gix_merge/tree/

mod.rs

use bstr::BString;
use gix_diff::{tree_with_rewrites::Change, Rewrites};

/// The error returned by [`tree()`](crate::tree()).
#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
#[allow(missing_docs)]
pub enum Error {
    #[error("Could not find ancestor, our or their tree to get started")]
    FindTree(#[from] gix_object::find::existing_object::Error),
    #[error("Could not find ancestor, our or their tree iterator to get started")]
    FindTreeIter(#[from] gix_object::find::existing_iter::Error),
    #[error("Failed to diff our side or their side")]
    DiffTree(#[from] gix_diff::tree_with_rewrites::Error),
    #[error("Could not apply merge result to base tree")]
    TreeEdit(#[from] gix_object::tree::editor::Error),
    #[error("Failed to load resource to prepare for blob merge")]
    BlobMergeSetResource(#[from] crate::blob::platform::set_resource::Error),
    #[error(transparent)]
    BlobMergePrepare(#[from] crate::blob::platform::prepare_merge::Error),
    #[error(transparent)]
    BlobMerge(#[from] crate::blob::platform::merge::Error),
    #[error("Failed to write merged blob content as blob to the object database")]
    WriteBlobToOdb(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),
    #[error("The merge was performed, but the binary merge result couldn't be selected as it wasn't found")]
    MergeResourceNotFound,
}

/// The outcome produced by [`tree()`](crate::tree()).
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct Outcome<'a> {
    /// The ready-made (but unwritten) *base* tree, including all non-conflicting changes, and the changes that had
    /// conflicts which could be resolved automatically.
    ///
    /// This means, if all of their changes were conflicting, this will be equivalent to the *base* tree.
    pub tree: gix_object::tree::Editor<'a>,
    /// The set of conflicts we encountered. Can be empty to indicate there was no conflict.
    /// Note that conflicts might have been auto-resolved, but they are listed here for completeness.
    /// Use [`has_unresolved_conflicts()`](Outcome::has_unresolved_conflicts()) to see if any action is needed
    /// before using [`tree`](Outcome::tree).
    pub conflicts: Vec<Conflict>,
    /// `true` if `conflicts` contains only a single [*unresolved* conflict](ResolutionFailure) in the last slot, but
    /// possibly more [resolved ones](Resolution) before that.
    /// This also makes this outcome a very partial merge that cannot be completed.
    /// Only set if [`fail_on_conflict`](Options::fail_on_conflict) is `true`.
    pub failed_on_first_unresolved_conflict: bool,
}

/// Determine what should be considered an unresolved conflict.
#[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
pub struct TreatAsUnresolved {
    /// Determine which content merges should be considered unresolved.
    pub content_merge: treat_as_unresolved::ContentMerge,
    /// Determine which tree merges should be considered unresolved.
    pub tree_merge: treat_as_unresolved::TreeMerge,
}

///
pub mod treat_as_unresolved {
    use crate::tree::TreatAsUnresolved;

    /// Which kind of content merges should be considered unresolved?
    #[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
    pub enum ContentMerge {
        /// Content merges that still show conflict markers.
        #[default]
        Markers,
        /// Content merges who would have conflicted if it wasn't for a
        /// [resolution strategy](crate::blob::builtin_driver::text::Conflict::ResolveWithOurs).
        ForcedResolution,
    }

    /// Which kind of tree merges should be considered unresolved?
    #[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
    pub enum TreeMerge {
        /// All failed renames.
        Undecidable,
        /// All failed renames, and the ones where a tree item was renamed to avoid a clash.
        #[default]
        EvasiveRenames,
        /// All of `EvasiveRenames`, and tree merges that would have conflicted but which were resolved
        /// with a [resolution strategy](super::ResolveWith).
        ForcedResolution,
    }

    /// Instantiation/Presets
    impl TreatAsUnresolved {
        /// Return an instance with the highest sensitivity to what should be considered unresolved as it
        /// includes entries which have been resolved using a [merge strategy](super::ResolveWith).
        pub fn forced_resolution() -> Self {
            Self {
                content_merge: ContentMerge::ForcedResolution,
                tree_merge: TreeMerge::ForcedResolution,
            }
        }

