[PATCH 1/6] Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errors

In the next commits, we will enhance the fsck_tag() function to check tag objects more thoroughly. To this end, we need a function to verify that a given string is a valid object type, but that does not die() in the negative case. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin johannes.schinde...@gmx.de ---

Re: [PATCH 1/6] Refactor type_from_string() to avoid die()ing in case of errors

Johannes Schindelin johannes.schinde...@gmx.de writes: In the next commits, we will enhance the fsck_tag() function to check tag objects more thoroughly. To this end, we need a function to verify that a given string is a valid object type, but that does not die() in the negative case.