+
+unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf,
+ unsigned long len, enum object_type *type, unsigned long *sizep)
+{
+ unsigned shift;
+ unsigned long size, c;
+ unsigned long used = 0;
+
+ c = buf[used++];
+ *type = (c >> 4) & 7;
+ size = c & 15;
+ shift = 4;
+ while (c & 0x80) {
+ if (len <= used || bitsizeof(long) <= shift) {
+ error("bad object header");
+ size = used = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ c = buf[used++];
+ size += (c & 0x7f) << shift;
+ shift += 7;
+ }
+ *sizep = size;
+ return used;
+}