return \%refs;
}
+sub git_get_following_references {
+ my $hash = shift || return undef;
+ my $type = shift;
+ my $base = shift || $hash_base || "HEAD";
+
+ my $refs = git_get_references($type);
+ open my $fd, "-|", $GIT, "rev-list", $base
+ or return undef;
+ my @commits = map { chomp; $_ } <$fd>;
+ close $fd
+ or return undef;
+
+ my @reflist;
+ my $lastref;
+
+ foreach my $commit (@commits) {
+ foreach my $ref (@{$refs->{$commit}}) {
+ $lastref = $ref;
+ push @reflist, $lastref;
+ }
+ if ($commit eq $hash) {
+ last;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return wantarray ? @reflist : $lastref;
+}
+
+sub git_get_preceding_references {
+ my $hash = shift || return undef;
+ my $type = shift;
+
+ my $refs = git_get_references($type);
+ open my $fd, "-|", $GIT, "rev-list", $hash
+ or return undef;
+ my @commits = map { chomp; $_ } <$fd>;
+ close $fd
+ or return undef;
+
+ my @reflist;
+
+ foreach my $commit (@commits) {
+ foreach my $ref (@{$refs->{$commit}}) {
+ return $ref unless wantarray;
+ push @reflist, $ref;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return @reflist;
+}
+
+sub git_get_rev_name_tags {
+ my $hash = shift || return undef;
+
+ open my $fd, "-|", $GIT, "name-rev", "--tags", $hash
+ or return;
+ my $name_rev = <$fd>;
+ close $fd;
+
+ if ($name_rev =~ m|^$hash tags/(.*)$|) {
+ return $1;
+ } else {
+ # catches also '$hash undefined' output
+ return undef;
+ }
+}
+
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
## parse to hash functions