format-patch: document --quiet option

diff --git a/blob.h b/blob.h
index ea5d9e9f8b63be2c7048d19ee53feb06b0795c80..59b394eea38494d5dfa525e28ca949e5a03efcf5 100644 (file)
--- a/blob.h
+++ b/blob.h
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ struct blob *lookup_blob(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
 int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
 
-int parse_blob(struct blob *item);
+/**
+ * Blobs do not contain references to other objects and do not have
+ * structured data that needs parsing. However, code may use the
+ * "parsed" bit in the struct object for a blob to determine whether
+ * its content has been found to actually be available, so
+ * parse_blob_buffer() is used (by object.c) to flag that the object
+ * has been read successfully from the database.
+ **/
 
 #endif /* BLOB_H */