def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def is_commit_id_equal(cls, dest, name):
        """
        Return whether the current commit hash equals the given name.

        Args:
          dest: the repository directory.
          name: a string name.
        """
        if not name:
            # Then avoid an unnecessary subprocess call.
            return False

        return cls.get_revision(dest) == name