use crate::{File, Version, write}; /// The error produced by [`File::write()`]. #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)] #[expect(missing_docs)] pub enum Error { #[error(transparent)] Io(#[from] gix_hash::io::Error), #[error("Could not acquire lock for index file")] AcquireLock(#[from] gix_lock::acquire::Error), #[error("Could not commit lock for index file")] CommitLock(#[from] gix_lock::commit::Error), } impl File { /// Write the index to `out` with `options`, to be readable by [`File::at()`], returning the version that was actually written /// to retain all information of this index. /// /// Note that the `tree` (tree-cache) extension is written as-is and is **not** recomputed or /// invalidated to match the current entries; see [`File::write()`] for the implications and the /// recommended workaround. pub fn write_to( &self, mut out: impl std::io::Write, options: write::Options, ) -> Result<(Version, gix_hash::ObjectId), gix_hash::io::Error> { let _span = gix_features::trace::detail!("gix_index::File::write_to()", skip_hash = options.skip_hash); let (version, hash) = if options.skip_hash { let out: &mut dyn std::io::Write = &mut out; let version = self.state.write_to(out, options)?; (version, self.state.object_hash.null()) } else { let mut hasher = gix_hash::io::Write::new(&mut out, self.state.object_hash); let out: &mut dyn std::io::Write = &mut hasher; let version = self.state.write_to(out, options)?; (version, hasher.hash.try_finalize()?) }; out.write_all(hash.as_slice())?; Ok((version, hash)) } /// Write ourselves to the path we were read from after acquiring a lock, using `options`. /// /// Note that the hash produced will be stored which is why we need to be mutable. /// /// ### The `tree` (tree-cache) extension is written as-is /// /// The `tree` extension (tree-cache) is serialized from its current in-memory state; it is /// **not** recomputed or invalidated to match the entries. So if entries were modified since the /// index was read, the tree-cache is written back still marked valid even though it is now stale. /// /// Git uses the tree-cache to skip unchanged directories when building a tree (on `git commit` / /// `git write-tree`), so a stale-but-valid tree-cache can make a later commit capture outdated /// subtree content; more generally, `git status` and later commits can disagree about what is /// staged. /// /// Until the tree-cache is updated on write (see [issue #2421]), remove it with /// [`State::remove_tree()`](crate::State::remove_tree()) before writing whenever entries were /// changed: /// /// ```ignore /// index.remove_tree(); /// index.write(gix_index::write::Options::default())?; /// ``` /// /// [issue #2421]: https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/issues/2421 pub fn write(&mut self, options: write::Options) -> Result<(), Error> { let _span = gix_features::trace::detail!("gix_index::File::write()", path = ?self.path); let mut lock = std::io::BufWriter::with_capacity( 64 * 1024, gix_lock::File::acquire_to_update_resource(&self.path, gix_lock::acquire::Fail::Immediately, None)?, ); let (version, digest) = self.write_to(&mut lock, options)?; match lock.into_inner() { Ok(lock) => lock.commit()?, Err(err) => return Err(Error::Io(err.into_error().into())), }; self.state.version = version; self.checksum = Some(digest); Ok(()) } }