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Diffstat (limited to 'object.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | object.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct object_array { /* * object flag allocation: * revision.h: 0---------10 15 23------26 - * fetch-pack.c: 01 + * fetch-pack.c: 01 67 * negotiator/default.c: 2--5 * walker.c: 0-2 * upload-pack.c: 4 11-----14 16-----19 @@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ struct object_array { * builtin/fsck.c: 0--3 * builtin/gc.c: 0 * builtin/index-pack.c: 2021 - * builtin/pack-objects.c: 20 * builtin/reflog.c: 10--12 * builtin/show-branch.c: 0-------------------------------------------26 * builtin/unpack-objects.c: 2021 @@ -144,8 +143,26 @@ struct object *parse_object_or_die(const struct object_id *oid, const char *name */ struct object *parse_object_buffer(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type, unsigned long size, void *buffer, int *eaten_p); -/** Returns the object, with potentially excess memory allocated. **/ -struct object *lookup_unknown_object(const struct object_id *oid); +/* + * Allocate and return an object struct, even if you do not know the type of + * the object. The returned object may have its "type" field set to a real type + * (if somebody previously called lookup_blob(), etc), or it may be set to + * OBJ_NONE. In the latter case, subsequent calls to lookup_blob(), etc, will + * set the type field as appropriate. + * + * Use this when you do not know the expected type of an object and want to + * avoid parsing it for efficiency reasons. Try to avoid it otherwise; it + * may allocate excess memory, since the returned object must be as large as + * the maximum struct of any type. + */ +struct object *lookup_unknown_object(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid); + +/* + * Dispatch to the appropriate lookup_blob(), lookup_commit(), etc, based on + * "type". + */ +struct object *lookup_object_by_type(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid, + enum object_type type); struct object_list *object_list_insert(struct object *item, struct object_list **list_p); |