X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/stgit/blobdiff_plain/6fe6b1bd5137323248b696989c41ebb7b98514cc..b8a0986f754570589675e7003d06b78bdd290a02:/stgit/git.py

diff --git a/stgit/git.py b/stgit/git.py
index 7ab9aef..a45671b 100644
--- a/stgit/git.py
+++ b/stgit/git.py
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ def __set_head(val):
     """
     write_string(head_link, val)
 
+def rev_parse(git_id):
+    """Parse the string and return an SHA1 id
+    """
+    return _output(['git-rev-parse', git_id]).strip()
+
 def add(names):
     """Add the files or recursively add the directory contents
     """