sequencer: export commit_list_append()

diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index b80a45281ccf4234b685954651db4249201e60db..8361acb6cf551d4a94a838a485766e0832447188 100644 (file)
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1214,3 +1214,30 @@ struct commit *get_merge_parent(const char *name)
        }
        return commit;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Append a commit to the end of the commit_list.
+ *
+ * next starts by pointing to the variable that holds the head of an
+ * empty commit_list, and is updated to point to the "next" field of
+ * the last item on the list as new commits are appended.
+ *
+ * Usage example:
+ *
+ *     struct commit_list *list;
+ *     struct commit_list **next = &list;
+ *
+ *     next = commit_list_append(c1, next);
+ *     next = commit_list_append(c2, next);
+ *     assert(commit_list_count(list) == 2);
+ *     return list;
+ */
+struct commit_list **commit_list_append(struct commit *commit,
+                                       struct commit_list **next)
+{
+       struct commit_list *new = xmalloc(sizeof(struct commit_list));
+       new->item = commit;
+       *next = new;
+       new->next = NULL;
+       return &new->next;
+}