1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tree-walk.h b/tree-walk.h
index ae7fb3a..3b2f7bf 100644
--- a/tree-walk.h
+++ b/tree-walk.h
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ struct traverse_info;
 typedef int (*traverse_callback_t)(int n, unsigned long mask, unsigned long dirmask, struct name_entry *entry, struct traverse_info *);
 int traverse_trees(int n, struct tree_desc *t, struct traverse_info *info);
 
+enum follow_symlinks_result {
+	FOUND = 0, /* This includes out-of-tree links */
+	MISSING_OBJECT = -1, /* The initial symlink is missing */
+	DANGLING_SYMLINK = -2, /*
+				* The initial symlink is there, but
+				* (transitively) points to a missing
+				* in-tree file
+				*/
+	SYMLINK_LOOP = -3,
+	NOT_DIR = -4, /*
+		       * Somewhere along the symlink chain, a path is
+		       * requested which contains a file as a
+		       * non-final element.
+		       */
+};
+
+enum follow_symlinks_result get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks(unsigned char *tree_sha1, const char *name, unsigned char *result, struct strbuf *result_path, unsigned *mode);
+
 struct traverse_info {
 	struct traverse_info *prev;
 	struct name_entry name;