Git::Object tracks the available types

stouset · May 30, 2008 · ca2677f · ca2677f
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diff --git a/lib/git/object.rb b/lib/git/object.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
 class Git::Object
   CANONICAL_FORMAT = "%s %d\0%s"
 
+  def self.types
+    @types ||= []
+  end
+
+  def self.inherited(subclass)
+    # todo: make this not duplicated
+    types << subclass.name.downcase.sub!(/^.*::/, '').to_sym
+    types.sort_by {|type| type.to_s }
+  end
+
   def self.klass(type)
     const_get(type.to_s.capitalize)
   end