// Package index implements encoding and decoding of index format files.
//
// Git index format
// ================
//
// == The Git index file has the following format
//
// All binary numbers are in network byte order. Version 2 is described
// here unless stated otherwise.
//
// - A 12-byte header consisting of
//
// 4-byte signature:
// The signature is { 'D', 'I', 'R', 'C' } (stands for "dircache")
//
// 4-byte version number:
// The current supported versions are 2, 3 and 4.
//
// 32-bit number of index entries.
//
// - A number of sorted index entries (see below).
//
// - Extensions
//
// Extensions are identified by signature. Optional extensions can
// be ignored if Git does not understand them.
//
// Git currently supports cached tree and resolve undo extensions.
//
// 4-byte extension signature. If the first byte is 'A'..'Z' the
// extension is optional and can be ignored.
//
// 32-bit size of the extension
//
// Extension data
//
// - 160-bit SHA-1 over the content of the index file before this
// checksum.
//
// == Index entry
//
// Index entries are sorted in ascending order on the name field,
// interpreted as a string of unsigned bytes (i.e. memcmp() order, no
// localization, no special casing of directory separator '/'). Entries
// with the same name are sorted by their stage field.
//
// 32-bit ctime seconds, the last time a file's metadata changed
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit ctime nanosecond fractions
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit mtime seconds, the last time a file's data changed
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit mtime nanosecond fractions
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit dev
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit ino
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit mode, split into (high to low bits)
//
// 4-bit object type
// valid values in binary are 1000 (regular file), 1010 (symbolic link)
// and 1110 (gitlink)
//
// 3-bit unused
//
// 9-bit unix permission. Only 0755 and 0644 are valid for regular files.
// Symbolic links and gitlinks have value 0 in this field.
//
// 32-bit uid
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit gid
// this is stat(2) data
//
// 32-bit file size
// This is the on-disk size from stat(2), truncated to 32-bit.
//
// 160-bit SHA-1 for the represented object
//
// A 16-bit 'flags' field split into (high to low bits)
//
// 1-bit assume-valid flag
//
// 1-bit extended flag (must be zero in version 2)
//
// 2-bit stage (during merge)
//
// 12-bit name length if the length is less than 0xFFF; otherwise 0xFFF
// is stored in this field.
//
// (Version 3 or later) A 16-bit field, only applicable if the
// "extended flag" above is 1, split into (high to low bits).
//
// 1-bit reserved for future
//
// 1-bit skip-worktree flag (used by sparse checkout)
//
// 1-bit intent-to-add flag (used by "git add -N")
//
// 13-bit unused, must be zero
//
// Entry path name (variable length) relative to top level directory
// (without leading slash). '/' is used as path separator. The special
// path components ".", ".." and ".git" (without quotes) are disallowed.
// Trailing slash is also disallowed.
//
// The exact encoding is undefined, but the '.' and '/' characters
// are encoded in 7-bit ASCII and the encoding cannot contain a NUL
// byte (iow, this is a UNIX pathname).
//
// (Version 4) In version 4, the entry path name is prefix-compressed
// relative to the path name for the previous entry (the very first
// entry is encoded as if the path name for the previous entry is an
// empty string). At the beginning of an entry, an integer N in the
// variable width encoding (the same encoding as the offset is encoded
// for OFS_DELTA pack entries; see pack-format.txt) is stored, followed
// by a NUL-terminated string S. Removing N bytes from the end of the
// path name for the previous entry, and replacing it with the string S
// yields the path name for this entry.
//
// 1-8 nul bytes as necessary to pad the entry to a multiple of eight bytes
// while keeping the name NUL-terminated.
//
// (Version 4) In version 4, the padding after the pathname does not
// exist.
//
// Interpretation of index entries in split index mode is completely
// different. See below for details.
//
// == Extensions
//
// === Cached tree
//
// Cached tree extension contains pre-computed hashes for trees that can
// be derived from the index. It helps speed up tree object generation
// from index for a new commit.
//
// When a path is updated in index, the path must be invalidated and
// removed from tree cache.
//
// The signature for this extension is { 'T', 'R', 'E', 'E' }.
//
// A series of entries fill the entire extension; each of which
// consists of:
//
// - NUL-terminated path component (relative to its parent directory);
//
// - ASCII decimal number of entries in the index that is covered by the
// tree this entry represents (entry_count);
//
// - A space (ASCII 32);
//
// - ASCII decimal number that represents the number of subtrees this
// tree has;
//
// - A newline (ASCII 10); and
//
// - 160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing
// this span of index as a tree.
