* the SHA1 hash of sorted object names. The objects array passed in
* will be sorted by SHA1 on exit.
*/
-const char *write_idx_file(const char *index_name, struct pack_idx_entry **objects, int nr_objects, unsigned char *sha1)
+char *write_idx_file(char *index_name, struct pack_idx_entry **objects,
+ int nr_objects, unsigned char *sha1)
{
struct sha1file *f;
struct pack_idx_entry **sorted_by_sha, **list, **last;