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-# util.py
-# Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Michael Trier (mtrier@gmail.com) and contributors
-#
-# This module is part of GitPython and is released under
-# the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
-"""
-Module for general utility functions
-"""
-import commit, tag, blob, tree
-
-def get_object_type_by_name(object_type_name):
- """
- Returns
- type suitable to handle the given object type name.
- Use the type to create new instances.
-
- ``object_type_name``
- Member of TYPES
-
- Raises
- ValueError: In case object_type_name is unknown
- """
- if object_type_name == "commit":
- import commit
- return commit.Commit
- elif object_type_name == "tag":
- import tag
- return tag.TagObject
- elif object_type_name == "blob":
- import blob
- return blob.Blob
- elif object_type_name == "tree":
- import tree
- return tree.Tree
- else:
- raise ValueError("Cannot handle unknown object type: %s" % object_type_name)