pkt-line: add packet_write function

Add a function which can be used to write the contents of an arbitrary
buffer.  This makes it easy to build up data in a buffer before writing
the packet instead of formatting the entire contents of the packet using
'packet_write_fmt()'.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Author: bmwill

pkt-line.c

@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ static int packet_write_gently(const int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void packet_write(int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	if (packet_write_gently(fd_out, buf, size))
+		die_errno("packet write failed");
+}
+
 void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;

pkt-line.h

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 void packet_flush(int fd);
 void packet_write_fmt(int fd, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 void packet_buf_flush(struct strbuf *buf);
+void packet_write(int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size);
 void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 int packet_flush_gently(int fd);
 int packet_write_fmt_gently(int fd, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));