        /// Return an instance that considers unresolved any conflict that Git would also consider unresolved.
        /// This is the same as the `default()` implementation.
        pub fn git() -> Self {
            Self::default()
        }

        /// Only undecidable tree merges and conflict markers are considered unresolved.
        /// This also means that renamed entries to make space for a conflicting one is considered acceptable,
        /// making this preset the most lenient.
        pub fn undecidable() -> Self {
            Self {
                content_merge: ContentMerge::Markers,
                tree_merge: TreeMerge::Undecidable,
            }
        }
    }
}

impl Outcome<'_> {
    /// Return `true` if there is any conflict that would still need to be resolved as they would yield undesirable trees.
    /// This is based on `how` to determine what should be considered unresolved.
    pub fn has_unresolved_conflicts(&self, how: TreatAsUnresolved) -> bool {
        self.conflicts.iter().any(|c| c.is_unresolved(how))
    }

    /// Returns `true` if `index` changed as we applied conflicting stages to it, using `how` to determine if a
    /// conflict should be considered unresolved.
    /// `removal_mode` decides how unconflicted entries should be removed if they are superseded by
    /// their conflicted counterparts.
    /// It's important that `index` is at the state of [`Self::tree`].
    ///
    /// Note that in practice, whenever there is a single [conflict](Conflict), this function will return `true`.
    pub fn index_changed_after_applying_conflicts(
        &self,
        index: &mut gix_index::State,
        how: TreatAsUnresolved,
        removal_mode: apply_index_entries::RemovalMode,
    ) -> bool {
        apply_index_entries(&self.conflicts, how, index, removal_mode)
    }
}

/// A description of a conflict (i.e. merge issue without an auto-resolution) as seen during a [tree-merge](crate::tree()).
/// They may have a resolution that was applied automatically, or be left for the caller to resolved.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct Conflict {
    /// A record on how the conflict resolution succeeded with `Ok(_)` or failed with `Err(_)`.
    /// Note that in case of `Err(_)`, edits may still have been made to the tree to aid resolution.
    /// On failure, one can examine `ours` and `theirs` to potentially find a custom solution.
    /// Note that the descriptions of resolutions or resolution failures may be swapped compared
    /// to the actual changes. This is due to changes like `modification|deletion` being treated the
    /// same as `deletion|modification`, i.e. *ours* is not more privileged than theirs.
    /// To compensate for that, use [`changes_in_resolution()`](Conflict::changes_in_resolution()).
    pub resolution: Result<Resolution, ResolutionFailure>,
    /// The change representing *our* side.
    pub ours: Change,
    /// The change representing *their* side.
    pub theirs: Change,
    /// An array to store an entry for each stage of the conflict.
    ///
    /// * `entries[0]`  => Base
    /// * `entries[1]`  => Ours
    /// * `entries[2]`  => Theirs
    ///
    /// Note that ours and theirs might be swapped, so one should access it through [`Self::entries()`] to compensate for that.
    pub entries: [Option<ConflictIndexEntry>; 3],
    /// Determine how to interpret the `ours` and `theirs` fields. This is used to implement [`Self::changes_in_resolution()`]
    /// and [`Self::into_parts_by_resolution()`].
    map: ConflictMapping,
}

/// A conflicting entry for insertion into the index.
/// It will always be either on stage 1 (ancestor/base), 2 (ours) or 3 (theirs)
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
pub struct ConflictIndexEntry {
    /// The kind of object at this stage.
    /// Note that it's possible that this is a directory, for instance if a directory was replaced with a file.
    pub mode: gix_object::tree::EntryMode,
    /// The id defining the state of the object.
    pub id: gix_hash::ObjectId,
    /// Hidden, maybe one day we can do without?
    path_hint: Option<ConflictIndexEntryPathHint>,
}

