struct object object;
};
-struct blob *lookup_blob(unsigned char *sha1);
+struct blob *lookup_blob(const unsigned char *sha1);
+
+int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
+
+/**
+ * Blobs do not contain references to other objects and do not have
+ * structured data that needs parsing. However, code may use the
+ * "parsed" bit in the struct object for a blob to determine whether
+ * its content has been found to actually be available, so
+ * parse_blob_buffer() is used (by object.c) to flag that the object
+ * has been read successfully from the database.
+ **/
#endif /* BLOB_H */