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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt13
-rw-r--r--Makefile2
-rw-r--r--builtin/update-index.c14
-rw-r--r--cache.h52
-rw-r--r--read-cache.c265
-rw-r--r--unpack-trees.c1
-rw-r--r--varint.c29
-rw-r--r--varint.h9
9 files changed, 300 insertions, 91 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index a3081f4e23..9d0b1515c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--ignore-submodules]
[--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
[--info-only] [--index-info]
- [-z] [--stdin]
+ [-z] [--stdin] [--index-version <n>]
[--verbose]
[--] [<file>...]
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
--verbose::
Report what is being added and removed from index.
+--index-version <n>::
+ Write the resulting index out in the named on-disk format version.
+ The current default version is 2.
+
-z::
Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are
separated with NUL character instead of LF.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
index 8930b3fabc..9d25b30178 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
@@ -113,9 +113,22 @@ GIT index format
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.
+
== Extensions
=== Cached tree
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6748e0754..a14732c4cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@ LIB_H += tree-walk.h
LIB_H += unpack-trees.h
LIB_H += userdiff.h
LIB_H += utf8.h
+LIB_H += varint.h
LIB_H += xdiff-interface.h
LIB_H += xdiff/xdiff.h
@@ -757,6 +758,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += url.o
LIB_OBJS += usage.o
LIB_OBJS += userdiff.o
LIB_OBJS += utf8.o
+LIB_OBJS += varint.o
LIB_OBJS += walker.o
LIB_OBJS += wrapper.o
LIB_OBJS += write_or_die.o
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index a6a23fa1f3..5f038d64da 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int newfd, entries, has_errors = 0, line_termination = '\n';
int read_from_stdin = 0;
int prefix_length = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
+ int preferred_index_format = 0;
char set_executable_bit = 0;
struct refresh_params refresh_args = {0, &has_errors};
int lock_error = 0;
@@ -791,6 +792,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
"(for porcelains) forget saved unresolved conflicts",
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
resolve_undo_clear_callback},
+ OPT_INTEGER(0, "index-version", &preferred_index_format,
+ "write index in this format"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -851,6 +854,17 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
}
argc = parse_options_end(&ctx);
+ if (preferred_index_format) {
+ if (preferred_index_format < INDEX_FORMAT_LB ||
+ INDEX_FORMAT_UB < preferred_index_format)
+ die("index-version %d not in range: %d..%d",
+ preferred_index_format,
+ INDEX_FORMAT_LB, INDEX_FORMAT_UB);
+
+ if (the_index.version != preferred_index_format)
+ active_cache_changed = 1;
+ the_index.version = preferred_index_format;
+ }
if (read_from_stdin) {
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, nbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 5bf59ff5c3..d8f6f1e78e 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ struct cache_header {
unsigned int hdr_entries;
};
+#define INDEX_FORMAT_LB 2
+#define INDEX_FORMAT_UB 4
+
/*
* The "cache_time" is just the low 32 bits of the
* time. It doesn't matter if it overflows - we only
@@ -115,48 +118,6 @@ struct cache_time {
unsigned int nsec;
};
-/*
- * dev/ino/uid/gid/size are also just tracked to the low 32 bits
- * Again - this is just a (very strong in practice) heuristic that
- * the inode hasn't changed.
- *
- * We save the fields in big-endian order to allow using the
- * index file over NFS transparently.
