rb_hash, CSTR2SYM("len"), INT2FIX(len));

	return rb_hash;
}