Method: Rugged::Reference#name

Defined in:

ext/rugged/rugged_reference.c

#name ⇒ Object #canonical_name ⇒ Object

Returns the fully qualified name of the reference.

name gets overwritten in subclasess like Rugged::Branch or Rugged::Tag to return “nicer” names for presentational purposes, while canonical_name is always supposed to return the fully qualified reference path.

reference.name #=> 'HEAD'

# File 'ext/rugged/rugged_reference.c', line 218

static VALUE rb_git_ref_name(VALUE self)
{
	git_reference *ref;
	Data_Get_Struct(self, git_reference, ref);
	return rb_str_new_utf8(git_reference_name(ref));
}