Add cache-tree.

The cache_tree data structure is to cache tree object names that
would result from the current index file.

The idea is to have an optional file to record each tree object
name that corresponds to a directory path in the cache when we
run write_cache(), and read it back when we run read_cache().
During various index manupulations, we selectively invalidate
the parts so that the next write-tree can bypass regenerating
tree objects for unchanged parts of the directory hierarchy.

We could perhaps make the cache-tree data an optional part of
the index file, but that would involve the index format updates,
so unless we need it for performance reasons, the current plan
is to use a separate file, $GIT_DIR/index.aux to store this
information and link it with the index file with the checksum
that is already used for index file integrity check.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache-tree.h b/cache-tree.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b149afdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache-tree.h
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+#ifndef CACHE_TREE_H
+#define CACHE_TREE_H
+
+struct cache_tree;
+struct cache_tree_sub {
+	struct cache_tree *cache_tree;
+	int namelen;
+	int used;
+	char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
+};
+
+struct cache_tree {
+	int entry_count; /* negative means "invalid" */
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	int subtree_nr;
+	int subtree_alloc;
+	struct cache_tree_sub **down;
+};
+
+struct cache_tree *cache_tree(void);
+void cache_tree_free(struct cache_tree *);
+void cache_tree_invalidate_path(struct cache_tree *, const char *);
+
+int write_cache_tree(const unsigned char *, struct cache_tree *);
+struct cache_tree *read_cache_tree(unsigned char *);
+int cache_tree_update(struct cache_tree *, struct cache_entry **, int, int);
+
+
+#endif