Merge branch 'development'

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/git2/object.h b/include/git2/object.h
index b91b04dba..c40631fa6 100644
--- a/include/git2/object.h
+++ b/include/git2/object.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
  * @param repo the repository to look up the object
  * @param id the unique identifier for the object
  * @param type the type of the object
- * @return a reference to the object
+ * @return 0 or an error code
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_lookup(
 		git_object **object,
@@ -78,6 +78,23 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_lookup_prefix(
 		size_t len,
 		git_otype type);
 
+
+/**
+ * Lookup an object that represents a tree entry.
+ *
+ * @param out buffer that receives a pointer to the object (which must be freed
+ *            by the caller)
+ * @param treeish root object that can be peeled to a tree
+ * @param path relative path from the root object to the desired object
+ * @param type type of object desired
+ * @return 0 on success, or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_object_lookup_bypath(
+		git_object **out,
+		const git_object *treeish,
+		const char *path,
+		git_otype type);
+
 /**
  * Get the id (SHA1) of a repository object
  *