rev-parse: add an --output-object-format parameter

The new --output-object-format parameter returns the oid in the
specified format.

This is a generally useful plumbing facility.  It is useful for writing
test cases and for directly querying the translation maps.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt

@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ for another option.
 	unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
 	refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
 
+--output-object-format=(sha1|sha256|storage)::
+
+	Allow oids to be input from any object format that the current
+	repository supports.
+
+	Specifying "sha1" translates if necessary and returns a sha1 oid.
+
+	Specifying "sha256" translates if necessary and returns a sha256 oid.
+
+	Specifying "storage" translates if necessary and returns an oid in
+	encoded in the storage hash algorithm.
+
 Options for Objects
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

builtin/rev-parse.c

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "shallow.h"
+#include "object-file-convert.h"
 
 #define DO_REVS		1
 #define DO_NOREV	2
@@ -675,6 +676,8 @@ static void print_path(const char *path, const char *prefix, enum format_type fo
 int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i, as_is = 0, verify = 0, quiet = 0, revs_count = 0, type = 0;
+	const struct git_hash_algo *output_algo = NULL;
+	const struct git_hash_algo *compat = NULL;
 	int did_repo_setup = 0;
 	int has_dashdash = 0;
 	int output_prefix = 0;
@@ -746,6 +749,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 			prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
 			the_repository->settings.command_requires_full_index = 0;
+			compat = the_repository->compat_hash_algo;
 		}
 
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--")) {
@@ -833,6 +837,22 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				flags |= GET_OID_QUIETLY;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (opt_with_value(arg, "--output-object-format", &arg)) {
+				if (!arg)
+					die(_("no object format specified"));
+				if (!strcmp(arg, the_hash_algo->name) ||
+				    !strcmp(arg, "storage")) {
+					flags |= GET_OID_HASH_ANY;
+					output_algo = the_hash_algo;
+					continue;
+				}
+				else if (compat && !strcmp(arg, compat->name)) {
+					flags |= GET_OID_HASH_ANY;
+					output_algo = compat;
+					continue;
+				}
+				else die(_("unsupported object format: %s"), arg);
+			}
 			if (opt_with_value(arg, "--short", &arg)) {
 				filter &= ~(DO_FLAGS|DO_NOREV);
 				verify = 1;
@@ -1083,6 +1103,9 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		if (!get_oid_with_context(the_repository, name,
 					  flags, &oid, &unused)) {
+			if (output_algo)
+				repo_oid_to_algop(the_repository, &oid,
+						  output_algo, &oid);
 			if (verify)
 				revs_count++;
 			else