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-rw-r--r--lib/git/refs.py17
-rw-r--r--test/git/test_refs.py18
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/refs.py b/lib/git/refs.py
index 47c37af6..26e7c09e 100644
--- a/lib/git/refs.py
+++ b/lib/git/refs.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Reference(LazyMixin, Iterable):
"""
commit = self.object
if commit.type != "commit":
- raise TypeError("Object of reference %s did not point to a commit" % self)
+ raise TypeError("Object of reference %s did not point to a commit, but to %r" % (self, commit))
return commit
commit = property(_get_commit, _set_commit, doc="Return Commit object the reference points to")
@@ -250,8 +250,7 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
def _get_path(self):
return os.path.join(self.repo.path, self.name)
- @property
- def commit(self):
+ def _get_commit(self):
"""
Returns:
Commit object we point to, works for detached and non-detached
@@ -271,6 +270,18 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
# Otherwise it would have detached it
return Head(self.repo, tokens[1]).commit
+ def _set_commit(self, commit):
+ """
+ Set our commit, possibly dereference our symbolic reference first.
+ """
+ if self.is_detached:
+ return self._set_reference(commit)
+
+ # set the commit on our reference
+ self._get_reference().commit = commit
+
+ commit = property(_get_commit, _set_commit, doc="Query or set commits directly")
+
def _get_reference(self):
"""
Returns
diff --git a/test/git/test_refs.py b/test/git/test_refs.py
index 696b95c7..979165ef 100644
--- a/test/git/test_refs.py
+++ b/test/git/test_refs.py
@@ -198,3 +198,21 @@ class TestRefs(TestBase):
assert head.commit == old_commit # and the ref did not change
head.object = head_tree
assert head.object == head_tree
+ self.failUnlessRaises(TypeError, getattr, head, 'commit') # object is a tree, not a commit
+
+ # set the commit directly using the head. This would never detach the head
+ assert not cur_head.is_detached
+ head.object = old_commit
+ cur_head.reference = head.commit
+ assert cur_head.is_detached
+ parent_commit = head.commit.parents[0]
+ assert cur_head.is_detached
+ cur_head.commit = parent_commit
+ assert cur_head.is_detached and cur_head.commit == parent_commit
+
+ cur_head.reference = head
+ assert not cur_head.is_detached
+ cur_head.commit = parent_commit
+ assert not cur_head.is_detached
+ assert head.commit == parent_commit
+