add a force_object_loose() function

This is meant to force the creation of a loose object even if it
already exists packed.  Needed for the next commit.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 7fb8f3359d..dcc7e98825 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ extern void * read_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type *type,
 extern int hash_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int write_sha1_file(void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *return_sha1);
 extern int pretend_sha1_file(void *, unsigned long, enum object_type, unsigned char *);
+extern int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime);
 
 extern int check_sha1_signature(const unsigned char *sha1, void *buf, unsigned long size, const char *type);