1 files changed, 57 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 9e9a5ed..5b4bfab 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "tag.h"
+#include "blob.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
@@ -11,8 +12,9 @@
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "argv-array.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+#include "list-objects.h"
 
-#define SEEN		(1u << 0)
 #define MAX_TAGS	(FLAG_BITS - 1)
 
 static const char * const describe_usage[] = {
@@ -434,6 +436,53 @@ static void describe_commit(struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *dst)
 		strbuf_addstr(dst, suffix);
 }
 
+struct process_commit_data {
+	struct object_id current_commit;
+	struct object_id looking_for;
+	struct strbuf *dst;
+	struct rev_info *revs;
+};
+
+static void process_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
+{
+	struct process_commit_data *pcd = data;
+	pcd->current_commit = commit->object.oid;
+}
+
+static void process_object(struct object *obj, const char *path, void *data)
+{
+	struct process_commit_data *pcd = data;
+
+	if (!oidcmp(&pcd->looking_for, &obj->oid) && !pcd->dst->len) {
+		reset_revision_walk();
+		describe_commit(&pcd->current_commit, pcd->dst);
+		strbuf_addf(pcd->dst, ":%s", path);
+		free_commit_list(pcd->revs->commits);
+		pcd->revs->commits = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void describe_blob(struct object_id oid, struct strbuf *dst)
+{
+	struct rev_info revs;
+	struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+	struct process_commit_data pcd = { null_oid, oid, dst, &revs};
+
+	argv_array_pushl(&args, "internal: The first arg is not parsed",
+		"--objects", "--in-commit-order", "--reverse", "HEAD",
+		NULL);
+
+	init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
+	if (setup_revisions(args.argc, args.argv, &revs, NULL) > 1)
+		BUG("setup_revisions could not handle all args?");
+
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
+		die("revision walk setup failed");
+
+	traverse_commit_list(&revs, process_commit, process_object, &pcd);
+	reset_revision_walk();
+}
+
 static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 {
 	struct object_id oid;
@@ -445,11 +494,14 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 
 	if (get_oid(arg, &oid))
 		die(_("Not a valid object name %s"), arg);
-	cmit = lookup_commit_reference(&oid);
-	if (!cmit)
-		die(_("%s is not a valid '%s' object"), arg, commit_type);
+	cmit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(&oid, 1);
 
-	describe_commit(&oid, &sb);
+	if (cmit)
+		describe_commit(&oid, &sb);
+	else if (lookup_blob(&oid))
+		describe_blob(oid, &sb);
+	else
+		die(_("%s is neither a commit nor blob"), arg);
 
 	puts(sb.buf);