diff --git a/git.zig b/git.zig
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+const std = @import("std");
+const string = []const u8;
+
+/// Returns the result of running `git rev-parse HEAD`
+pub fn getHEAD(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, dir: std.fs.Dir) !string {
+    var dirg = try dir.openDir(".git", .{});
+    defer dirg.close();
+    const h = std.mem.trimRight(u8, try dirg.readFileAlloc(alloc, "HEAD", 1024), "\n");
+    const r = std.mem.trimRight(u8, try dirg.readFileAlloc(alloc, h[5..], 1024), "\n");
+    return r;
+}
diff --git a/zig.mod b/zig.mod
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+id: 0k64oe2nuzvjgz226ufvimjhialghxdgmlzusonbma31flnd
+name: git
+main: git.zig
+license: MIT
+description: Inspect into the depths of your .git folder purely from Zig
+dependencies: