Module path_bytes 

Exact repository path bytes as the operating system takes them, and as text for messages. What: Exact repository path bytes as the operating system takes them, and as text for messages. Why: Git allows any bytes in a file name. The commit path keeps a path as Vec<u8> from Git’s listing to Git’s next argument, so a name that is not UTF-8 reaches Git unchanged; only a message for a person shows the text with replacement characters.

In TS you’d write (pseudocode):

// const argument = Buffer.from(bytes); const shown = bytes.toString('utf8');

Functions

os_from_path_bytes

What: Raw path bytes as an operating-system string for a command line or a file name. &[u8] borrows the bytes; the result owns a copy. Why: A Git path is bytes, and only the platform decides how to pass them on: Unix takes them as they are, other platforms have text names, so the text with replacement characters is the closest name.

path_message_text

What: The readable text of path bytes for a message, with each invalid sequence replaced by U+FFFD. Why: Messages are text, and the exact bytes travel in the field next to them.