1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index aaa135bfde..d0e7a71c6e 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ enum object_type {
 	OBJ_MAX,
 };
 
+static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
+{
+	return S_ISDIR(mode) ? OBJ_TREE :
+		S_ISGITLINK(mode) ? OBJ_COMMIT :
+		OBJ_BLOB;
+}
+
 #define GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_DIR"
 #define GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_WORK_TREE"
 #define DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT ".git"