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diff --git a/object/type.go b/object/type.go
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+package object
+
+import "codeberg.org/lindenii/furgit/objecttype"
+
+// TypeFor returns the Git object type for T when T is one of the standard
+// parsed object types.
+func TypeFor[T Object]() (objecttype.Type, bool) {
+	switch any(*new(T)).(type) {
+	case *Blob:
+		return objecttype.TypeBlob, true
+	case *Tree:
+		return objecttype.TypeTree, true
+	case *Commit:
+		return objecttype.TypeCommit, true
+	case *Tag:
+		return objecttype.TypeTag, true
+	default:
+		return 0, false
+	}
+}