Implement git_odb_object_dup

include/git2/odb.h

@@ -357,6 +357,20 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_hash(git_oid *out, const void *data, size_t len, git_oty
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_hashfile(git_oid *out, const char *path, git_otype type);
 
+/**
+ * Create a copy of an odb_object
+ *
+ * The returned copy must be manually freed with `git_odb_object_free`.
+ * Note that because of an implementation detail, the returned copy will be
+ * the same pointer as `source`: the object is internally refcounted, so the
+ * copy still needs to be freed twice.
+ *
+ * @param dest pointer where to store the copy
+ * @param source object to copy
+ * @return 0 or an error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_object_dup(git_odb_object **dest, git_odb_object *source);
+
 /**
  * Close an ODB object
  *

src/odb.c

@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ git_otype git_odb_object_type(git_odb_object *object)
 	return object->cached.type;
 }
 
+int git_odb_object_dup(git_odb_object **dest, git_odb_object *source)
+{
+	git_cached_obj_incref(source);
+	*dest = source;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void git_odb_object_free(git_odb_object *object)
 {
 	if (object == NULL)