GitRepository: add head property to return the current HEAD

4 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/gbp-pq b/gbp-pq
index 1b046421..092c628a 100755
--- a/gbp-pq
+++ b/gbp-pq
@@ -321,13 +321,12 @@ def apply_and_commit_patch(repo, patch, topic=None):
         else:
             gbp.log.warn("Patch %s has no authorship information")
 
-    head = repo.rev_parse('HEAD')
     repo.apply_patch(patch)
     tree = repo.write_tree()
     msg = "%s\n\n%s" % (header['subject'], body)
     if topic:
         msg += "\nGbp-Pq-Topic: %s" % topic
-    commit = repo.commit_tree(tree, msg, [head], author=header)
+    commit = repo.commit_tree(tree, msg, [repo.head], author=header)
     repo.update_ref('HEAD', commit, msg="gbp-pq import %s" % patch)
 
 
diff --git a/gbp/git.py b/gbp/git.py
index 43e53885..55039eda 100644
--- a/gbp/git.py
+++ b/gbp/git.py
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ class GitRepository(object):
         """The currently checked out branch"""
         return self.get_branch()
 
+    @property
+    def head(self):
+        """return the SHA1 of the current HEAD"""
+        return self.rev_parse('HEAD')
+
 #{ Branches and Merging
     def create_branch(self, branch, rev=None):
         """
diff --git a/git-dch b/git-dch
index 17c2e157..819762eb 100755
--- a/git-dch
+++ b/git-dch
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ def fixup_trailer(repo, git_author, dch_options):
     spawn_dch(msg='', author=author, email=email, dch_options=dch_options)
 
 
-def head_commit(repo):
-    """get the full sha1 of the last commit on HEAD"""
-    return repo.rev_parse('HEAD')
-
-
 def snapshot_version(version):
     """
     get the current release and snapshot version
@@ -216,7 +211,7 @@ def do_snapshot(changelog, repo, next_snapshot):
     Add new snapshot banner to most recent changelog section. The next snapshot
     number is calculated by eval()'ing next_snapshot
     """
-    commit = head_commit(repo)
+    commit = repo.head
 
     cp = parse_changelog(filename=changelog)
     (release, snapshot) = snapshot_version(cp['Version'])
diff --git a/tests/test_GitRepository.py b/tests/test_GitRepository.py
index 1aa98a19..34b96604 100644
--- a/tests/test_GitRepository.py
+++ b/tests/test_GitRepository.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_create():
     Methods tested:
          - L{gbp.git.GitRepository.create}
 
-    Propeties tested:
+    Properties tested:
          - L{gbp.git.GitRepository.path}
          - L{gbp.git.GitRepository.git_dir}
 
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ def test_add_files():
          - L{gbp.git.GitRepository.commit_all}
          - L{gbp.git.GitRepository.is_clean}
 
+    Properties tested:
+         - L{gbp.git.GitRepository.head}
+
     >>> import gbp.git, shutil
     >>> repo = gbp.git.GitRepository(repo_dir)
     >>> shutil.copy(os.path.join(repo.path, ".git/HEAD"), \
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ def test_add_files():
     >>> repo.commit_all(msg="foo")
     >>> repo.is_clean()[0]
     True
+    >>> h = repo.head
+    >>> len(h)
+    40
     """