entry: factor out unlink_entry function

Factor out the 'unlink_entry()' function from unpack-trees.c to
entry.c.  It will be used in other places as well in subsequent
steps.

As it's no longer a static function, also move the documentation to
the header file to make it more discoverable.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index ca36b44ee0..c1c953e810 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1542,6 +1542,11 @@ struct checkout {
 extern int checkout_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const struct checkout *state, char *topath);
 extern void enable_delayed_checkout(struct checkout *state);
 extern int finish_delayed_checkout(struct checkout *state);
+/*
+ * Unlink the last component and schedule the leading directories for
+ * removal, such that empty directories get removed.
+ */
+extern void unlink_entry(const struct cache_entry *ce);
 
 struct cache_def {
 	struct strbuf path;