1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xdiff-interface.c b/xdiff-interface.c
index 01f14fb50f..ca5e3fbae8 100644
--- a/xdiff-interface.c
+++ b/xdiff-interface.c
@@ -218,6 +218,23 @@ int read_mmfile(mmfile_t *ptr, const char *filename)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void read_mmblob(mmfile_t *ptr, const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	unsigned long size;
+	enum object_type type;
+
+	if (!hashcmp(sha1, null_sha1)) {
+		ptr->ptr = xstrdup("");
+		ptr->size = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ptr->ptr = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+	if (!ptr->ptr || type != OBJ_BLOB)
+		die("unable to read blob object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+	ptr->size = size;
+}
+
 #define FIRST_FEW_BYTES 8000
 int buffer_is_binary(const char *ptr, unsigned long size)
 {