introduce hex2chr() for converting two hexadecimal digits to a character

[git-core/git.git] / cache.h

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 7265439..81af2c2 100644 (file)
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1133,6 +1133,16 @@ static inline unsigned int hexval(unsigned char c)
        return hexval_table[c];
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convert two consecutive hexadecimal digits into a char.  Return a
+ * negative value on error.  Don't run over the end of short strings.
+ */
+static inline int hex2chr(const char *s)
+{
+       int val = hexval(s[0]);
+       return (val < 0) ? val : (val << 4) | hexval(s[1]);
+}
+
 /* Convert to/from hex/sha1 representation */
 #define MINIMUM_ABBREV minimum_abbrev
 #define DEFAULT_ABBREV default_abbrev
@@ -1262,6 +1272,7 @@ extern const char *ident_default_email(void);
 extern const char *git_editor(void);
 extern const char *git_pager(int stdout_is_tty);
 extern int git_ident_config(const char *, const char *, void *);
+extern void reset_ident_date(void);
 
 struct ident_split {
        const char *name_begin;