dir.[ch]: expose 'get_dtype'

Move 'get_dtype()' from 'diagnose.c' to 'dir.c' and add its declaration to
'dir.h' so that it is accessible to callers in other files. The function and
its documentation are moved verbatim except for a small addition to the
description clarifying what the 'path' arg represents.

Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index ad06682fd5..28c630ce80 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -363,6 +363,17 @@ struct dir_struct {
 
 struct dirent *readdir_skip_dot_and_dotdot(DIR *dirp);
 
+/*
+ * Get the d_type of a dirent. If the d_type is unknown, derive it from
+ * stat.st_mode using the path to the dirent's containing directory (path) and
+ * the name of the dirent itself.
+ *
+ * Note that 'path' is assumed to have a trailing slash. It is also modified
+ * in-place during the execution of the function, but is then reverted to its
+ * original value before returning.
+ */
+unsigned char get_dtype(struct dirent *e, struct strbuf *path);
+
 /*Count the number of slashes for string s*/
 int count_slashes(const char *s);