};
extern int track_object_refs;
-extern const char *type_names[9];
+
+extern const char *typename(unsigned int type);
+extern int type_from_string(const char *str);
extern unsigned int get_max_object_index(void);
extern struct object *get_indexed_object(unsigned int);
-
-static inline const char *typename(unsigned int type)
-{
- return type_names[type > OBJ_BAD ? OBJ_BAD : type];
-}
-
extern struct object_refs *lookup_object_refs(struct object *);
/** Internal only **/
struct object *lookup_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
-/** Returns the object, having looked it up as being the given type. **/
-struct object *lookup_object_type(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *type);
-
void created_object(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object *obj);
/** Returns the object, having parsed it to find out what it is. **/
struct object *parse_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
+/* Given the result of read_sha1_file(), returns the object after
+ * parsing it. eaten_p indicates if the object has a borrowed copy
+ * of buffer and the caller should not free() it.
+ */
+struct object *parse_object_buffer(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type type, unsigned long size, void *buffer, int *eaten_p);
+
/** Returns the object, with potentially excess memory allocated. **/
struct object *lookup_unknown_object(const unsigned char *sha1);