From 5eb0f2c241718bc7462be44e5e8e1e36e35f9b15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Thiel Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:50:26 +0200 Subject: unified name of utils module, recently it was named util and utils in different packages --- lib/git/objects/utils.py | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/git/objects/utils.py (limited to 'lib/git/objects/utils.py') diff --git a/lib/git/objects/utils.py b/lib/git/objects/utils.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..15c1d114 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/git/objects/utils.py @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# util.py +# Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Michael Trier (mtrier@gmail.com) and contributors +# +# This module is part of GitPython and is released under +# the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php +""" +Module for general utility functions +""" +import commit, tag, blob, tree + +def get_object_type_by_name(object_type_name): + """ + Returns + type suitable to handle the given object type name. + Use the type to create new instances. + + ``object_type_name`` + Member of TYPES + + Raises + ValueError: In case object_type_name is unknown + """ + if object_type_name == "commit": + import commit + return commit.Commit + elif object_type_name == "tag": + import tag + return tag.TagObject + elif object_type_name == "blob": + import blob + return blob.Blob + elif object_type_name == "tree": + import tree + return tree.Tree + else: + raise ValueError("Cannot handle unknown object type: %s" % object_type_name) -- cgit v1.2.1