refs: extract a function write_packed_entry()

diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index b6618d92bf04d549350d83b6237770c48734686f..97d384b80a5dbf0cac88b59cbb8a2d333d2b9582 100644 (file)
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -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.
@@ -76,4 +87,6 @@ void add_object_array(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array
 void add_object_array_with_mode(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array *array, unsigned mode);
 void object_array_remove_duplicates(struct object_array *);
 
+void clear_object_flags(unsigned flags);
+
 #endif /* OBJECT_H */