create_tmp_packfile(): a helper function

[git.git] / pack-write.c

diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index 46f3f846be9ba8a4b7d52ac703375223e17244a1..863cce8a09f090d7e7a77e9a9304d589a4b7b47c 100644 (file)
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -328,3 +328,13 @@ int encode_in_pack_object_header(enum object_type type, uintmax_t size, unsigned
        *hdr = c;
        return n;
 }
+
+struct sha1file *create_tmp_packfile(char **pack_tmp_name)
+{
+       char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
+       int fd;
+
+       fd = odb_mkstemp(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "pack/tmp_pack_XXXXXX");
+       *pack_tmp_name = xstrdup(tmpname);
+       return sha1fd(fd, *pack_tmp_name);
+}