1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/entry.h b/entry.h
index ea7290b..b8c0e17 100644
--- a/entry.h
+++ b/entry.h
@@ -26,9 +26,21 @@ struct checkout {
  * file named by ce, a temporary file is created by this function and
  * its name is returned in topath[], which must be able to hold at
  * least TEMPORARY_FILENAME_LENGTH bytes long.
+ *
+ * With checkout_entry_ca(), callers can optionally pass a preloaded
+ * conv_attrs struct (to avoid reloading it), when ce refers to a
+ * regular file. If ca is NULL, the attributes will be loaded
+ * internally when (and if) needed.
  */
-int checkout_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const struct checkout *state,
-		   char *topath, int *nr_checkouts);
+int checkout_entry_ca(struct cache_entry *ce, struct conv_attrs *ca,
+		      const struct checkout *state, char *topath,
+		      int *nr_checkouts);
+static inline int checkout_entry(struct cache_entry *ce,
+				 const struct checkout *state, char *topath,
+				 int *nr_checkouts)
+{
+	return checkout_entry_ca(ce, NULL, state, topath, nr_checkouts);
+}
 
 void enable_delayed_checkout(struct checkout *state);
 int finish_delayed_checkout(struct checkout *state, int *nr_checkouts);