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diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index e0125e154fd970209d30138858f31ef2017651ac..caee733cdeda28b1679848fa9be4be870420b54a 100644 (file)
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -24,13 +24,9 @@ struct object_array {
 #define TYPE_BITS   3
 #define FLAG_BITS  27
 
-#define TYPE_NONE   0
-#define TYPE_BLOB   1
-#define TYPE_TREE   2
-#define TYPE_COMMIT 3
-#define TYPE_TAG    4
-#define TYPE_BAD    5
-
+/*
+ * The object type is stored in 3 bits.
+ */
 struct object {
        unsigned parsed : 1;
        unsigned used : 1;
@@ -40,14 +36,14 @@ struct object {
 };
 
 extern int track_object_refs;
-extern const char *type_names[];
+extern const char *type_names[9];
 
 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 > TYPE_TAG ? TYPE_BAD : type];
+       return type_names[type > OBJ_BAD ? OBJ_BAD : type];
 }
 
 extern struct object_refs *lookup_object_refs(struct object *);
@@ -63,6 +59,12 @@ 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, 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);