Chico Sokol <chico.so...@gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > I'm building a library to manipulate git repositories (interacting > directly with the filesystem). > > Currently, we're trying to parse commit objects. After decompressing > the contents of a commit object file we got the following output:
Who wrote this commit object you are trying to read? Us, or your library (this question is to see if you are chasing the right problem)? > commit 191 > author Francisco Sokol <chico.so...@gmail.com> 1369140112 -0300 > committer Francisco Sokol <chico.so...@gmail.com> 1369140112 -0300 > > first commit > > We hoped to get the same output of a "git cat-file -p <sha1>", but > that didn't happened. From a commit object, how can I find tree object > hash of this commit? If you care about the byte-for-byte compatibility, never use "cat-file -p". That is meant for human consumption. "git cat-file commit <sha1>" gives you the raw representation after inflating and stripping out the first "<type> SP <length> LF" line. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
