1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/split-index.c b/split-index.c
index ee3246f391..21485e2066 100644
--- a/split-index.c
+++ b/split-index.c
@@ -74,6 +74,29 @@ static void mark_base_index_entries(struct index_state *base)
 		base->cache[i]->index = i + 1;
 }
 
+void move_cache_to_base_index(struct index_state *istate)
+{
+	struct split_index *si = istate->split_index;
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * do not delete old si->base, its index entries may be shared
+	 * with istate->cache[]. Accept a bit of leaking here because
+	 * this code is only used by short-lived update-index.
+	 */
+	si->base = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*si->base));
+	si->base->version = istate->version;
+	/* zero timestamp disables racy test in ce_write_index() */
+	si->base->timestamp = istate->timestamp;
+	ALLOC_GROW(si->base->cache, istate->cache_nr, si->base->cache_alloc);
+	si->base->cache_nr = istate->cache_nr;
+	memcpy(si->base->cache, istate->cache,
+	       sizeof(*istate->cache) * istate->cache_nr);
+	mark_base_index_entries(si->base);
+	for (i = 0; i < si->base->cache_nr; i++)
+		si->base->cache[i]->ce_flags &= ~CE_UPDATE_IN_BASE;
+}
+
 static void mark_entry_for_delete(size_t pos, void *data)
 {
 	struct index_state *istate = data;