+/*
+ * Prepare diff_filespec and convert it using diff textconv API
+ * if the textconv driver exists.
+ * Return 1 if the conversion succeeds, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int textconv_object(const char *path,
+ const unsigned char *sha1,
+ char **buf,
+ unsigned long *buf_size)
+{
+ struct diff_filespec *df;
+ struct userdiff_driver *textconv;
+
+ df = alloc_filespec(path);
+ fill_filespec(df, sha1, S_IFREG | 0664);
+ textconv = get_textconv(df);
+ if (!textconv) {
+ free_filespec(df);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ *buf_size = fill_textconv(textconv, df, buf);
+ free_filespec(df);
+ return 1;
+}
+