- */
-struct ondisk_cache_entry {
- struct cache_time ctime;
- struct cache_time mtime;
- unsigned int dev;
- unsigned int ino;
- unsigned int mode;
- unsigned int uid;
- unsigned int gid;
- unsigned int size;
- unsigned char sha1[20];
- unsigned short flags;
- char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
-};
-
-/*
- * This struct is used when CE_EXTENDED bit is 1
- * The struct must match ondisk_cache_entry exactly from
- * ctime till flags
- */
-struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended {
- struct cache_time ctime;
- struct cache_time mtime;
- unsigned int dev;
- unsigned int ino;
- unsigned int mode;
- unsigned int uid;
- unsigned int gid;
- unsigned int size;
- unsigned char sha1[20];
- unsigned short flags;
- unsigned short flags2;
- char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
-};
-
struct cache_entry {
struct cache_time ce_ctime;
struct cache_time ce_mtime;
@@ -253,9 +214,6 @@ static inline size_t ce_namelen(const struct cache_entry *ce)
}
#define ce_size(ce) cache_entry_size(ce_namelen(ce))
-#define ondisk_ce_size(ce) (((ce)->ce_flags & CE_EXTENDED) ? \
- ondisk_cache_entry_extended_size(ce_namelen(ce)) : \
- ondisk_cache_entry_size(ce_namelen(ce)))
#define ce_stage(ce) ((CE_STAGEMASK & (ce)->ce_flags) >> CE_STAGESHIFT)
#define ce_uptodate(ce) ((ce)->ce_flags & CE_UPTODATE)
#define ce_skip_worktree(ce) ((ce)->ce_flags & CE_SKIP_WORKTREE)
@@ -306,13 +264,11 @@ static inline unsigned int canon_mode(unsigned int mode)
return S_IFGITLINK;
}
-#define flexible_size(STRUCT,len) ((offsetof(struct STRUCT,name) + (len) + 8) & ~7)
#define cache_entry_size(len) (offsetof(struct cache_entry,name) + (len) + 1)
-#define ondisk_cache_entry_size(len) flexible_size(ondisk_cache_entry,len)
-#define ondisk_cache_entry_extended_size(len) flexible_size(ondisk_cache_entry_extended,len)
struct index_state {
struct cache_entry **cache;
+ unsigned int version;
unsigned int cache_nr, cache_alloc, cache_changed;
struct string_list *resolve_undo;
struct cache_tree *cache_tree;
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 6c8f395836..ef355cc9a8 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
#include "commit.h"
#include "blob.h"
#include "resolve-undo.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "varint.h"
static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, int really);
@@ -1179,15 +1181,74 @@ static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, int reall
return refresh_cache_ent(&the_index, ce, really, NULL, NULL);
}
+
+/*****************************************************************
+ * Index File I/O
+ *****************************************************************/
+
+#define INDEX_FORMAT_DEFAULT 3
+
+/*
+ * dev/ino/uid/gid/size are also just tracked to the low 32 bits
+ * Again - this is just a (very strong in practice) heuristic that
+ * the inode hasn't changed.
+ *
+ * We save the fields in big-endian order to allow using the
+ * index file over NFS transparently.
+ */
+struct ondisk_cache_entry {
+ struct cache_time ctime;
+ struct cache_time mtime;
+ unsigned int dev;
+ unsigned int ino;
+ unsigned int mode;
+ unsigned int uid;
+ unsigned int gid;
+ unsigned int size;
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ unsigned short flags;
+ char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
+};
+
+/*
+ * This struct is used when CE_EXTENDED bit is 1
+ * The struct must match ondisk_cache_entry exactly from
+ * ctime till flags
+ */
+struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended {
+ struct cache_time ctime;
+ struct cache_time mtime;
+ unsigned int dev;
+ unsigned int ino;
+ unsigned int mode;
+ unsigned int uid;
+ unsigned int gid;
+ unsigned int size;
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ unsigned short flags;
+ unsigned short flags2;
+ char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
+};
+
+/* These are only used for v3 or lower */
+#define align_flex_name(STRUCT,len) ((offsetof(struct STRUCT,name) + (len) + 8) & ~7)
+#define ondisk_cache_entry_size(len) align_flex_name(ondisk_cache_entry,len)
