extern void *create_object(struct repository *r, const unsigned char *sha1, void *obj);
-void *object_as_type(struct object *obj, enum object_type type, int quiet);
+#define object_as_type(r, o, t, q) object_as_type_##r(o, t, q)
+void *object_as_type_the_repository(struct object *obj, enum object_type type, int quiet);
/*
* Returns the object, having parsed it to find out what it is.
* 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 struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type, unsigned long size, void *buffer, int *eaten_p);
+#define parse_object_buffer(r, o, t, s, b, e) parse_object_buffer_##r(o, t, s, b, e)
+struct object *parse_object_buffer_the_repository(const struct object_id *oid, 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);