Merge branch 'jc/symbol-static'

[git.git] / blob.h

diff --git a/blob.h b/blob.h
index 4afad0f067e1979d7ccc4778e254cce6962ad136..59b394eea38494d5dfa525e28ca949e5a03efcf5 100644 (file)
--- a/blob.h
+++ b/blob.h
@@ -9,8 +9,17 @@ struct blob {
        struct object object;
 };
 
-struct blob *lookup_blob(unsigned char *sha1);
+struct blob *lookup_blob(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
-int parse_blob(struct blob *item);
+int parse_blob_buffer(struct blob *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
+
+/**
+ * Blobs do not contain references to other objects and do not have
+ * structured data that needs parsing. However, code may use the
+ * "parsed" bit in the struct object for a blob to determine whether
+ * its content has been found to actually be available, so
+ * parse_blob_buffer() is used (by object.c) to flag that the object
+ * has been read successfully from the database.
+ **/
 
 #endif /* BLOB_H */