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/*
* Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
* a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
*/
#ifndef INCLUDE_git_blob_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_blob_h__
#include "common.h"
#include "types.h"
#include "oid.h"
#include "object.h"
#include "buffer.h"
/**
* @file git2/blob.h
* @brief Git blob load and write routines
* @defgroup git_blob Git blob load and write routines
* @ingroup Git
* @{
*/
GIT_BEGIN_DECL
/**
* Lookup a blob object from a repository.
*
* @param blob pointer to the looked up blob
* @param repo the repo to use when locating the blob.
* @param id identity of the blob to locate.
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_lookup(git_blob **blob, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id);
/**
* Lookup a blob object from a repository,
* given a prefix of its identifier (short id).
*
* @see git_object_lookup_prefix
*
* @param blob pointer to the looked up blob
* @param repo the repo to use when locating the blob.
* @param id identity of the blob to locate.
* @param len the length of the short identifier
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_lookup_prefix(git_blob **blob, git_repository *repo, const git_oid *id, size_t len);
/**
* Close an open blob
*
* This is a wrapper around git_object_free()
*
* IMPORTANT:
* It *is* necessary to call this method when you stop
* using a blob. Failure to do so will cause a memory leak.
*
* @param blob the blob to close
*/
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_blob_free(git_blob *blob);
/**
* Get the id of a blob.
*
* @param blob a previously loaded blob.
* @return SHA1 hash for this blob.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const git_oid *) git_blob_id(const git_blob *blob);
/**
* Get the repository that contains the blob.
*
* @param blob A previously loaded blob.
* @return Repository that contains this blob.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(git_repository *) git_blob_owner(const git_blob *blob);
/**
* Get a read-only buffer with the raw content of a blob.
*
* A pointer to the raw content of a blob is returned;
* this pointer is owned internally by the object and shall
* not be free'd. The pointer may be invalidated at a later
* time.
*
* @param blob pointer to the blob
* @return the pointer
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const void *) git_blob_rawcontent(const git_blob *blob);
/**
* Get the size in bytes of the contents of a blob
*
* @param blob pointer to the blob
* @return size on bytes
*/
GIT_EXTERN(git_off_t) git_blob_rawsize(const git_blob *blob);
/**
* Get a buffer with the filtered content of a blob.
*
* This applies filters as if the blob was being checked out to the
* working directory under the specified filename. This may apply
* CRLF filtering or other types of changes depending on the file
* attributes set for the blob and the content detected in it.
*
* The output is written into a `git_buf` which the caller must free
* when done (via `git_buf_free`).
*
* If no filters need to be applied, then the `out` buffer will just
* be populated with a pointer to the raw content of the blob. In
* that case, be careful to *not* free the blob until done with the
* buffer or copy it into memory you own.
*
* @param out The git_buf to be filled in
* @param blob Pointer to the blob
* @param as_path Path used for file attribute lookups, etc.
* @param check_for_binary_data Should this test if blob content contains
* NUL bytes / looks like binary data before applying filters?
* @return 0 on success or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_filtered_content(
git_buf *out,
git_blob *blob,
const char *as_path,
int check_for_binary_data);
/**
* Read a file from the working folder of a repository
* and write it to the Object Database as a loose blob
*
* @param id return the id of the written blob
* @param repo repository where the blob will be written.
* this repository cannot be bare
* @param relative_path file from which the blob will be created,
* relative to the repository's working dir
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_create_fromworkdir(git_oid *id, git_repository *repo, const char *relative_path);
/**
* Read a file from the filesystem and write its content
* to the Object Database as a loose blob
*
* @param id return the id of the written blob
* @param repo repository where the blob will be written.
* this repository can be bare or not
* @param path file from which the blob will be created
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_create_fromdisk(git_oid *id, git_repository *repo, const char *path);
typedef int (*git_blob_chunk_cb)(char *content, size_t max_length, void *payload);
/**
* Write a loose blob to the Object Database from a
* provider of chunks of data.
*
* If the `hintpath` parameter is filled, it will be used to determine
* what git filters should be applied to the object before it is written
* to the object database.
*
* The implementation of the callback MUST respect the following rules:
*
* - `content` must be filled by the callback. The maximum number of
* bytes that the buffer can accept per call is defined by the
* `max_length` parameter. Allocation and freeing of the buffer will
* be taken care of by libgit2.
*
* - The `callback` must return the number of bytes that have been
* written to the `content` buffer.
*
* - When there is no more data to stream, `callback` should return 0.
* This will prevent it from being invoked anymore.
*
* - If an error occurs, the callback should return a negative value.
* This value will be returned to the caller.
*
* @param id Return the id of the written blob
* @param repo Repository where the blob will be written.
* This repository can be bare or not.
* @param hintpath If not NULL, will be used to select data filters
* to apply onto the content of the blob to be created.
* @return 0 or error code (from either libgit2 or callback function)
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_create_fromchunks(
git_oid *id,
git_repository *repo,
const char *hintpath,
git_blob_chunk_cb callback,
void *payload);
/**
* Write an in-memory buffer to the ODB as a blob
*
* @param id return the id of the written blob
* @param repo repository where to blob will be written
* @param buffer data to be written into the blob
* @param len length of the data
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_create_frombuffer(
git_oid *id, git_repository *repo, const void *buffer, size_t len);
/**
* Determine if the blob content is most certainly binary or not.
*
* The heuristic used to guess if a file is binary is taken from core git:
* Searching for NUL bytes and looking for a reasonable ratio of printable
* to non-printable characters among the first 8000 bytes.
*
* @param blob The blob which content should be analyzed
* @return 1 if the content of the blob is detected
* as binary; 0 otherwise.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blob_is_binary(const git_blob *blob);
/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif