patch: `git_patch_from_patchfile` -> `git_patch_from_buffer`

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/patch.h b/src/patch.h
index b818c5cbe..28fe766da 100644
--- a/src/patch.h
+++ b/src/patch.h
@@ -50,6 +50,32 @@ extern int git_patch_line_stats(
 	size_t *total_dels,
 	const git_patch *patch);
 
+/** Options for parsing patch files. */
+typedef struct {
+	/**
+	 * The length of the prefix (in path segments) for the filenames.
+	 * This prefix will be removed when looking for files.  The default is 1.
+	 */
+	uint32_t prefix_len;
+} git_patch_options;
+
+#define GIT_PATCH_OPTIONS_INIT { 1 }
+
+/**
+ * Create a patch for a single file from the contents of a patch buffer.
+ *
+ * @param out The patch to be created
+ * @param contents The contents of a patch file
+ * @param contents_len The length of the patch file
+ * @param opts The git_patch_options
+ * @return 0 on success, <0 on failure.
+ */
+extern int git_patch_from_buffer(
+	git_patch **out,
+	const char *contents,
+	size_t contents_len,
+	git_patch_options *opts);
+
 extern void git_patch_free(git_patch *patch);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/patch_parse.c b/src/patch_parse.c
index 46ecae73f..9421bb39b 100644
--- a/src/patch_parse.c
+++ b/src/patch_parse.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static void patch_parsed__free(git_patch *p)
 	git__free(patch);
 }
 
-int git_patch_from_patchfile(
+int git_patch_from_buffer(
 	git_patch **out,
 	const char *content,
 	size_t content_len,