WalkCommitHistory adn Commit.History

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/commit.go b/commit.go
index 4a4a202..4a4fe25 100644
--- a/commit.go
+++ b/commit.go
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ func (c *Commit) Decode(o core.Object) (err error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// History return a slice with the previous commits in the history of this commit
+func (c *Commit) History() ([]*Commit, error) {
+	var commits []*Commit
+	err := WalkCommitHistory(c, func(commit *Commit) error {
+		commits = append(commits, commit)
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	ReverseSortCommits(commits)
+	return commits, err
+}
+
 func (c *Commit) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%s %s\nAuthor: %s\nDate:   %s\n",
@@ -193,3 +205,9 @@ func SortCommits(l []*Commit) {
 	s := &commitSorterer{l}
 	sort.Sort(s)
 }
+
+// ReverseSortCommits sort a commit list by commit date, from newer to older.
+func ReverseSortCommits(l []*Commit) {
+	s := &commitSorterer{l}
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(s))
+}