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+/* ui-view.c: functions to output _any_ object, given it's sha1
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Lars Hjemli
+ *
+ * Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
+ *   (see COPYING for full license text)
+ */
+
+#include "cgit.h"
+
+void cgit_print_view(char *hex)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char type[20];
+	unsigned char *buf;
+	unsigned long size;
+
+	if (get_sha1_hex(hex, sha1)){
+		cgit_print_error(fmt("Bad hex value: %s", hex));
+	        return;
+	}
+
+	if (sha1_object_info(sha1, type, NULL)){
+		cgit_print_error("Bad object name");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
+	if (!buf) {
+		cgit_print_error("Error reading object");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	buf[size] = '\0';
+	html("<h2>Object view</h2>");
+	htmlf("sha1=%s<br/>type=%s<br/>size=%i<br/>", hex, type, size);
+	html("<pre>");
+	html_txt(buf);
+	html("</pre>");
+}