extern int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *return_sha1);
extern int pretend_sha1_file(void *, unsigned long, enum object_type, unsigned char *);
extern int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime);
+extern int git_open_noatime(const char *name);
extern void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size);
extern int unpack_sha1_header(git_zstream *stream, unsigned char *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long bufsiz);
extern int parse_sha1_header(const char *hdr, unsigned long *sizep);
*/
extern int split_ident_line(struct ident_split *, const char *, int);
+/*
+ * Compare split idents for equality or strict ordering. Note that we
+ * compare only the ident part of the line, ignoring any timestamp.
+ *
+ * Because there are two fields, we must choose one as the primary key; we
+ * currently arbitrarily pick the email.
+ */
+extern int ident_cmp(const struct ident_split *, const struct ident_split *);
+
struct checkout {
const char *base_dir;
int base_dir_len;