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Diffstat (limited to 'cache.h')
-rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -1360,4 +1360,31 @@ int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *from, int sane_execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]); +/* + * A struct to encapsulate the concept of whether a file has changed + * since we last checked it. This uses criteria similar to those used + * for the index. + */ +struct stat_validity { + struct stat_data *sd; +}; + +void stat_validity_clear(struct stat_validity *sv); + +/* + * Returns 1 if the path is a regular file (or a symlink to a regular + * file) and matches the saved stat_validity, 0 otherwise. A missing + * or inaccessible file is considered a match if the struct was just + * initialized, or if the previous update found an inaccessible file. + */ +int stat_validity_check(struct stat_validity *sv, const char *path); + +/* + * Update the stat_validity from a file opened at descriptor fd. If + * the file is missing, inaccessible, or not a regular file, then + * future calls to stat_validity_check will match iff one of those + * conditions continues to be true. + */ +void stat_validity_update(struct stat_validity *sv, int fd); + #endif /* CACHE_H */ |