protected static RevCommit resolveCommitIdByTagName(Repository repository, String tagName)
      throws IOException, GitAPIException {
    if (tagName == null || tagName.isEmpty()) return null;
    RevCommit revCommit = null;
    Map<String, Ref> tagMap = repository.getTags();
    Ref ref = tagMap.get(tagName);
    if (ref != null) {
      RevWalk walk = new RevWalk(repository);
      // some reduce memory effors as described in jgit user guide
      walk.setRetainBody(false);
      ObjectId from;

      from = repository.resolve("refs/heads/master");
      if (from == null) {
        Git git = new Git(repository);
        String lastTagName = git.describe().call();
        from = repository.resolve("refs/tags/" + lastTagName);
      }
      ObjectId to = repository.resolve("refs/remotes/origin/master");

      if (from == null) {
        throw new IllegalStateException("cannot determinate start commit");
      }
      walk.markStart(walk.parseCommit(from));
      walk.markUninteresting(walk.parseCommit(to));
      try {

        RevObject revObject = walk.parseAny(ref.getObjectId());
        if (revObject != null) {
          revCommit = walk.parseCommit(revObject.getId());
        }

      } finally {
        walk.close();
      }
    }

    return revCommit;
  }