Method

GgitCommitget_nth_ancestor

Declaration [src] 

GgitCommit*
ggit_commit_get_nth_ancestor (
  GgitCommit* commit,
  guint n,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Gets the commit object that is the n-th generation ancestor of the named commit object, following only the first parents. Passing 0 to the n parameter returns another instance of commit.

Parameters

n

Type: guint

The requested ancestor.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: GgitCommit

The n ancestor commit.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.