// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package git
import "strings"
// Reference represents a Git ref.
type Reference struct {
Name string
repo *Repository
Object SHA1 // The id of this commit object
Type string
}
// Commit return the commit of the reference
func (ref *Reference) Commit() (*Commit, error) {
return ref.repo.getCommit(ref.Object)
// ShortName returns the short name of the reference
func (ref *Reference) ShortName() string {
if ref == nil {
return ""
if strings.HasPrefix(ref.Name, "refs/heads/") {
return ref.Name[11:]
if strings.HasPrefix(ref.Name, "refs/tags/") {
return ref.Name[10:]
if strings.HasPrefix(ref.Name, "refs/remotes/") {
return ref.Name[13:]
if strings.HasPrefix(ref.Name, "refs/pull/") && strings.IndexByte(ref.Name[10:], '/') > -1 {
return ref.Name[10 : strings.IndexByte(ref.Name[10:], '/')+10]
return ref.Name
// RefGroup returns the group type of the reference
func (ref *Reference) RefGroup() string {
return "heads"
return "tags"
return "remotes"
return "pull"