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[PATCH 1/9] varint: make it available outside the context of pack

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 3, 2012, 22:53 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 * This was taken from the bottom of my jc/split-blob topic, which made it
   available across "pack" related machinery, but it is useful outside the
   context of "pack".
 Makefile |    2 ++
 varint.c |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 varint.h |    9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 varint.c
 create mode 100644 varint.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be1957a..0f26c87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ LIB_H += tree-walk.h
 LIB_H += unpack-trees.h
 LIB_H += userdiff.h
 LIB_H += utf8.h
+LIB_H += varint.h
 LIB_H += xdiff-interface.h
 LIB_H += xdiff/xdiff.h
 
@@ -752,6 +753,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += url.o
 LIB_OBJS += usage.o
 LIB_OBJS += userdiff.o
 LIB_OBJS += utf8.o
+LIB_OBJS += varint.o
 LIB_OBJS += walker.o
 LIB_OBJS += wrapper.o
 LIB_OBJS += write_or_die.o
diff --git a/varint.c b/varint.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ed7729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "varint.h"
+
+uintmax_t decode_varint(const unsigned char **bufp)
+{
+	const unsigned char *buf = *bufp;
+	unsigned char c = *buf++;
+	uintmax_t val = c & 127;
+	while (c & 128) {
+		val += 1;
+		if (!val || MSB(val, 7))
+			return 0; /* overflow */
+		c = *buf++;
+		val = (val << 7) + (c & 127);
+	}
+	*bufp = buf;
+	return val;
+}
+
+int encode_varint(uintmax_t value, unsigned char *buf)
+{
+	unsigned char varint[16];
+	unsigned pos = sizeof(varint) - 1;
+	varint[pos] = value & 127;
+	while (value >>= 7)
+		varint[--pos] = 128 | (--value & 127);
+	if (buf)
+		memcpy(buf, varint + pos, sizeof(varint) - pos);
+	return sizeof(varint) - pos;
+}
diff --git a/varint.h b/varint.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0321195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varint.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef VARINT_H
+#define VARINT_H
+
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+
+extern int encode_varint(uintmax_t, unsigned char *);
+extern uintmax_t decode_varint(const unsigned char **);
+
+#endif /* VARINT_H */
-- 
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  1. 0/9 Prefix-compress on-disk index entriesJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  2. 1/9 varint: make it available outside the context of packJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  3. 2/9 cache.h: hide on-disk index detailsJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  4. 3/9 read-cache.c: allow unaligned mapping of the index fileJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  5. 4/9 read-cache.c: make create_from_disk() report number of bytes it consumedJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  6. 5/9 read-cache.c: report the header version we do not understandJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  7. 6/9 read-cache.c: move code to copy ondisk to incore cache to a helper functionJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  8. 7/9 read-cache.c: move code to copy incore to ondisk cache to a helper functionJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  9. 8/9 read-cache.c: read prefix-compressed names in index on-disk version v4Junio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  10. 9/9 read-cache.c: write index v4 formatJunio C Hamano, Apr 3, 2012
  11. David BarrApr 4, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2012
  14. 2/2 update-index: upgrade/downgrade on-disk index versionJunio C Hamano, Apr 4, 2012
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyApr 4, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2012
  17. David BarrApr 6, 2012
  18. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 2, 2012
  19. David BarrMay 2, 2012
  20. 1/2 unpack-trees: preserve the index file version of originalJunio C Hamano, Apr 27, 2012
  21. 2/2 index-v4: document the entry formatJunio C Hamano, Apr 27, 2012
  22. Thomas RastApr 30, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2012
  24. Thomas RastMay 1, 2012
  25. Shawn PearceMay 2, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  27. Shawn PearceMay 2, 2012

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