Reintroduce git_revparse_single.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/git2/revparse.h b/include/git2/revparse.h
index 7fe910b45..2bbbaa5e1 100644
--- a/include/git2/revparse.h
+++ b/include/git2/revparse.h
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@
  */
 GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
+/**
+ *
+ * Find a single object, as specified by a revision string. See `man gitrevisions`,
+ * or http://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse.html#_specifying_revisions 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 0 on success, GIT_ENOTFOUND, GIT_EAMBIGUOUS, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_revparse_single(git_object **out, git_repository *repo,
+		const char *spec);
+
 
 /**
  * Revparse flags.  These indicate the intended behavior of the spec passed to