void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
int packet_flush_gently(int fd);
int packet_write_fmt_gently(int fd, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
+int packet_writel(int fd, const char *line, ...);
int write_packetized_from_fd(int fd_in, int fd_out);
int write_packetized_from_buf(const char *src_in, size_t len, int fd_out);
*/
char *packet_read_line(int fd, int *size);
+/*
+ * Convenience wrapper for packet_read that sets the PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF
+ * and CHOMP_NEWLINE options. The return value specifies the number of bytes
+ * read into the buffer or -1 on truncated input. If the *dst_line parameter
+ * is not NULL it will return NULL for a flush packet or when the number of
+ * bytes copied is zero and otherwise points to a static buffer (that may be
+ * overwritten by subsequent calls). If the size parameter is not NULL, the
+ * length of the packet is written to it.
+ */
+int packet_read_line_gently(int fd, int *size, char **dst_line);
+
/*
* Same as packet_read_line, but read from a buf rather than a descriptor;
* see packet_read for details on how src_* is used.