> How much work is it to convert these to object_id while at it instead of char
> *sha1?
> (I think we really dislike introducing new sha1 based code; If it doesn't sound
> easy maybe we can have a static inline wrapper here that just converts oid to
> sha1 and then calls this function?)
I have made this change in my latest patch series with 0ac48f3af7 ("read-cache: make_cache_entry should take object_id struct", 2018-06-22)
>
> Is it possible to line break these functions (c.f. refs.h which I think has one of the
> best styles in the git project. It has long parameter lists, but still manages to stay
> below a reasonable line length) ?
>
> > +extern struct cache_entry *make_empty_cache_entry(struct index_state
> > +*istate, size_t name_len);
>
I have formatted the function declarations to break them up
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Create a cache_entry that is not intended to be added to an index.
> > + * Caller is responsible for discarding the cache_entry
> > + * with `discard_cache_entry`.
> > + */
> > +extern struct cache_entry *make_transient_cache_entry(unsigned int
> > +mode, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, int stage); extern
> > +struct cache_entry *make_empty_transient_cache_entry(size_t
> > +name_len);
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Discard cache entry.
> > + */
> > +void discard_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce);
>
> Please be consistent in the use of the extern keyword and omit them at all times
> here and above.
The header file is a bit inconsistent overall, but I switched my declarations to not use the extern keyword.
