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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/git/objects/base.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/git/objects/base.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/objects/base.py b/lib/git/objects/base.py index d4a46788..21b9b1ea 100644 --- a/lib/git/objects/base.py +++ b/lib/git/objects/base.py @@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ class Object(LazyMixin): inst = get_object_type_by_name(typename)(repo, hex_to_bin(hexsha)) inst.size = size return inst + + @classmethod + def new_from_sha(cls, repo, sha1): + """ + :return: new object instance of a type appropriate to represent the given + binary sha1 + :param sha1: 20 byte binary sha1""" + oinfo = repo.odb.info(sha1) + inst = get_object_type_by_name(oinfo.type)(repo, oinfo.binsha) + inst.size = oinfo.size + return inst def _set_self_from_args_(self, args_dict): """Initialize attributes on self from the given dict that was retrieved |