*/
extern void check_pack_index_ptr(const struct packed_git *p, const void *ptr);
+/*
+ * Perform binary search on a pack-index for a given oid. Packfile is expected to
+ * have a valid pack-index.
+ *
+ * See 'bsearch_hash' for more information.
+ */
+int bsearch_pack(const struct object_id *oid, const struct packed_git *p, uint32_t *result);
+
/*
* Return the SHA-1 of the nth object within the specified packfile.
* Open the index if it is not already open. The return value points