Ggit.Commit.get_nth_ancestor

### Method

# Ggit Commitget_nth_ancestor

#### Declaration [src]

    GgitCommit*
    ggit_commit_get_nth_ancestor (
      GgitCommit* commit,
      guint n,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description [src]

Gets the commit object that is the n-th generation ancestor of the named commit object, following only the first parents. Passing `0` to the `n` parameter returns another instance of `commit`.

#### Parameters

`n` | `guint`
| The requested ancestor.
`error` | `GError **`
| The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

#### Return value

Returns: | `GgitCommit`
| The `n` ancestor commit.
| The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
| The return value can be `NULL`.