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Diffstat (limited to 'object.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | object.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -54,9 +54,20 @@ struct object *lookup_object(const unsigned char *sha1); extern void *create_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int type, void *obj); -/** Returns the object, having parsed it to find out what it is. **/ +/* + * Returns the object, having parsed it to find out what it is. + * + * Returns NULL if the object is missing or corrupt. + */ struct object *parse_object(const unsigned char *sha1); +/* + * Like parse_object, but will die() instead of returning NULL. If the + * "name" parameter is not NULL, it is included in the error message + * (otherwise, the sha1 hex is given). + */ +struct object *parse_object_or_die(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *name); + /* Given the result of read_sha1_file(), returns the object after * parsing it. eaten_p indicates if the object has a borrowed copy * of buffer and the caller should not free() it. |