/// A hint for [`apply_index_entries()`] to know which paths to use for an entry.
/// This is only used when necessary.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
enum ConflictIndexEntryPathHint {
    /// Use the previous path, i.e. rename source.
    Source,
    /// Use the current path as it is in the tree.
    Current,
    /// Use the path of the final destination, or *their* name.
    /// It's definitely finicky, as we don't store the actual path and instead refer to it.
    RenamedOrTheirs,
}

/// A utility to help define which side is what in the [`Conflict`] type.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
enum ConflictMapping {
    /// The sides are as described in the field documentation, i.e. `ours` is `ours`.
    Original,
    /// The sides are the opposite of the field documentation. i.e. `ours` is `theirs` and `theirs` is `ours`.
    Swapped,
}

impl ConflictMapping {
    fn is_swapped(&self) -> bool {
        matches!(self, ConflictMapping::Swapped)
    }
    fn swapped(self) -> ConflictMapping {
        match self {
            ConflictMapping::Original => ConflictMapping::Swapped,
            ConflictMapping::Swapped => ConflictMapping::Original,
        }
    }
    fn to_global(self, global: ConflictMapping) -> ConflictMapping {
        match global {
            ConflictMapping::Original => self,
            ConflictMapping::Swapped => self.swapped(),
        }
    }
}

impl Conflict {
    /// Return `true` if this instance is considered unresolved based on the criterion specified by `how`.
    pub fn is_unresolved(&self, how: TreatAsUnresolved) -> bool {
        use crate::blob;
        let content_merge_unresolved = |info: &ContentMerge| match how.content_merge {
            treat_as_unresolved::ContentMerge::Markers => matches!(info.resolution, blob::Resolution::Conflict),
            treat_as_unresolved::ContentMerge::ForcedResolution => {
                matches!(
                    info.resolution,
                    blob::Resolution::Conflict | blob::Resolution::CompleteWithAutoResolvedConflict
                )
            }
        };
        match how.tree_merge {
            treat_as_unresolved::TreeMerge::Undecidable => {
                self.resolution.is_err() || self.content_merge().is_some_and(|info| content_merge_unresolved(&info))
            }
            treat_as_unresolved::TreeMerge::EvasiveRenames | treat_as_unresolved::TreeMerge::ForcedResolution => {
                match &self.resolution {
                    Ok(success) => match success {
                        Resolution::SourceLocationAffectedByRename { .. } => false,
                        Resolution::Forced(_) => {
                            how.tree_merge == treat_as_unresolved::TreeMerge::ForcedResolution
                                || self
                                    .content_merge()
                                    .is_some_and(|merged_blob| content_merge_unresolved(&merged_blob))
                        }
                        Resolution::OursModifiedTheirsRenamedAndChangedThenRename {
                            merged_blob,
                            final_location,
                            ..
                        } => final_location.is_some() || merged_blob.as_ref().is_some_and(content_merge_unresolved),
                        Resolution::OursModifiedTheirsModifiedThenBlobContentMerge { merged_blob } => {
                            content_merge_unresolved(merged_blob)
                        }
                    },
                    Err(_failure) => true,
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /// Returns the changes of fields `ours` and `theirs` so they match their description in the
    /// [`Resolution`] or [`ResolutionFailure`] respectively.
    /// Without this, the sides may appear swapped as `ours|theirs` is treated the same as `theirs/ours`
    /// if both types are different, like `modification|deletion`.
    pub fn changes_in_resolution(&self) -> (&Change, &Change) {
        match self.map {
            ConflictMapping::Original => (&self.ours, &self.theirs),
            ConflictMapping::Swapped => (&self.theirs, &self.ours),
        }
    }

    /// Similar to [`changes_in_resolution()`](Self::changes_in_resolution()), but returns the parts
    /// of the structure so the caller can take ownership. This can be useful when applying your own
    /// resolutions for resolution failures.
    pub fn into_parts_by_resolution(self) -> (Result<Resolution, ResolutionFailure>, Change, Change) {
        match self.map {
            ConflictMapping::Original => (self.resolution, self.ours, self.theirs),
            ConflictMapping::Swapped => (self.resolution, self.theirs, self.ours),
        }
    }

