object: add object_array initializer helper function

The object_array API has an OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT macro, but lacks a
function to initialize an object_array at a given location in memory.

Introduce `object_array_init()` to implement such a function.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 6d4ef1524d..f1adb458b6 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ void object_list_free(struct object_list **list)
  */
 static char object_array_slopbuf[1];
 
+void object_array_init(struct object_array *array)
+{
+	struct object_array blank = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
+	memcpy(array, &blank, sizeof(*array));
+}
+
 void add_object_array_with_path(struct object *obj, const char *name,
 				struct object_array *array,
 				unsigned mode, const char *path)
diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index 96e52e24fb..c335435f9c 100644
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct object_array {
 
 #define OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT { 0 }
 
+void object_array_init(struct object_array *array);
+
 /*
  * object flag allocation:
  * revision.h:               0---------10         15             23------27