Method: Rugged::Reference#target

Defined in:
ext/rugged/rugged_reference.c

#target_idObject #target_idObject

Return the target of reference.

If reference is a symbolic reference, it returns the target reference object.

If reference is a direct reference, it returns the target object.

ref1.type #=> :symbolic
ref1.target #=> #<Rugged::Reference ...>

ref2.type #=> :direct
ref2.target #=> #<Rugged::Commit ...>


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# File 'ext/rugged/rugged_reference.c', line 113

static VALUE rb_git_ref_target(VALUE self)
{
  git_reference *ref;

  Data_Get_Struct(self, git_reference, ref);

  if (git_reference_type(ref) == GIT_REF_OID) {
    git_object *target;

    rugged_exception_check(
      git_object_lookup(&target, git_reference_owner(ref), git_reference_target(ref), GIT_OBJ_ANY)
    );
    return rugged_object_new(rugged_owner(self), target);
  } else {
    git_reference *target;

    rugged_exception_check(
      git_reference_lookup(&target, git_reference_owner(ref), git_reference_symbolic_target(ref))
    );

    return rugged_ref_new(rb_cRuggedReference, rugged_owner(self), target);
  }
}