    /// Return the index entries for insertion into the index, to match with what's returned by [`Self::changes_in_resolution()`].
    pub fn entries(&self) -> [Option<ConflictIndexEntry>; 3] {
        match self.map {
            ConflictMapping::Original => self.entries,
            ConflictMapping::Swapped => [self.entries[0], self.entries[2], self.entries[1]],
        }
    }

    /// Return information about the content merge if it was performed.
    pub fn content_merge(&self) -> Option<ContentMerge> {
        fn failure_merged_blob(failure: &ResolutionFailure) -> Option<ContentMerge> {
            match failure {
                ResolutionFailure::OursRenamedTheirsRenamedDifferently { merged_blob } => *merged_blob,
                ResolutionFailure::Unknown
                | ResolutionFailure::OursDirectoryTheirsNonDirectoryTheirsRenamed { .. }
                | ResolutionFailure::OursModifiedTheirsDeleted
                | ResolutionFailure::OursModifiedTheirsRenamedTypeMismatch
                | ResolutionFailure::OursModifiedTheirsDirectoryThenOursRenamed {
                    renamed_unique_path_to_modified_blob: _,
                }
                | ResolutionFailure::OursAddedTheirsAddedTypeMismatch { .. }
                | ResolutionFailure::OursDeletedTheirsRenamed => None,
            }
        }
        match &self.resolution {
            Ok(success) => match success {
                Resolution::Forced(failure) => failure_merged_blob(failure),
                Resolution::SourceLocationAffectedByRename { .. } => None,
                Resolution::OursModifiedTheirsRenamedAndChangedThenRename { merged_blob, .. } => *merged_blob,
                Resolution::OursModifiedTheirsModifiedThenBlobContentMerge { merged_blob } => Some(*merged_blob),
            },
            Err(failure) => failure_merged_blob(failure),
        }
    }
}

/// Describes of a conflict involving *our* change and *their* change was specifically resolved.
///
/// Note that all resolutions are side-agnostic, so *ours* could also have been *theirs* and vice versa.
/// Also note that symlink merges are always done via binary merge, using the same logic.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub enum Resolution {
    /// *ours* had a renamed directory and *theirs* made a change in the now renamed directory.
    /// We moved that change into its location.
    SourceLocationAffectedByRename {
        /// The repository-relative path to the location that the change ended up in after
        /// being affected by a renamed directory.
        final_location: BString,
    },
    /// *ours* was a modified blob and *theirs* renamed that blob.
    /// We moved the changed blob from *ours* to its new location, and merged it successfully.
    /// If this is a `copy`, the source of the copy was set to be the changed blob as well so both match.
    OursModifiedTheirsRenamedAndChangedThenRename {
        /// If one side added the executable bit, we always add it in the merged result.
        merged_mode: Option<gix_object::tree::EntryMode>,
        /// If `Some(…)`, the content of the involved blob had to be merged.
        merged_blob: Option<ContentMerge>,
        /// The repository relative path to the location the blob finally ended up in.
        /// It's `Some()` only if *they* rewrote the blob into a directory which *we* renamed on *our* side.
        final_location: Option<BString>,
    },
    /// *ours* and *theirs* carried changes and where content-merged.
    ///
    /// Note that *ours* and *theirs* may also be rewrites with the same destination and mode,
    /// or additions.
    OursModifiedTheirsModifiedThenBlobContentMerge {
        /// The outcome of the content merge.
        merged_blob: ContentMerge,
    },
    /// This is a resolution failure was forcefully turned into a usable resolution, i.e. [making a choice](ResolveWith)
    /// is turned into a valid resolution.
    Forced(ResolutionFailure),
}

