feat: add filter::Pipeline::worktree_file_to_object().

That way it's easier to correctly add whole files into the object
database.

Author: Byron

gix/src/filter.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub mod pipeline {
     pub mod options {
         use crate::{bstr::BString, config};
 
-        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::options()][crate::filter::Pipeline::options()].
+        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::options()](crate::filter::Pipeline::options()).
         #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
         #[allow(missing_docs)]
         pub enum Error {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub mod pipeline {
 
     ///
     pub mod convert_to_git {
-        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::convert_to_git()][crate::filter::Pipeline::convert_to_git()].
+        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::convert_to_git()](crate::filter::Pipeline::convert_to_git()).
         #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
         #[allow(missing_docs)]
         pub enum Error {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub mod pipeline {
 
     ///
     pub mod convert_to_worktree {
-        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::convert_to_worktree()][crate::filter::Pipeline::convert_to_worktree()].
+        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::convert_to_worktree()](crate::filter::Pipeline::convert_to_worktree()).
         #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
         #[allow(missing_docs)]
         pub enum Error {
@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@ pub mod pipeline {
             Convert(#[from] gix_filter::pipeline::convert::to_worktree::Error),
         }
     }
+
+    ///
+    pub mod worktree_file_to_object {
+        use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+        /// The error returned by [Pipeline::worktree_file_to_object()](crate::filter::Pipeline::worktree_file_to_object()).
+        #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+        #[allow(missing_docs)]
+        pub enum Error {
+            #[error("Cannot add worktree files in bare repositories")]
+            MissingWorktree,
+            #[error("Failed to perform IO for object creation for '{}'", path.display())]
+            IO { source: std::io::Error, path: PathBuf },
+            #[error(transparent)]
+            WriteBlob(#[from] crate::object::write::Error),
+            #[error(transparent)]
+            ConvertToGit(#[from] crate::filter::pipeline::convert_to_git::Error),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// A git pipeline for transforming data *to-git* and *to-worktree*, based
@@ -133,7 +152,7 @@ impl Pipeline<'_> {
     /// Convert a `src` stream (to be found at `rela_path`, a repo-relative path) to a representation suitable for storage in `git`
     /// by using all attributes at `rela_path` and configuration of the repository to know exactly which filters apply.
     /// `index` is used in particularly rare cases where the CRLF filter in auto-mode tries to determine whether to apply itself,
-    /// and it should match the state used when [instantiating this instance][Self::new()].
+    /// and it should match the state used when [instantiating this instance](Self::new()).
     /// Note that the return-type implements [`std::io::Read`].
     pub fn convert_to_git<R>(
         &mut self,
@@ -187,6 +206,63 @@ impl Pipeline<'_> {
         )?)
     }
 
