Non-C external consumers of libgit.a have to redefine the `repository`
object in their own language if they want to call
initialize_repository() to ensure memory for the object is allocated
correctly. This is not ideal for external consumers that have no need
for the entire `the_repository` object but need to call other functions
from an initialized repository. Therefore, add a friendly
initialize_repository() wrapper without a `the_repository` pointer.
Co-authored-by: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
repository.c | 9 +++++++++
repository.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index 9825a30899..15cb9ee735 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ void initialize_repository(struct repository *repo)
set_default_hash_algo(repo);
}
+/*
+ * For non-C external consumers of libgit.a that do not need access
+ * to the entire `the_repository` object.
+ */
+void initialize_the_repository(void)
+{
+ initialize_repository(the_repository);
+}
+
static void expand_base_dir(char **out, const char *in,
const char *base_dir, const char *def_in)
{
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index af6ea0a62c..65c9158866 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ void repo_set_compat_hash_algo(struct repository *repo, int compat_algo);
void repo_set_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
enum ref_storage_format format);
void initialize_repository(struct repository *repo);
+void initialize_the_repository(void);
RESULT_MUST_BE_USED
int repo_init(struct repository *r, const char *gitdir, const char *worktree);
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