/// Describes of a conflict involving *our* change and *their* failed to be resolved.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub enum ResolutionFailure {
    /// *ours* was renamed, but *theirs* was renamed differently. Both versions will be present in the tree,
    OursRenamedTheirsRenamedDifferently {
        /// If `Some(…)`, the content of the involved blob had to be merged.
        merged_blob: Option<ContentMerge>,
    },
    /// *ours* was modified, but *theirs* was turned into a directory, so *ours* was renamed to a non-conflicting path.
    OursModifiedTheirsDirectoryThenOursRenamed {
        /// The path at which `ours` can be found in the tree - it's in the same directory that it was in before.
        renamed_unique_path_to_modified_blob: BString,
    },
    /// *ours* is a directory, but *theirs* is a non-directory (i.e. file), which wants to be in its place, even though
    /// *ours* has a modification in that subtree.
    /// Rename *theirs* to retain that modification.
    ///
    /// Important: there is no actual modification on *ours* side, so *ours* is filled in with *theirs* as the data structure
    /// cannot represent this case.
    // TODO: Can we have a better data-structure? This would be for a rewrite though.
    OursDirectoryTheirsNonDirectoryTheirsRenamed {
        /// The non-conflicting path of *their* non-tree entry.
        renamed_unique_path_of_theirs: BString,
    },
    /// *ours* was added (or renamed into place) with a different mode than theirs, e.g. blob and symlink, and we kept
    /// the symlink in its original location, renaming the other side to `their_unique_location`.
    OursAddedTheirsAddedTypeMismatch {
        /// The location at which *their* state was placed to resolve the name and type clash, named to indicate
        /// where the entry is coming from.
        their_unique_location: BString,
    },
    /// *ours* was modified, and they renamed the same file, but there is also a non-mergable type-change.
    /// Here we keep both versions of the file.
    OursModifiedTheirsRenamedTypeMismatch,
    /// *ours* was deleted, but *theirs* was renamed.
    OursDeletedTheirsRenamed,
    /// *ours* was modified and *theirs* was deleted. We keep the modified one and ignore the deletion.
    OursModifiedTheirsDeleted,
    /// *ours* and *theirs* are in an untested state so it can't be handled yet, and is considered a conflict
    /// without adding our *or* their side to the resulting tree.
    Unknown,
}

/// Information about a blob content merge for use in a [`Resolution`].
/// Note that content merges always count as success to avoid duplication of cases, which forces callers
/// to check for the [`resolution`](Self::resolution) field.
#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
pub struct ContentMerge {
    /// The fully merged blob.
    pub merged_blob_id: gix_hash::ObjectId,
    /// Identify the kind of resolution of the blob merge. Note that it may be conflicting.
    pub resolution: crate::blob::Resolution,
}

/// A way to configure [`tree()`](crate::tree()).
#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
pub struct Options {
    /// If *not* `None`, rename tracking will be performed when determining the changes of each side of the merge.
    ///
    /// Note that [empty blobs](Rewrites::track_empty) should not be tracked for best results.
    pub rewrites: Option<Rewrites>,
    /// Decide how blob-merges should be done. This relates to if conflicts can be resolved or not.
    pub blob_merge: crate::blob::platform::merge::Options,
    /// The context to use when invoking merge-drivers.
    pub blob_merge_command_ctx: gix_command::Context,
    /// If `Some(what-is-unresolved)`, the first unresolved conflict will cause the entire merge to stop.
    /// This is useful to see if there is any conflict, without performing the whole operation, something
    /// that can be very relevant during merges that would cause a lot of blob-diffs.
    pub fail_on_conflict: Option<TreatAsUnresolved>,
    /// This value also affects the size of merge-conflict markers, to allow differentiating
    /// merge conflicts on each level, for any value greater than 0, with values `N` causing `N*2`
    /// markers to be added to the configured value.
    ///
    /// This is used automatically when merging merge-bases recursively.
    pub marker_size_multiplier: u8,
    /// If `None`, when symlinks clash *ours* will be chosen and a conflict will occur.
    /// Otherwise, the same logic applies as for the merge of binary resources.
    pub symlink_conflicts: Option<crate::blob::builtin_driver::binary::ResolveWith>,
    /// If `None`, tree irreconcilable tree conflicts will result in [resolution failures](ResolutionFailure).
    /// Otherwise, one can choose a side. Note that it's still possible to determine that auto-resolution happened
    /// despite this choice, which allows carry forward the conflicting information, possibly for later resolution.
    /// If `Some(…)`, irreconcilable conflicts are reconciled by making a choice.
    /// Note that [`Conflict::entries()`] will still be set, to not degenerate information, even though they then represent
    /// the entries what would fit the index if no forced resolution was performed.
    /// It's up to the caller to handle that information mindfully.
    pub tree_conflicts: Option<ResolveWith>,
}

