Do not print 'dangling' for cat-file in case of ambiguity

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 49713cc5a5a61bf0749e596b94474f00286dc652..70652e99dca31b5984176b13ca43eeda4d9a5d8b 100644 (file)
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1332,6 +1332,24 @@ struct object_context {
        GET_OID_TREE | GET_OID_TREEISH | \
        GET_OID_BLOB)
 
+enum get_oid_result {
+       FOUND = 0,
+       MISSING_OBJECT = -1, /* The requested object is missing */
+       SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS = -2,
+       /* The following only apply when symlinks are followed */
+       DANGLING_SYMLINK = -4, /*
+                               * The initial symlink is there, but
+                               * (transitively) points to a missing
+                               * in-tree file
+                               */
+       SYMLINK_LOOP = -5,
+       NOT_DIR = -6, /*
+                      * Somewhere along the symlink chain, a path is
+                      * requested which contains a file as a
+                      * non-final element.
+                      */
+};
+
 extern int get_oid(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 extern int get_oid_commit(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 extern int get_oid_committish(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
@@ -1339,7 +1357,7 @@ extern int get_oid_tree(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 extern int get_oid_treeish(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 extern int get_oid_blob(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 extern void maybe_die_on_misspelt_object_name(const char *name, const char *prefix);
-extern int get_oid_with_context(const char *str, unsigned flags, struct object_id *oid, struct object_context *oc);
+extern enum get_oid_result get_oid_with_context(const char *str, unsigned flags, struct object_id *oid, struct object_context *oc);
 
 
 typedef int each_abbrev_fn(const struct object_id *oid, void *);