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# 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)
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