/// Decide how to resolve tree-related conflicts, but only those that have [no way of being correct](ResolutionFailure).
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
pub enum ResolveWith {
    /// On irreconcilable conflict, choose neither *our* nor *their* state, but keep the common *ancestor* state instead.
    Ancestor,
    /// On irreconcilable conflict, choose *our* side.
    ///
    /// Note that in order to get something equivalent to *theirs*, put *theirs* into the side of *ours*,
    /// swapping the sides essentially.
    Ours,
}

pub(super) mod function;
mod utils;
///
pub mod apply_index_entries {

    /// Determines how we deal with the removal of unconflicted entries if these are superseded by their conflicted counterparts,
    /// i.e. stage 1, 2 and 3.
    #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
    pub enum RemovalMode {
        /// Add the [`gix_index::entry::Flags::REMOVE`] flag to entries that are to be removed.
        ///
        /// **Note** that this also means that unconflicted and conflicted stages will be visible in the same index.
        /// When written, entries marked for removal will automatically be ignored. However, this also means that
        /// one must not use the in-memory index or take specific care of entries that are marked for removal.
        Mark,
        /// Entries marked for removal (even those that were already marked) will be removed from memory at the end.
        ///
        /// This is an expensive step that leaves a consistent index, ready for use.
        Prune,
    }

    pub(super) mod function {
        use std::collections::{hash_map, HashMap};

        use bstr::{BStr, ByteSlice};

        use crate::tree::{
            apply_index_entries::RemovalMode, Conflict, ConflictIndexEntryPathHint, Resolution, ResolutionFailure,
            TreatAsUnresolved,
        };

        /// Returns `true` if `index` changed as we applied conflicting stages to it, using `how` to determine if a
        /// conflict should be considered unresolved.
        /// Once a stage of a path conflicts, the unconflicting stage is removed even though it might be the one
        /// that is currently checked out.
        /// This removal is only done by flagging it with [gix_index::entry::Flags::REMOVE], which means
        /// these entries won't be written back to disk but will still be present in the index if `removal_mode`
        /// is [`RemovalMode::Mark`]. For proper removal, choose [`RemovalMode::Prune`].
        /// It's important that `index` matches the tree that was produced as part of the merge that also
        /// brought about `conflicts`, or else this function will fail if it cannot find the path matching
        /// the conflicting entries.
        ///
        /// Note that in practice, whenever there is a single [conflict](Conflict), this function will return `true`.
        /// Errors can only occour if `index` isn't the one created from the merged tree that produced the `conflicts`.
        pub fn apply_index_entries(
            conflicts: &[Conflict],
            how: TreatAsUnresolved,
            index: &mut gix_index::State,
            removal_mode: RemovalMode,
        ) -> bool {
            if index.is_sparse() {
                gix_trace::error!("Refusing to apply index entries to sparse index - it's not tested yet");
                return false;
            }
            let len = index.entries().len();
            let mut idx_by_path_stage = HashMap::<(gix_index::entry::Stage, &BStr), usize>::default();
            for conflict in conflicts.iter().filter(|c| c.is_unresolved(how)) {
                let (renamed_path, current_path): (Option<&BStr>, &BStr) = match &conflict.resolution {
                    Ok(success) => match success {
                        Resolution::Forced(_) => continue,
                        Resolution::SourceLocationAffectedByRename { final_location } => {
                            (Some(final_location.as_bstr()), final_location.as_bstr())
                        }
                        Resolution::OursModifiedTheirsRenamedAndChangedThenRename { final_location, .. } => (
                            final_location.as_ref().map(|p| p.as_bstr()),
                            conflict.changes_in_resolution().1.location(),
                        ),
                        Resolution::OursModifiedTheirsModifiedThenBlobContentMerge { .. } => {
                            (None, conflict.ours.location())
                        }
                    },
                    Err(failure) => match failure {
                        ResolutionFailure::OursDirectoryTheirsNonDirectoryTheirsRenamed {
                            renamed_unique_path_of_theirs,
                        } => (Some(renamed_unique_path_of_theirs.as_bstr()), conflict.ours.location()),
                        ResolutionFailure::OursRenamedTheirsRenamedDifferently { .. } => {
                            (Some(conflict.theirs.location()), conflict.ours.location())
                        }
                        ResolutionFailure::OursModifiedTheirsRenamedTypeMismatch
                        | ResolutionFailure::OursDeletedTheirsRenamed
                        | ResolutionFailure::OursModifiedTheirsDeleted
                        | ResolutionFailure::Unknown => (None, conflict.ours.location()),
                        ResolutionFailure::OursModifiedTheirsDirectoryThenOursRenamed {
                            renamed_unique_path_to_modified_blob,
                        } => (
                            Some(renamed_unique_path_to_modified_blob.as_bstr()),
                            conflict.ours.location(),
                        ),
                        ResolutionFailure::OursAddedTheirsAddedTypeMismatch { their_unique_location } => {
                            (Some(their_unique_location.as_bstr()), conflict.ours.location())
                        }
                    },
                };
                let source_path = conflict.ours.source_location();

