/*
* The object type is stored in 3 bits.
*/
-enum object_type {
- OBJ_NONE = 0,
- OBJ_COMMIT = 1,
- OBJ_TREE = 2,
- OBJ_BLOB = 3,
- OBJ_TAG = 4,
- /* 5/6 for future expansion */
- OBJ_DELTA = 7,
- OBJ_BAD,
-};
-
struct object {
unsigned parsed : 1;
unsigned used : 1;
/** 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, const char *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);