@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ struct object_context {
GET_OID_BLOB)
extern int get_oid(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
+extern int get_oidf(struct object_id *oid, const char *fmt, ...);
extern int get_oid_commit(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
extern int get_oid_committish(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
extern int get_oid_tree(const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
@@ -1542,6 +1542,25 @@ int get_oid(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
return get_oid_with_context(name, 0, oid, &unused);
}
+/*
+ * This returns a non-zero value if the string (built using printf
+ * format and the given arguments) is not a valid object.
+ */
+int get_oidf(struct object_id *oid, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+ int ret;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ strbuf_vaddf(&sb, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ ret = get_oid(sb.buf, oid);
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+
+ return ret;
+}
/*
* Many callers know that the user meant to name a commit-ish by