+#define ondisk_cache_entry_extended_size(len) align_flex_name(ondisk_cache_entry_extended,len)
+#define ondisk_ce_size(ce) (((ce)->ce_flags & CE_EXTENDED) ? \
+ ondisk_cache_entry_extended_size(ce_namelen(ce)) : \
+ ondisk_cache_entry_size(ce_namelen(ce)))
+
static int verify_hdr(struct cache_header *hdr, unsigned long size)
{
git_SHA_CTX c;
unsigned char sha1[20];
+ int hdr_version;
if (hdr->hdr_signature != htonl(CACHE_SIGNATURE))
return error("bad signature");
- if (hdr->hdr_version != htonl(2) && hdr->hdr_version != htonl(3))
- return error("bad index version");
+ hdr_version = ntohl(hdr->hdr_version);
+ if (hdr_version < 2 || 4 < hdr_version)
+ return error("bad index version %d", hdr_version);
git_SHA1_Init(&c);
git_SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, size - 20);
git_SHA1_Final(sha1, &c);
@@ -1221,7 +1282,74 @@ int read_index(struct index_state *istate)
return read_index_from(istate, get_index_file());
}
-static struct cache_entry *create_from_disk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk)
+#ifndef NEEDS_ALIGNED_ACCESS
+#define ntoh_s(var) ntohs(var)
+#define ntoh_l(var) ntohl(var)
+#else
+static inline uint16_t ntoh_s_force_align(void *p)
+{
+ uint16_t x;
+ memcpy(&x, p, sizeof(x));
+ return ntohs(x);
+}
+static inline uint32_t ntoh_l_force_align(void *p)
+{
+ uint32_t x;
+ memcpy(&x, p, sizeof(x));
+ return ntohl(x);
+}
+#define ntoh_s(var) ntoh_s_force_align(&(var))
+#define ntoh_l(var) ntoh_l_force_align(&(var))
+#endif
+
+static struct cache_entry *cache_entry_from_ondisk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk,
+ unsigned int flags,
+ const char *name,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ struct cache_entry *ce = xmalloc(cache_entry_size(len));
+
+ ce->ce_ctime.sec = ntoh_l(ondisk->ctime.sec);
+ ce->ce_mtime.sec = ntoh_l(ondisk->mtime.sec);
+ ce->ce_ctime.nsec = ntoh_l(ondisk->ctime.nsec);
+ ce->ce_mtime.nsec = ntoh_l(ondisk->mtime.nsec);
+ ce->ce_dev = ntoh_l(ondisk->dev);
+ ce->ce_ino = ntoh_l(ondisk->ino);
+ ce->ce_mode = ntoh_l(ondisk->mode);
+ ce->ce_uid = ntoh_l(ondisk->uid);
+ ce->ce_gid = ntoh_l(ondisk->gid);
+ ce->ce_size = ntoh_l(ondisk->size);
+ ce->ce_flags = flags;
+ hashcpy(ce->sha1, ondisk->sha1);
+ memcpy(ce->name, name, len);
+ ce->name[len] = '\0';
+ return ce;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adjacent cache entries tend to share the leading paths, so it makes
+ * sense to only store the differences in later entries. In the v4
+ * on-disk format of the index, each on-disk cache entry stores the
+ * number of bytes to be stripped from the end of the previous name,
+ * and the bytes to append to the result, to come up with its name.
+ */
+static unsigned long expand_name_field(struct strbuf *name, const char *cp_)
+{
+ const unsigned char *ep, *cp = (const unsigned char *)cp_;
+ size_t len = decode_varint(&cp);
+
+ if (name->len < len)
+ die("malformed name field in the index");
+ strbuf_remove(name, name->len - len, len);
+ for (ep = cp; *ep; ep++)
+ ; /* find the end */
+ strbuf_add(name, cp, ep - cp);
+ return (const char *)ep + 1 - cp_;
+}
+
+static struct cache_entry *create_from_disk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk,
+ unsigned long *ent_size,
+ struct strbuf *previous_name)
{
struct cache_entry *ce;
size_t len;
@@ -1229,14 +1357,14 @@ static struct cache_entry *create_from_disk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk)
unsigned int flags;
/* On-disk flags are just 16 bits */
- flags = ntohs(ondisk->flags);
+ flags = ntoh_s(ondisk->flags);
len = flags & CE_NAMEMASK;
if (flags & CE_EXTENDED) {
struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended *ondisk2;
int extended_flags;
ondisk2 = (struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended *)ondisk;
- extended_flags = ntohs(ondisk2->flags2) << 16;
+ extended_flags = ntoh_s(ondisk2->flags2) << 16;
/* We do not yet understand any bit out of CE_EXTENDED_FLAGS */
if (extended_flags & ~CE_EXTENDED_FLAGS)
die("Unknown index entry format %08x", extended_flags);
@@ -1246,27 +1374,22 @@ static struct cache_entry *create_from_disk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk)
