1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/utils.py b/lib/git/utils.py
index 360c77c9..60a7de48 100644
--- a/lib/git/utils.py
+++ b/lib/git/utils.py
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ def make_sha(source=''):
         sha1 = sha.sha(source)
         return sha1
 
+def stream_copy(source, destination, chunk_size=512*1024):
+	"""Copy all data from the source stream into the destination stream in chunks
+	of size chunk_size
+	:return: amount of bytes written"""
+	br = 0
+	while True:
+		chunk = source.read(chunk_size)
+		destination.write(chunk)
+		br += len(chunk)
+		if len(chunk) < chunk_size:
+			break
+	# END reading output stream
+	return br
+	
+
 def join_path(a, *p):
     """Join path tokens together similar to os.path.join, but always use 
     '/' instead of possibly '\' on windows."""