1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 657825e14e..f3c9823c56 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1475,6 +1475,26 @@ const char *packed_object_info_detail(struct packed_git *p,
 	}
 }
 
+int encode_in_pack_object_header(enum object_type type, uintmax_t size, unsigned char *hdr)
+{
+	int n = 1;
+	unsigned char c;
+
+	if (type < OBJ_COMMIT || type > OBJ_REF_DELTA)
+		die("bad type %d", type);
+
+	c = (type << 4) | (size & 15);
+	size >>= 4;
+	while (size) {
+		*hdr++ = c | 0x80;
+		c = size & 0x7f;
+		size >>= 7;
+		n++;
+	}
+	*hdr = c;
+	return n;
+}
+
 static int packed_object_info(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
 			      unsigned long *sizep)
 {