else
name = ondisk->name;
- if (len == CE_NAMEMASK)
- len = strlen(name);
-
- ce = xmalloc(cache_entry_size(len));
-
- ce->ce_ctime.sec = ntohl(ondisk->ctime.sec);
- ce->ce_mtime.sec = ntohl(ondisk->mtime.sec);
- ce->ce_ctime.nsec = ntohl(ondisk->ctime.nsec);
- ce->ce_mtime.nsec = ntohl(ondisk->mtime.nsec);
- ce->ce_dev = ntohl(ondisk->dev);
- ce->ce_ino = ntohl(ondisk->ino);
- ce->ce_mode = ntohl(ondisk->mode);
- ce->ce_uid = ntohl(ondisk->uid);
- ce->ce_gid = ntohl(ondisk->gid);
- ce->ce_size = ntohl(ondisk->size);
- ce->ce_flags = flags;
-
- hashcpy(ce->sha1, ondisk->sha1);
-
- memcpy(ce->name, name, len);
- ce->name[len] = '\0';
+ if (!previous_name) {
+ /* v3 and earlier */
+ if (len == CE_NAMEMASK)
+ len = strlen(name);
+ ce = cache_entry_from_ondisk(ondisk, flags, name, len);
+
+ *ent_size = ondisk_ce_size(ce);
+ } else {
+ unsigned long consumed;
+ consumed = expand_name_field(previous_name, name);
+ ce = cache_entry_from_ondisk(ondisk, flags,
+ previous_name->buf,
+ previous_name->len);
+
+ *ent_size = (name - ((char *)ondisk)) + consumed;
+ }
return ce;
}
@@ -1279,6 +1402,7 @@ int read_index_from(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
struct cache_header *hdr;
void *mmap;
size_t mmap_size;
+ struct strbuf previous_name_buf = STRBUF_INIT, *previous_name;
errno = EBUSY;
if (istate->initialized)
@@ -1311,22 +1435,30 @@ int read_index_from(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
if (verify_hdr(hdr, mmap_size) < 0)
goto unmap;
+ istate->version = ntohl(hdr->hdr_version);
istate->cache_nr = ntohl(hdr->hdr_entries);
istate->cache_alloc = alloc_nr(istate->cache_nr);
istate->cache = xcalloc(istate->cache_alloc, sizeof(struct cache_entry *));
istate->initialized = 1;
+ if (istate->version == 4)
+ previous_name = &previous_name_buf;
+ else
+ previous_name = NULL;
+
src_offset = sizeof(*hdr);
for (i = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
struct ondisk_cache_entry *disk_ce;
struct cache_entry *ce;
+ unsigned long consumed;
disk_ce = (struct ondisk_cache_entry *)((char *)mmap + src_offset);
- ce = create_from_disk(disk_ce);
+ ce = create_from_disk(disk_ce, &consumed, previous_name);
set_index_entry(istate, i, ce);
- src_offset += ondisk_ce_size(ce);
+ src_offset += consumed;
}
+ strbuf_release(&previous_name_buf);
istate->timestamp.sec = st.st_mtime;
istate->timestamp.nsec = ST_MTIME_NSEC(st);
@@ -1510,13 +1642,10 @@ static void ce_smudge_racily_clean_entry(struct cache_entry *ce)
}
}
-static int ce_write_entry(git_SHA_CTX *c, int fd, struct cache_entry *ce)
+/* Copy miscellaneous fields but not the name */
+static char *copy_cache_entry_to_ondisk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk,
+ struct cache_entry *ce)
{
- int size = ondisk_ce_size(ce);
- struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk = xcalloc(1, size);
- char *name;
- int result;
-
ondisk->ctime.sec = htonl(ce->ce_ctime.sec);
ondisk->mtime.sec = htonl(ce->ce_mtime.sec);
ondisk->ctime.nsec = htonl(ce->ce_ctime.nsec);
@@ -1533,11 +1662,52 @@ static int ce_write_entry(git_SHA_CTX *c, int fd, struct cache_entry *ce)
struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended *ondisk2;
ondisk2 = (struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended *)ondisk;
ondisk2->flags2 = htons((ce->ce_flags & CE_EXTENDED_FLAGS) >> 16);
- name = ondisk2->name;
+ return ondisk2->name;
+ }
+ else {
+ return ondisk->name;
+ }
+}
+
+static int ce_write_entry(git_SHA_CTX *c, int fd, struct cache_entry *ce,
+ struct strbuf *previous_name)
+{
+ int size;
+ struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk;
+ char *name;
+ int result;
+
+ if (!previous_name) {
+ size = ondisk_ce_size(ce);
+ ondisk = xcalloc(1, size);
+ name = copy_cache_entry_to_ondisk(ondisk, ce);
+ memcpy(name, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce));
+ } else {
+ int common, to_remove, prefix_size;
+ unsigned char to_remove_vi[16];
+ for (common = 0;
+ (ce->name[common] &&
+ common < previous_name->len &&
+ ce->name[common] == previous_name->buf[common]);
+ common++)
+ ; /* still matching */
+ to_remove = previous_name->len - common;
