# HG changeset patch
# User Pulkit Goyal <7895pulkit@gmail.com>
# Date 2021-07-09 09:57:38
# Node ID a9d75262b992929aade204ef2da37f678bb1e07a
# Parent  e2e72daac90b6366c95ba3add04843cd719196aa

dirstate: add dedicated function for updating data of a file

`dirstate.normal()` is too generic to be a user facing function for that. This
is a part of effort to refactor dirstate APIs and make them clearer.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11076

diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -593,6 +593,14 @@ class dirstate(object):
         else:
             assert False, 'unreachable'
 
+    @requires_parents_change
+    def update_parent_file_data(self, f, filedata):
+        """update the information about the content of a file
+
+        This function should be called within a `dirstate.parentchange` context.
+        """
+        self.normal(f, parentfiledata=filedata)
+
     def _addpath(
         self,
         f,