make commit_tree a library function

Until now, this has been part of the commit-tree builtin.
However, it is already used by other builtins (like commit,
merge, and notes), and it would be useful to access it from
library code.

The check_valid helper has to come along, too, but is given
a more library-ish name of "assert_sha1_type".

Otherwise, the code is unchanged. There are still a few
rough edges for a library function, like printing the utf8
warning to stderr, but we can address those if and when they
come up as inappropriate.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index ff65328..28c056e 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2516,3 +2516,13 @@ int read_pack_header(int fd, struct pack_header *header)
 		return PH_ERROR_PROTOCOL;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void assert_sha1_type(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type expect)
+{
+	enum object_type type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
+	if (type < 0)
+		die("%s is not a valid object", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+	if (type != expect)
+		die("%s is not a valid '%s' object", sha1_to_hex(sha1),
+		    typename(expect));
+}