+ prefix_size = encode_varint(to_remove, to_remove_vi);
+
+ if (ce->ce_flags & CE_EXTENDED)
+ size = offsetof(struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended, name);
+ else
+ size = offsetof(struct ondisk_cache_entry, name);
+ size += prefix_size + (ce_namelen(ce) - common + 1);
+
+ ondisk = xcalloc(1, size);
+ name = copy_cache_entry_to_ondisk(ondisk, ce);
+ memcpy(name, to_remove_vi, prefix_size);
+ memcpy(name + prefix_size, ce->name + common, ce_namelen(ce) - common);
+
+ strbuf_splice(previous_name, common, to_remove,
+ ce->name + common, ce_namelen(ce) - common);
}
- else
- name = ondisk->name;
- memcpy(name, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce));
result = ce_write(c, fd, ondisk, size);
free(ondisk);
@@ -1573,10 +1743,11 @@ int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
{
git_SHA_CTX c;
struct cache_header hdr;
- int i, err, removed, extended;
+ int i, err, removed, extended, hdr_version;
struct cache_entry **cache = istate->cache;
int entries = istate->cache_nr;
struct stat st;
+ struct strbuf previous_name_buf = STRBUF_INIT, *previous_name;
for (i = removed = extended = 0; i < entries; i++) {
if (cache[i]->ce_flags & CE_REMOVE)
@@ -1590,24 +1761,34 @@ int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
}
}
+ if (!istate->version)
+ istate->version = INDEX_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
+
+ /* demote version 3 to version 2 when the latter suffices */
+ if (istate->version == 3 || istate->version == 2)
+ istate->version = extended ? 3 : 2;
+
+ hdr_version = istate->version;
+
hdr.hdr_signature = htonl(CACHE_SIGNATURE);
- /* for extended format, increase version so older git won't try to read it */
- hdr.hdr_version = htonl(extended ? 3 : 2);
+ hdr.hdr_version = htonl(hdr_version);
hdr.hdr_entries = htonl(entries - removed);
git_SHA1_Init(&c);
if (ce_write(&c, newfd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) < 0)
return -1;
+ previous_name = (hdr_version == 4) ? &previous_name_buf : NULL;
for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
struct cache_entry *ce = cache[i];
if (ce->ce_flags & CE_REMOVE)
continue;
if (!ce_uptodate(ce) && is_racy_timestamp(istate, ce))
ce_smudge_racily_clean_entry(ce);
- if (ce_write_entry(&c, newfd, ce) < 0)
+ if (ce_write_entry(&c, newfd, ce, previous_name) < 0)
return -1;
}
+ strbuf_release(&previous_name_buf);
/* Write extension data here */
if (istate->cache_tree) {
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 36523da22a..1d7393d84c 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,7 @@ int unpack_trees(unsigned len, struct tree_desc *t, struct unpack_trees_options
o->result.initialized = 1;
o->result.timestamp.sec = o->src_index->timestamp.sec;
o->result.timestamp.nsec = o->src_index->timestamp.nsec;
+ o->result.version = o->src_index->version;
o->merge_size = len;
mark_all_ce_unused(o->src_index);
diff --git a/varint.c b/varint.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ed7729496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "varint.h"
+
+uintmax_t decode_varint(const unsigned char **bufp)
+{
+ const unsigned char *buf = *bufp;
+ unsigned char c = *buf++;
+ uintmax_t val = c & 127;
+ while (c & 128) {
+ val += 1;
+ if (!val || MSB(val, 7))
+ return 0; /* overflow */
+ c = *buf++;
+ val = (val << 7) + (c & 127);
+ }
+ *bufp = buf;
+ return val;
+}
+
+int encode_varint(uintmax_t value, unsigned char *buf)
+{
+ unsigned char varint[16];
+ unsigned pos = sizeof(varint) - 1;
+ varint[pos] = value & 127;
+ while (value >>= 7)
+ varint[--pos] = 128 | (--value & 127);
+ if (buf)
+ memcpy(buf, varint + pos, sizeof(varint) - pos);
+ return sizeof(varint) - pos;
+}
diff --git a/varint.h b/varint.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0321195796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varint.h
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+#ifndef VARINT_H
+#define VARINT_H
+
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+
+extern int encode_varint(uintmax_t, unsigned char *);
+extern uintmax_t decode_varint(const unsigned char **);
+
+#endif /* VARINT_H */