Ggit.Repository.lookup_branch

### Method

# Ggit Repositorylookup_branch

#### Declaration [src]

    GgitBranch*
    ggit_repository_lookup_branch (
      GgitRepository* repository,
      const gchar* branch_name,
      GgitBranchType branch_type,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description [src]

Lookups a branch by its name in a repository.

#### Parameters

`branch_name` | `const gchar*`
| The name of the branch.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.
| The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`branch_type` | `GgitBranchType`
| A `GgitBranchType`.
`error` | `GError **`
| The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

#### Return value

Returns: | `GgitBranch`
| A branch by its name in a repository.
| The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
| The return value can be `NULL`.