create_tmp_packfile(): a helper function

Factor out a small logic out of the private write_pack_file() function
in builtin/pack-objects.c

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pack.h b/pack.h
index d429d8a668..0027ac6149 100644
--- a/pack.h
+++ b/pack.h
@@ -84,4 +84,7 @@ extern int encode_in_pack_object_header(enum object_type, uintmax_t, unsigned ch
 #define PH_ERROR_PACK_SIGNATURE	(-2)
 #define PH_ERROR_PROTOCOL	(-3)
 extern int read_pack_header(int fd, struct pack_header *);
+
+extern struct sha1file *create_tmp_packfile(char **pack_tmp_name);
+
 #endif