create_symref: if symlink fails, fall back to writing a "symbolic ref"

[git.git] / blob.c

diff --git a/blob.c b/blob.c
index 625db43..ea52ad5 100644 (file)
--- a/blob.c
+++ b/blob.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 const char *blob_type = "blob";
 
-struct blob *lookup_blob(unsigned char *sha1)
+struct blob *lookup_blob(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
        struct object *obj = lookup_object(sha1);
        if (!obj) {
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ struct blob *lookup_blob(unsigned char *sha1)
                ret->object.type = blob_type;
                return ret;
        }
+       if (!obj->type)
+               obj->type = blob_type;
        if (obj->type != blob_type) {
                error("Object %s is a %s, not a blob", 
                      sha1_to_hex(sha1), obj->type);
@@ -22,21 +24,29 @@ struct blob *lookup_blob(unsigned char *sha1)
        return (struct blob *) obj;
 }
 
+int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
+{
+       item->object.parsed = 1;
+       return 0;
+}
+
 int parse_blob(struct blob *item)
 {
         char type[20];
         void *buffer;
         unsigned long size;
+       int ret;
+
         if (item->object.parsed)
                 return 0;
-        item->object.parsed = 1;
         buffer = read_sha1_file(item->object.sha1, type, &size);
         if (!buffer)
                 return error("Could not read %s",
                              sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
-       free(buffer);
         if (strcmp(type, blob_type))
                 return error("Object %s not a blob",
                              sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
-       return 0;
+       ret = parse_blob_buffer(item, buffer, size);
+       free(buffer);
+       return ret;
 }