tree 361c7d681fc476d8ad07b622e519a46d98136d08
parent 5a2e04d2031b229a242d07e11e514220e71a0d33
author Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1129421650 -0700
committer Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1129421650 -0700

Introduce notation "ref^{type}".

Existing "tagname^0" notation means "dereference tag zero or more
times until you cannot dereference it anymore, and make sure it is a
commit -- otherwise barf".  But tags do not necessarily reference
commit objects.

This commit introduces a bit more generalized notation, "ref^{type}".
Existing "ref^0" is a shorthand for "ref^{commit}".  If the type
is empty, it just dereferences tags until it hits a non-tag object.

With this, "git-rev-parse --verify 'junio-gpg-pub^{}'" shows the blob
object name -- there is no need to manually read the tag object and
find out the object name anymore.

"git-rev-parse --verify 'HEAD^{tree}'" can be used to find out the
tree object name of the HEAD commit.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>