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git/dir-iterator.h
Michael Haggerty 0fe5043dad dir_iterator: new API for iterating over a directory tree
The iterator interface is modeled on that for references, though no
vtable is necessary because there is (so far?) only one type of
dir_iterator.

There are obviously a lot of features that could easily be added to this
class:

* Skip/include directory paths in the iteration
* Shallow/deep iteration
* Letting the caller decide which subdirectories to recurse into (e.g.,
  via a dir_iterator_advance_into() function)
* Option to iterate in sorted order
* Option to iterate over directory paths before vs. after their contents

But these are not needed for the current patch series, so I refrain.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-20 11:38:21 -07:00

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#ifndef DIR_ITERATOR_H
#define DIR_ITERATOR_H
/*
* Iterate over a directory tree.
*
* Iterate over a directory tree, recursively, including paths of all
* types and hidden paths. Skip "." and ".." entries and don't follow
* symlinks except for the original path.
*
* Every time dir_iterator_advance() is called, update the members of
* the dir_iterator structure to reflect the next path in the
* iteration. The order that paths are iterated over within a
* directory is undefined, but directory paths are always iterated
* over before the subdirectory contents.
*
* A typical iteration looks like this:
*
* int ok;
* struct iterator *iter = dir_iterator_begin(path);
*
* while ((ok = dir_iterator_advance(iter)) == ITER_OK) {
* if (want_to_stop_iteration()) {
* ok = dir_iterator_abort(iter);
* break;
* }
*
* // Access information about the current path:
* if (S_ISDIR(iter->st.st_mode))
* printf("%s is a directory\n", iter->relative_path);
* }
*
* if (ok != ITER_DONE)
* handle_error();
*
* Callers are allowed to modify iter->path while they are working,
* but they must restore it to its original contents before calling
* dir_iterator_advance() again.
*/
struct dir_iterator {
/* The current path: */
struct strbuf path;
/*
* The current path relative to the starting path. This part
* of the path always uses "/" characters to separate path
* components:
*/
const char *relative_path;
/* The current basename: */
const char *basename;
/* The result of calling lstat() on path: */
struct stat st;
};
/*
* Start a directory iteration over path. Return a dir_iterator that
* holds the internal state of the iteration.
*
* The iteration includes all paths under path, not including path
* itself and not including "." or ".." entries.
*
* path is the starting directory. An internal copy will be made.
*/
struct dir_iterator *dir_iterator_begin(const char *path);
/*
* Advance the iterator to the first or next item and return ITER_OK.
* If the iteration is exhausted, free the dir_iterator and any
* resources associated with it and return ITER_DONE. On error, free
* dir_iterator and associated resources and return ITER_ERROR. It is
* a bug to use iterator or call this function again after it has
* returned ITER_DONE or ITER_ERROR.
*/
int dir_iterator_advance(struct dir_iterator *iterator);
/*
* End the iteration before it has been exhausted. Free the
* dir_iterator and any associated resources and return ITER_DONE. On
* error, free the dir_iterator and return ITER_ERROR.
*/
int dir_iterator_abort(struct dir_iterator *iterator);
#endif