Object can now create objects of the proper type in case one attempts to create an object directly - this feature is used in several places now, allowing for additional type-checking

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/git/repo.py b/lib/git/repo.py
index 9ac6ce0c..1d24edb7 100644
--- a/lib/git/repo.py
+++ b/lib/git/repo.py
@@ -129,10 +129,8 @@ class Repo(object):
 		if rev is None:
 			rev = self.active_branch
 		
-		# NOTE: currently we are not checking wheter rev really points to a commit
-		# If not, the system will barf on access of the object, but we don't do that
-		# here to safe cycles
-		c = Commit(self, rev)
+		c = Object(self, rev)
+		assert c.type == "commit", "Revision %s did not point to a commit, but to %s" % (rev, c)
 		return c
 
 	def tree(self, ref=None):