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diff --git a/utils/merkletrie/internal/frame/frame.go b/utils/merkletrie/internal/frame/frame.go
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+package frame
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"srcd.works/go-git.v4/utils/merkletrie/noder"
+)
+
+// A Frame is a collection of siblings in a trie, sorted alphabetically
+// by name.
+type Frame struct {
+	// siblings, sorted in reverse alphabetical order by name
+	stack []noder.Noder
+}
+
+type byName []noder.Noder
+
+func (a byName) Len() int      { return len(a) }
+func (a byName) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
+func (a byName) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return strings.Compare(a[i].Name(), a[j].Name()) < 0
+}
+
+// New returns a frame with the children of the provided node.
+func New(n noder.Noder) (*Frame, error) {
+	children, err := n.Children()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(byName(children)))
+	return &Frame{
+		stack: children,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// String returns the quoted names of the noders in the frame sorted in
+// alphabeticall order by name, surrounded by square brackets and
+// separated by comas.
+//
+// Examples:
+//     []
+//     ["a", "b"]
+func (f *Frame) String() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	_ = buf.WriteByte('[')
+
+	sep := ""
+	for i := f.Len() - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		_, _ = buf.WriteString(sep)
+		sep = ", "
+		_, _ = buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%q", f.stack[i].Name()))
+	}
+
+	_ = buf.WriteByte(']')
+
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+// First returns, but dont extract, the noder with the alphabetically
+// smaller name in the frame and true if the frame was not empy.
+// Otherwise it returns nil and false.
+func (f *Frame) First() (noder.Noder, bool) {
+	if f.Len() == 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	top := f.Len() - 1
+
+	return f.stack[top], true
+}
+
+// Drop extracts the noder with the alphabetically smaller name in the
+// frame or does nothing if the frame was empty.
+func (f *Frame) Drop() {
+	if f.Len() == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	top := f.Len() - 1
+	f.stack[top] = nil
+	f.stack = f.stack[:top]
+}
+
+// Len returns the number of noders in the frame.
+func (f *Frame) Len() int {
+	return len(f.stack)
+}