revparse_single function

Revparse

Find object specified by revision.

revparse_single(repo = ".", revision = NULL)

Arguments

• repo: a path to a repository or a git_repository

  object. Default is '.'

• revision: The revision string, see http://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse.html#_specifying_revisions

Returns

a git_commit or git_tag or git_tree

object

Examples

## Not run:

## Create a directory in tempdir
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)

## Initialize a repository
repo <- init(path)
config(repo, user.name = "Alice", user.email = "alice@example.org")

## Create a file, add and commit
lines <- "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do"
writeLines(lines, file.path(path, "test.txt"))
add(repo, "test.txt")
commit(repo, "First commit message")

# Change file and commit
lines <- c(
  "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do",
  "eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.")
writeLines(lines, file.path(path, "test.txt"))
add(repo, "test.txt")
commit(repo, "Second commit message")

revparse_single(repo, "HEAD^")
revparse_single(repo, "HEAD:test.txt")
## End(Not run)