Merge pull request #684 from benstraub/rev-parse

Rev parse

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 the libgit2 contributors
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_revparse_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_revparse_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "types.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * @file git2/revparse.h
+ * @brief Git revision parsing routines
+ * @defgroup git_revparse Git revision parsing routines
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * Find an object, as specified by a revision string. See `man gitrevisions`, or the documentation
+ * for `git rev-parse` for information on the syntax accepted.
+ *
+ * @param out pointer to output object
+ * @param repo the repository to search in
+ * @param spec the textual specification for an object
+ * @return  on success, GIT_ERROR otherwise (use git_error_last for information about the error)
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_revparse_single(git_object **out, git_repository *repo, const char *spec);
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+#endif