Function NewReferenceFromStrings

plumbing/reference.go:233–242

NewReferenceFromStrings creates a reference from name and target as string, the resulting reference can be a SymbolicReference or a HashReference base on the target provided

(name, target string)

// the resulting reference can be a SymbolicReference or a HashReference base
// on the target provided
func NewReferenceFromStrings(name, target string) *Reference {
	n := ReferenceName(name)

	if strings.HasPrefix(target, symrefPrefix) {
		target := ReferenceName(target[len(symrefPrefix):])
		return NewSymbolicReference(n, target)
	}

	return NewHashReference(n, NewHash(target))
}

// NewSymbolicReference creates a new SymbolicReference reference
func NewSymbolicReference(n, target ReferenceName) *Reference {