git-rev-parse HEAD^1 would fail, because of an off-by-one bug (but HEAD^
would yield the expected result). Also, when the parent does not exist, do
not silently return an incorrect SHA1. Of course, this no longer applies
to git-rev-parse alone, but every user of get_sha1().
While at it, add a test.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Everybody envies rev-parse, who is the only one that can grok
the extended sha1 format. Move the get_extended_sha1() out of
rev-parse, rename it to get_sha1() and make it available to
everybody else.
The one I posted earlier to the list had one bug where it did
not handle a name that ends with a digit correctly (it
incorrectly tried the "Nth parent" path). This commit fixes it.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
