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Diffstat (limited to 'odb.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | odb.h | 13 |
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@@ -318,6 +318,19 @@ struct object_info { struct object_id *delta_base_oid; void **contentp; + /* + * The time the given looked-up object has been last modified. + * + * Note: the mtime may be ambiguous in case the object exists multiple + * times in the object database. It is thus _not_ recommended to use + * this field outside of contexts where you would read every instance + * of the object, like for example with `odb_for_each_object()`. As it + * is impossible to say at the ODB level what the intent of the caller + * is (e.g. whether to find the oldest or newest object), it is the + * responsibility of the caller to disambiguate the mtimes. + */ + time_t *mtimep; + /* Response */ enum { OI_CACHED, |