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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_revparse_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_revparse_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "types.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * @file git2/revparse.h
+ * @brief Git revision parsing routines
+ * @defgroup git_revparse Git revision parsing routines
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * Find a single object, as specified by a revision string. See `man gitrevisions`,
+ * or http://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse.html#_specifying_revisions for
+ * information on the syntax accepted.
+ *
+ * @param out pointer to output object
+ * @param repo the repository to search in
+ * @param spec the textual specification for an object
+ * @return 0 on success, GIT_ENOTFOUND, GIT_EAMBIGUOUS, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_revparse_single(git_object **out, git_repository *repo, const char *spec);
+
+
+/**
+ * Revparse flags.  These indicate the intended behavior of the spec passed to
+ * git_revparse.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+	/** The spec targeted a single object. */
+	GIT_REVPARSE_SINGLE         = 1 << 0,
+	/** The spec targeted a range of commits. */
+	GIT_REVPARSE_RANGE          = 1 << 1,
+	/** The spec used the '...' operator, which invokes special semantics. */
+	GIT_REVPARSE_MERGE_BASE     = 1 << 2,
+} git_revparse_mode_t;
+
+/**
+ * Git Revision Spec: output of a `git_revparse` operation
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	/** The left element of the revspec; must be freed by the user */
+	git_object *from;
+	/** The right element of the revspec; must be freed by the user */
+	git_object *to;
+	/** The intent of the revspec */
+	unsigned int flags;
+} git_revspec;
+
+/**
+ * Parse a revision string for `from`, `to`, and intent. See `man gitrevisions` or
+ * http://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse.html#_specifying_revisions for information
+ * on the syntax accepted.
+ *
+ * @param revspec Pointer to an user-allocated git_revspec struct where the result
+ *	of the rev-parse will be stored
+ * @param repo the repository to search in
+ * @param spec the rev-parse spec to parse
+ * @return 0 on success, GIT_INVALIDSPEC, GIT_ENOTFOUND, GIT_EAMBIGUOUS or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_revparse(
+		git_revspec *revspec,
+		git_repository *repo,
+		const char *spec);
+
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+#endif