resolve_ref(): extract a function get_packed_ref()

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 83b1ec13963f9222b9988eacffcac98b95becd82..e7bbc0debd2ec331b93cadbca05470da5d253a1c 100644 (file)
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ extern int set_git_dir(const char *path);
 extern const char *get_git_namespace(void);
 extern const char *strip_namespace(const char *namespaced_ref);
 extern const char *get_git_work_tree(void);
-extern const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path);
+extern const char *read_gitfile(const char *path);
 extern void set_git_work_tree(const char *tree);
 
 #define ALTERNATE_DB_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES"
@@ -819,7 +819,16 @@ static inline int get_sha1_with_context(const char *str, unsigned char *sha1, st
 {
        return get_sha1_with_context_1(str, sha1, orc, 0, NULL);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Try to read a SHA1 in hexadecimal format from the 40 characters
+ * starting at hex.  Write the 20-byte result to sha1 in binary form.
+ * Return 0 on success.  Reading stops if a NUL is encountered in the
+ * input, so it is safe to pass this function an arbitrary
+ * null-terminated string.
+ */
 extern int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1);
+
 extern char *sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1);   /* static buffer result! */
 extern int read_ref(const char *filename, unsigned char *sha1);
 extern const char *resolve_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1, int, int *);