+ if (data)
+ free(data);
+ *status_p = -1;
+ error("corrupt binary patch at line %d: %.*s",
+ linenr-1, llen-1, buffer);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static int parse_binary(char *buffer, unsigned long size, struct patch *patch)
+{
+ /* We have read "GIT binary patch\n"; what follows is a line
+ * that says the patch method (currently, either "literal" or
+ * "delta") and the length of data before deflating; a
+ * sequence of 'length-byte' followed by base-85 encoded data
+ * follows.
+ *
+ * When a binary patch is reversible, there is another binary
+ * hunk in the same format, starting with patch method (either
+ * "literal" or "delta") with the length of data, and a sequence
+ * of length-byte + base-85 encoded data, terminated with another
+ * empty line. This data, when applied to the postimage, produces
+ * the preimage.
+ */
+ struct fragment *forward;
+ struct fragment *reverse;
+ int status;
+ int used, used_1;
+
+ forward = parse_binary_hunk(&buffer, &size, &status, &used);
+ if (!forward && !status)
+ /* there has to be one hunk (forward hunk) */
+ return error("unrecognized binary patch at line %d", linenr-1);
+ if (status)
+ /* otherwise we already gave an error message */
+ return status;
+
+ reverse = parse_binary_hunk(&buffer, &size, &status, &used_1);
+ if (reverse)
+ used += used_1;
+ else if (status) {
+ /* not having reverse hunk is not an error, but having
+ * a corrupt reverse hunk is.
+ */
+ free((void*) forward->patch);
+ free(forward);
+ return status;
+ }
+ forward->next = reverse;
+ patch->fragments = forward;
+ patch->is_binary = 1;
+ return used;