//
// An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having
// a negative number in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no
// object name and the next entry starts immediately after the newline.
// When writing an invalid entry, -1 should always be used as entry_count.
//
// The entries are written out in the top-down, depth-first order. The
// first entry represents the root level of the repository, followed by the
// first subtree--let's call this A--of the root level (with its name
// relative to the root level), followed by the first subtree of A (with
// its name relative to A), ...
//
// === Resolve undo
//
// A conflict is represented in the index as a set of higher stage entries.
// When a conflict is resolved (e.g. with "git add path"), these higher
// stage entries will be removed and a stage-0 entry with proper resolution
// is added.
//
// When these higher stage entries are removed, they are saved in the
// resolve undo extension, so that conflicts can be recreated (e.g. with
// "git checkout -m"), in case users want to redo a conflict resolution
// from scratch.
//
// The signature for this extension is { 'R', 'E', 'U', 'C' }.
//
// A series of entries fill the entire extension; each of which
// consists of:
//
// - NUL-terminated pathname the entry describes (relative to the root of
// the repository, i.e. full pathname);
//
// - Three NUL-terminated ASCII octal numbers, entry mode of entries in
// stage 1 to 3 (a missing stage is represented by "0" in this field);
// and
//
// - At most three 160-bit object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3
// (nothing is written for a missing stage).
//
// === Split index
//
// In split index mode, the majority of index entries could be stored
// in a separate file. This extension records the changes to be made on
// top of that to produce the final index.
//
// The signature for this extension is { 'l', 'i', 'n', 'k' }.
//
// The extension consists of:
//
// - 160-bit SHA-1 of the shared index file. The shared index file path
// is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. If all 160 bits are zero, the
// index does not require a shared index file.
//
// - An ewah-encoded delete bitmap, each bit represents an entry in the
// shared index. If a bit is set, its corresponding entry in the
// shared index will be removed from the final index. Note, because
// a delete operation changes index entry positions, but we do need
// original positions in replace phase, it's best to just mark
// entries for removal, then do a mass deletion after replacement.
//
// - An ewah-encoded replace bitmap, each bit represents an entry in
// the shared index. If a bit is set, its corresponding entry in the
// shared index will be replaced with an entry in this index
// file. All replaced entries are stored in sorted order in this
// index. The first "1" bit in the replace bitmap corresponds to the
// first index entry, the second "1" bit to the second entry and so
// on. Replaced entries may have empty path names to save space.
//
// The remaining index entries after replaced ones will be added to the
// final index. These added entries are also sorted by entry name then
// stage.
//
// == Untracked cache
//
// Untracked cache saves the untracked file list and necessary data to
// verify the cache. The signature for this extension is { 'U', 'N',
// 'T', 'R' }.
//
// The extension starts with
//
// - A sequence of NUL-terminated strings, preceded by the size of the
// sequence in variable width encoding. Each string describes the
// environment where the cache can be used.
//
// - Stat data of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. See "Index entry" section from
// ctime field until "file size".
//
// - Stat data of plumbing.excludesfile
//
// - 32-bit dir_flags (see struct dir_struct)
//
// - 160-bit SHA-1 of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Null SHA-1 means the file
// does not exist.
//
// - 160-bit SHA-1 of plumbing.excludesfile. Null SHA-1 means the file does
// not exist.
//
// - NUL-terminated string of per-dir exclude file name. This usually
// is ".gitignore".
//
// - The number of following directory blocks, variable width
// encoding. If this number is zero, the extension ends here with a
// following NUL.
//
// - A number of directory blocks in depth-first-search order, each
// consists of
//
// - The number of untracked entries, variable width encoding.
//
// - The number of sub-directory blocks, variable width encoding.
//
// - The directory name terminated by NUL.
//
// - A number of untracked file/dir names terminated by NUL.
//
// The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
//
// - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit marks whether the n-th directory has
// valid untracked cache entries.
//
// - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit records "check-only" bit of
// read_directory_recursive() for the n-th directory.
//
// - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether SHA-1 and stat data
// is valid for the n-th directory and exists in the next data.
//
// - An array of stat data. The n-th data corresponds with the n-th
// "one" bit in the previous ewah bitmap.
//
// - An array of SHA-1. The n-th SHA-1 corresponds with the n-th "one" bit
// in the previous ewah bitmap.
//
// - One NUL.
// Source https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/technical/index-format.txt
package index
