Re: [PATCH v5 02/12] sha1-file: provide functions to look up hash algorithms

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:42 PM Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/4/2018 6:44 PM, brian m. carlson wrote:
> > > +int hash_algo_by_name(const char *name)
> > > +{
> > > +     int i;
> > > +     if (!name)
> > > +             return GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN;
> > > +     for (i = 1; i < GIT_HASH_NALGOS; i++)
> > > +             if (!strcmp(name, hash_algos[i].name))
> > > +                     return i;
> > > +     return GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN;
> > > +}
> > > +
> >
> > Today's test coverage report [1] shows this method is not covered in the
> > test suite. Looking at 'pu', it doesn't have any callers.
> >
> > Do you have a work in progress series that will use this? Could we add a
> > test-tool to exercise this somehow?
> 
> Going by the function name, it should be used when hash-object or
> other commands learn about --object-format=<name>.