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| -rw-r--r-- | git/refs/tag.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/git/refs/tag.py b/git/refs/tag.py index cf41d971..dc7d020d 100644 --- a/git/refs/tag.py +++ b/git/refs/tag.py @@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ class TagReference(Reference): @property def commit(self): - """:return: Commit object the tag ref points to""" + """:return: Commit object the tag ref points to + + :raise ValueError: if the tag points to a tree or blob""" obj = self.object while obj.type != 'commit': if obj.type == "tag": # it is a tag object which carries the commit as an object - we can point to anything obj = obj.object else: - raise ValueError("Tag %s points to a Blob or Tree - have never seen that before" % self) + raise ValueError(("Cannot resolve commit as tag %s points to a %s object - " + + "use the `.object` property instead to access it") % (self, obj.type)) return obj @property |