+    /// Add the worktree file at `rela_path` to the object database and return its `(id, entry)` for use in a tree or in the index, for instance.
+    ///
+    /// `index` is used in particularly rare cases where the CRLF filter in auto-mode tries to determine whether to apply itself,
+    /// and it should match the state used when [instantiating this instance](Self::new()).
+    ///
+    /// Return `Ok(None)` the file didn't exist in the worktree, or if it was of an untrackable type.
+    pub fn worktree_file_to_object(
+        &mut self,
+        rela_path: &BStr,
+        index: &gix_index::State,
+    ) -> Result<Option<(gix_hash::ObjectId, gix_object::tree::EntryKind)>, pipeline::worktree_file_to_object::Error>
+    {
+        use pipeline::worktree_file_to_object::Error;
+
+        let rela_path_as_path = gix_path::from_bstr(rela_path);
+        let repo = self.repo;
+        let worktree_dir = repo.work_dir().ok_or(Error::MissingWorktree)?;
+        let path = worktree_dir.join(&rela_path_as_path);
+        let md = match std::fs::symlink_metadata(&path) {
+            Ok(md) => md,
+            Err(err) => {
+                if gix_fs::io_err::is_not_found(err.kind(), err.raw_os_error()) {
+                    return Ok(None);
+                } else {
+                    return Err(Error::IO { source: err, path });
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        let (id, kind) = if md.is_symlink() {
+            let target = std::fs::read_link(&path).map_err(|source| Error::IO { source, path })?;
+            let id = repo.write_blob(gix_path::into_bstr(target).as_ref())?;
+            (id, gix_object::tree::EntryKind::Link)
+        } else if md.is_file() {
+            use gix_filter::pipeline::convert::ToGitOutcome;
+
+            let file = std::fs::File::open(&path).map_err(|source| Error::IO { source, path })?;
+            let file_for_git = self.convert_to_git(file, rela_path_as_path.as_ref(), index)?;
+            let id = match file_for_git {
+                ToGitOutcome::Unchanged(mut file) => repo.write_blob_stream(&mut file)?,
+                ToGitOutcome::Buffer(buf) => repo.write_blob(buf)?,
+                ToGitOutcome::Process(mut read) => repo.write_blob_stream(&mut read)?,
+            };
+
+            let kind = if gix_fs::is_executable(&md) {
+                gix_object::tree::EntryKind::BlobExecutable
+            } else {
+                gix_object::tree::EntryKind::Blob
+            };
+            (id, kind)
+        } else {
+            // This is probably a type-change to something we can't track.
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+
+        Ok(Some((id.detach(), kind)))
+    }
+
     /// Retrieve the static context that is made available to the process filters.
     ///
     /// The context set here is relevant for the [`convert_to_git()`][Self::convert_to_git()] and

gix/tests/fixtures/generated-archives/.gitignore

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
 /make_core_worktree_repo.tar
 /make_signatures_repo.tar
 /make_diff_repos.tar
-/make_submodule_with_worktree.tar
+/make_submodule_with_worktree.tar
+/repo_with_untracked_files.tar

gix/tests/fixtures/repo_with_untracked_files.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+git init -q
+echo content >file
+ln -s file link
+
+echo binary >exe && chmod +x exe
+mkfifo fifo

gix/tests/gix/repository/filter.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fn pipeline_in_nonbare_repo_without_index() -> crate::Result {
 use gix::bstr::ByteSlice;
 use gix_filter::driver::apply::Delay;
 
-use crate::util::{named_repo, named_subrepo_opts};
+use crate::util::{hex_to_id, named_repo, named_subrepo_opts};
 
 #[test]
 fn pipeline_in_repo_without_special_options() -> crate::Result {
@@ -31,6 +31,50 @@ fn pipeline_in_repo_without_special_options() -> crate::Result {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn pipeline_worktree_file_to_object() -> crate::Result {
+    let repo = named_repo("repo_with_untracked_files.sh")?;
+    let (mut pipe, index) = repo.filter_pipeline(None)?;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        pipe.worktree_file_to_object("file".into(), &index)?,
+        Some((
+            hex_to_id("d95f3ad14dee633a758d2e331151e950dd13e4ed"),
+            gix::object::tree::EntryKind::Blob
+        ))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        pipe.worktree_file_to_object("link".into(), &index)?,
+        Some((
+            hex_to_id("1a010b1c0f081b2e8901d55307a15c29ff30af0e"),
+            gix::object::tree::EntryKind::Link
+        ))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        pipe.worktree_file_to_object("exe".into(), &index)?,
+        Some((
+            hex_to_id("a9128c283485202893f5af379dd9beccb6e79486"),
+            gix::object::tree::EntryKind::BlobExecutable
+        ))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        pipe.worktree_file_to_object("missing".into(), &index)?,
+        None,
+        "Missing files are specifically typed and no error"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        repo.work_dir().expect("non-bare").join("fifo").exists(),
+        "there is a fifo"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        pipe.worktree_file_to_object("fifo".into(), &index)?,
+        None,
+        "untrackable entries are just ignored as if they didn't exist"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn pipeline_with_autocrlf() -> crate::Result {
     let repo = named_repo("make_config_repo.sh")?;