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Diffstat (limited to 'git/refs/reference.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | git/refs/reference.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git/refs/reference.py b/git/refs/reference.py index 5cff74bb..bd9c47a6 100644 --- a/git/refs/reference.py +++ b/git/refs/reference.py @@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ class Reference(SymbolicReference, LazyMixin, Iterable): _resolve_ref_on_create = True _common_path_default = "refs" - def __init__(self, repo, path): + def __init__(self, repo, path, check_path = True): """Initialize this instance :param repo: Our parent repository :param path: Path relative to the .git/ directory pointing to the ref in question, i.e. - refs/heads/master""" - if not path.startswith(self._common_path_default+'/'): - raise ValueError("Cannot instantiate %r from path %s, maybe use %s.to_full_path(name) to safely generate a valid full path from a name" % ( self.__class__.__name__, path, type(self).__name__)) + refs/heads/master + :param check_path: if False, you can provide any path. Otherwise the path must start with the + default path prefix of this type.""" + if check_path and not path.startswith(self._common_path_default+'/'): + raise ValueError("Cannot instantiate %r from path %s" % (self.__class__.__name__, path)) super(Reference, self).__init__(repo, path) |