hex: introduce parsing variants taking hash algorithms

Introduce variants of get_oid_hex and parse_oid_hex that parse an
arbitrary hash algorithm, implementing internal functions to avoid
duplication.  These functions can be used in the transport code to parse
refs properly.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 37c899b53f..4c9c21a11d 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1481,6 +1481,9 @@ int set_disambiguate_hint_config(const char *var, const char *value);
 int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1);
 int get_oid_hex(const char *hex, struct object_id *sha1);
 
+/* Like get_oid_hex, but for an arbitrary hash algorithm. */
+int get_oid_hex_algop(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid, const struct git_hash_algo *algop);
+
 /*
  * Read `len` pairs of hexadecimal digits from `hex` and write the
  * values to `binary` as `len` bytes. Return 0 on success, or -1 if
@@ -1516,6 +1519,10 @@ char *oid_to_hex(const struct object_id *oid);						/* same static buffer */
  */
 int parse_oid_hex(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid, const char **end);
 
+/* Like parse_oid_hex, but for an arbitrary hash algorithm. */
+int parse_oid_hex_algop(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid, const char **end,
+			const struct git_hash_algo *algo);
+
 /*
  * This reads short-hand syntax that not only evaluates to a commit
  * object name, but also can act as if the end user spelled the name