+sub msg_by_path ($$;$) {
+ my ($self, $path, $ref) = @_;
+ # TODO: allow other refs:
+ my $str = git($self)->cat_file('HEAD:'.$path, $ref);
+ $$str =~ s/\A[\r\n]*From [^\r\n]*\r?\n//s if $str;
+ $str;
+}
+
+sub msg_by_mid ($$;$) {
+ my ($self, $mid, $ref) = @_;
+ msg_by_path($self, mid2path($mid), $ref);
+}
+