                let entries_with_stage = conflict.entries().into_iter().enumerate().filter_map(|(idx, entry)| {
                    entry.filter(|e| e.mode.is_no_tree()).map(|e| {
                        (
                            match idx {
                                0 => gix_index::entry::Stage::Base,
                                1 => gix_index::entry::Stage::Ours,
                                2 => gix_index::entry::Stage::Theirs,
                                _ => unreachable!("fixed size array with three items"),
                            },
                            match e.path_hint {
                                None => renamed_path.unwrap_or(current_path),
                                Some(ConflictIndexEntryPathHint::Source) => source_path,
                                Some(ConflictIndexEntryPathHint::Current) => current_path,
                                Some(ConflictIndexEntryPathHint::RenamedOrTheirs) => {
                                    renamed_path.unwrap_or_else(|| conflict.changes_in_resolution().1.location())
                                }
                            },
                            e,
                        )
                    })
                });

                if !entries_with_stage.clone().any(|(_, path, _)| {
                    index
                        .entry_index_by_path_and_stage_bounded(path, gix_index::entry::Stage::Unconflicted, len)
                        .is_some()
                }) {
                    continue;
                }

                for (stage, path, entry) in entries_with_stage {
                    if let Some(pos) =
                        index.entry_index_by_path_and_stage_bounded(path, gix_index::entry::Stage::Unconflicted, len)
                    {
                        index.entries_mut()[pos].flags.insert(gix_index::entry::Flags::REMOVE);
                    }
                    match idx_by_path_stage.entry((stage, path)) {
                        hash_map::Entry::Occupied(map_entry) => {
                            // This can happen due to the way the algorithm works.
                            // The same happens in Git, but it stores the index-related data as part of its deduplicating tree.
                            // We store each conflict we encounter, which also may duplicate their index entries, sometimes, but
                            // with different values. The most recent value wins.
                            // Instead of trying to deduplicate the index entries when the merge runs, we put the cost
                            // to the tree-assembly - there is no way around it.
                            let index_entry = &mut index.entries_mut()[*map_entry.get()];
                            index_entry.mode = entry.mode.into();
                            index_entry.id = entry.id;
                        }
                        hash_map::Entry::Vacant(map_entry) => {
                            map_entry.insert(index.entries().len());
                            index.dangerously_push_entry(
                                Default::default(),
                                entry.id,
                                stage.into(),
                                entry.mode.into(),
                                path,
                            );
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            let res = index.entries().len() != len;
            match removal_mode {
                RemovalMode::Mark => {}
                RemovalMode::Prune => {
                    index.remove_entries(|_, _, e| e.flags.contains(gix_index::entry::Flags::REMOVE));
                }
            }
            index.sort_entries();
            res
        }
    }
}
pub use apply_index_entries::function::apply_index_entries;