extern off_t write_pack_header(struct sha1file *f, uint32_t);
extern void fixup_pack_header_footer(int, unsigned char *, const char *, uint32_t, unsigned char *, off_t);
extern char *index_pack_lockfile(int fd);
-extern int encode_in_pack_object_header(enum object_type, uintmax_t, unsigned char *);
+
+/*
+ * The "hdr" output buffer should be at least this big, which will handle sizes
+ * up to 2^67.
+ */
+#define MAX_PACK_OBJECT_HEADER 10
+extern int encode_in_pack_object_header(unsigned char *hdr, int hdr_len,
+ enum object_type, uintmax_t);
#define PH_ERROR_EOF (-1)
#define PH_ERROR_PACK_SIGNATURE (-2)