vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary files
authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 03:10:59 +0000 (21:10 -0600)
committerJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:59:37 +0000 (04:59 -0600)
commitb1c9b798a6dd391aeaea31663a65164815701244
treeadc32fa7f1f4cfaaac28c0f3017c6b247a583136
parentcb3f87cf1ba90373fdc240d65a4d65434099d9a3
vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary files

It can sometimes be useful to write information temporarily to file,
to read back later.  These functions allow a program to use the
line_buffer facilities when doing so.

It works like this:

 1. find a unique filename with buffer_tmpfile_init.
 2. rewind with buffer_tmpfile_rewind.  This returns a stdio
    handle for writing.
 3. when finished writing, declare so with
    buffer_tmpfile_prepare_to_read.  The return value indicates
    how many bytes were written.
 4. read whatever portion of the file is needed.
 5. if finished, remove the temporary file with buffer_deinit.
    otherwise, go back to step 2,

The svn support would use this to buffer the postimage from delta
application until the length is known and fast-import can receive
the resulting blob.

Based-on-patch-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
vcs-svn/line_buffer.c
vcs-svn/line_buffer.h
vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt