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[EGIT PATCH 17/26] Support copying meta fields from one DirCacheEntry to another

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Aug 12, 2008, 01:08 UTC
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When an application moves a DirCacheEntry record from one path to another path in the index we need to recreate the entry object and also copy the meta fields from the old entry to the new entry.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 .../org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java   |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java
index eba2678..2b5ce03 100644
--- a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java
+++ b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntry.java
@@ -354,6 +354,22 @@ public class DirCacheEntry {
 		return Constants.CHARSET.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(path)).toString();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Copy the ObjectId and other meta fields from an existing entry.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This method copies everything except the path from one entry to another,
+	 * supporting renaming.
+	 * 
+	 * @param src
+	 *            the entry to copy ObjectId and meta fields from.
+	 */
+	public void copyMetaData(final DirCacheEntry src) {
+		final int pLen = NB.decodeUInt16(info, infoOffset + P_FLAGS) & 0xfff;
+		System.arraycopy(src.info, src.infoOffset, info, infoOffset, INFO_LEN);
+		NB.encodeInt16(info, infoOffset + P_FLAGS, pLen
+				| NB.decodeUInt16(info, infoOffset + P_FLAGS) & ~0xfff);
+	}
+
 	private long decodeTS(final int pIdx) {
 		final int base = infoOffset + pIdx;
 		final int sec = NB.decodeInt32(info, base);
-- 
1.6.0.rc2.22.g71b99
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Message 18 of 26 in “New DirCache API”
  1. 00/26 New DirCache APIShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  2. 01/26 Force all source code to UTF-8 encoding by defaultShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  3. 02/26 Protect WorkingTreeIterator's name encoding from weird ByteBuffersShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  4. 03/26 Add Constants.encode as a utility for quick encoding in UTF-8Shawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  5. 04/26 Rely upon Constants.CHARSET over Constants.CHARACTER_ENCODINGShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  6. 05/26 Allow AbstractTreeIterators to find out about StopWalkExceptionsShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  7. 06/26 Implement a new .git/index (aka dircache) read interfaceShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  8. 07/26 Export the new DirCache API to Eclipse plugins using jgitShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  9. 08/26 Support locking (and unlocking) a .git/index through DirCacheShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  10. 09/26 Support writing a .git/index through DirCacheShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  11. 10/26 Support the 'TREE' extension in .git/index through DirCacheShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  12. 11/26 Support using a DirCache within a TreeWalkShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  13. 12/26 Support recreating a .git/index through DirCacheShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  14. 13/26 Support iterating and building a DirCache at the same timeShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  15. 14/26 Support creating a new DirCacheEntry for an arbitrary pathShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  16. 15/26 Support a simplified model of editing index entriesShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  17. 16/26 Support recursively getting all entries under a subtree pathShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  18. 17/26 Support copying meta fields from one DirCacheEntry to anotherShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  19. 18/26 Add JUnit tests for new DirCache APIShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  20. 20/26 Allow the new DirCacheIterator in command line argumentsShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  21. 21/26 Add debugging commands to interact with the new DirCache codeShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  22. 22/26 Add a basic command line implementation of rmShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  23. 23/26 Rewrite GitMoveDeleteHook to use DirCacheBuilderShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  24. 24/26 Teach GitMoveDeleteHook how to move a folder recursivelyShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  25. 25/26 Rewrite UntrackOperation to use DirCacheBuilderShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008
  26. 26/26 Rewrite AssumeUnchangedOperation to use DirCacheShawn O. Pearce, Aug 12, 2008

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