From: Linus Torvalds Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:03:29 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle deltified object correctly in git-*-pull family. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7v4qcg906f.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > *** Linus, this uses the new helper you wrote. The interface is > *** much more pleasant to use. Can you update it for the fact that I split things up even more? In particular, see commit 5180cacc202bb20b15981469487eb8d6b0509997: "Split up unpack_sha1_file() some more". You should be able to unpack a delta with just something like this: int ret; z_stream stream; char hdr[100], type[10]; unsigned long size; ret = unpack_sha1_header(&stream, map, mapsize, hdr, sizeof(hdr)); if (ret < Z_OK) return NULL; if (parse_sha1_header(hdr, type, &size) < 0) return NULL; if (strcmp("delta", type)) return NULL; buffer = unpack_sha1_rest(&stream, hdr, size); if (!buffer) return NULL; .. we now have the delta of size "size" in "buffer" .. ie it now has proper helper functions for every single stage in unpacking an object. Linus