Allow tag objects to be passed on the command line

[stgit] / stgit / commands / common.py

diff --git a/stgit/commands/common.py b/stgit/commands/common.py
index 8084cbd..f7301da 100644 (file)
--- a/stgit/commands/common.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/common.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Function/variables commmon to all the commands
+"""Function/variables common to all the commands
 """
 
 __copyright__ = """
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def git_id(rev):
         return read_string(series.get_base_file())
 
     # anything else failed
-    return git.rev_parse(rev)
+    return git.rev_parse(rev + '^{commit}')
 
 def check_local_changes():
     if git.local_changes():
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def check_head_top_equal():
     if not crt_series.head_top_equal():
         raise CmdException, \
               'HEAD and top are not the same. You probably committed\n' \
-              '  changes to the tree ouside of StGIT. If you know what you\n' \
+              '  changes to the tree outside of StGIT. If you know what you\n' \
               '  are doing, use the "refresh -f" command'
 
 def check_conflicts():