-static void hash_fd(int fd, const char *type, const char *path, unsigned flags)
+/*
+ * This is to create corrupt objects for debugging and as such it
+ * needs to bypass the data conversion performed by, and the type
+ * limitation imposed by, index_fd() and its callees.
+ */
+static int hash_literally(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, const char *type, unsigned flags)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (strbuf_read(&buf, fd, 4096) < 0)
+ ret = -1;
+ else if (flags & HASH_WRITE_OBJECT)
+ ret = write_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, type, sha1);
+ else
+ ret = hash_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, type, sha1);
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void hash_fd(int fd, const char *type, const char *path, unsigned flags,
+ int literally)