branch_target: Get target (sha) pointed to by a branch

Description

Get target (sha) pointed to by a branch

Usage

branch_target(branch)
## S3 method for class 'git_branch':
branch_target(branch)

Arguments

branch

The branch

Value

sha or NA if not a direct reference

Examples

Run this code

## Initialize a temporary repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)

## Config user and commit a file
config(repo, user.name="Alice", user.email="alice@example.org")
writeLines("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do",
           file.path(path, "example.txt"))
add(repo, "example.txt")
commit(repo, "First commit message")

## Get target (sha) pointed to by 'master' branch
branch_target(head(repo))

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