Create read_or_die utility routine.

Like write_or_die read_or_die reads the entire length requested
or it kills the current process with a die call.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index cc87244..e6b7164 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ extern char *git_commit_encoding;
 extern char *git_log_output_encoding;
 
 extern int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd);
+extern void read_or_die(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
 extern void write_or_die(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
 extern int write_or_whine(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, const char *msg);