store user info in the datastore

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/repository/git.go b/repository/git.go
index 309641f6..679d24fc 100644
--- a/repository/git.go
+++ b/repository/git.go
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ func (repo *GitRepo) PushRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// StoreData will store arbitrary data and return the corresponding hash
+func (repo *GitRepo) StoreData(data []byte) (Hash, error) {
+	var stdin = bytes.NewReader(data)
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+
+	err := repo.runGitCommandWithIO(stdin, &stdout, &stderr, "hash-object", "--stdin", "-w")
+
+	return Hash(stdout.String()), err
+}
+
 /*
 //
 //// GetSubmitStrategy returns the way in which a review is submitted
diff --git a/repository/repo.go b/repository/repo.go
index 11bb132e..ef7215ee 100644
--- a/repository/repo.go
+++ b/repository/repo.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Package repository contains helper methods for working with a Git repo.
 package repository
 
+type Hash string
+
 // Repo represents a source code repository.
 type Repo interface {
 	// GetPath returns the path to the repo.
@@ -20,4 +22,7 @@ type Repo interface {
 
 	// PushRefs push git refs to a remote
 	PushRefs(remote string, refPattern string) error
+
+	// StoreData will store arbitrary data and return the corresponding hash
+	StoreData([]byte) (Hash, error)
 }