diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index e3030f3b358..6cc4f9ea892 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ int fsck_tag_standalone(const struct object_id *oid, const char *buffer,
ret = report(options, oid, OBJ_TAG, FSCK_MSG_MISSING_TYPE, "invalid format - unexpected end after 'type' line");
goto done;
}
- *tagged_type = type_from_string_gently(buffer, eol - buffer, 1);
+ *tagged_type = type_from_string_gently(buffer, eol - buffer);
if (*tagged_type < 0)
ret = report(options, oid, OBJ_TAG, FSCK_MSG_BAD_TYPE, "invalid 'type' value");
if (ret)
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 5bcfde84718..42bc579828d 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ static int parse_loose_header_extended(const char *hdr, struct object_info *oi,
type_len++;
}
- type = type_from_string_gently(type_buf, type_len, 1);
+ type = type_from_string_gently(type_buf, type_len);
if (oi->type_name)
strbuf_add(oi->type_name, type_buf, type_len);
/*
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 98017bed8ef..c7586e46727 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -35,22 +35,24 @@ const char *type_name(unsigned int type)
return object_type_strings[type];
}
-int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t len, int gentle)
+int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t len)
{
int i;
- if (len < 0)
- len = strlen(str);
-
for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(object_type_strings); i++)
if (!strncmp(str, object_type_strings[i], len) &&
object_type_strings[i][len] == '\0')
return i;
+ return -1;
+}
- if (gentle)
- return -1;
-
- die(_("invalid object type \"%s\""), str);
+int type_from_string(const char *str)
+{
+ size_t len = strlen(str);
+ int ret = type_from_string_gently(str, len);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ die(_("invalid object type \"%s\""), str);
+ return ret;
}
/*diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index 59daadce214..ffdc1298300 100644
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ struct object {
};
const char *type_name(unsigned int type);
-int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t, int gentle);
-#define type_from_string(str) type_from_string_gently(str, -1, 0)
+int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t len);
+int type_from_string(const char *str);
/*
* Return the current number of buckets in the object hashmap.--
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