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45  
46  package org.eclipse.jgit.util;
47  
48  import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
49  
50  import java.io.File;
51  import java.io.IOException;
52  import java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException;
53  import java.nio.file.CopyOption;
54  import java.nio.file.Files;
55  import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
56  import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
57  import java.nio.file.Path;
58  import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
59  import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView;
60  import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
61  import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
62  import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributeView;
63  import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes;
64  import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission;
65  import java.text.MessageFormat;
66  import java.text.Normalizer;
67  import java.text.Normalizer.Form;
68  import java.util.ArrayList;
69  import java.util.List;
70  import java.util.Locale;
71  import java.util.regex.Pattern;
72  
73  import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
74  import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
75  import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS.Attributes;
76  
77  /**
78   * File Utilities
79   */
80  public class FileUtils {
81  
82  	/**
83  	 * Option to delete given {@code File}
84  	 */
85  	public static final int NONE = 0;
86  
87  	/**
88  	 * Option to recursively delete given {@code File}
89  	 */
90  	public static final int RECURSIVE = 1;
91  
92  	/**
93  	 * Option to retry deletion if not successful
94  	 */
95  	public static final int RETRY = 2;
96  
97  	/**
98  	 * Option to skip deletion if file doesn't exist
99  	 */
100 	public static final int SKIP_MISSING = 4;
101 
102 	/**
103 	 * Option not to throw exceptions when a deletion finally doesn't succeed.
104 	 * @since 2.0
105 	 */
106 	public static final int IGNORE_ERRORS = 8;
107 
108 	/**
109 	 * Option to only delete empty directories. This option can be combined with
110 	 * {@link #RECURSIVE}
111 	 *
112 	 * @since 3.0
113 	 */
114 	public static final int EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY = 16;
115 
116 	/**
117 	 * Safe conversion from {@link java.io.File} to {@link java.nio.file.Path}.
118 	 *
119 	 * @param f
120 	 *            {@code File} to be converted to {@code Path}
121 	 * @return the path represented by the file
122 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
123 	 *             in case the path represented by the file is not valid (
124 	 *             {@link java.nio.file.InvalidPathException})
125 	 * @since 4.10
126 	 */
127 	public static Path toPath(File f) throws IOException {
128 		try {
129 			return f.toPath();
130 		} catch (InvalidPathException ex) {
131 			throw new IOException(ex);
132 		}
133 	}
134 
135 	/**
136 	 * Delete file or empty folder
137 	 *
138 	 * @param f
139 	 *            {@code File} to be deleted
140 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
141 	 *             if deletion of {@code f} fails. This may occur if {@code f}
142 	 *             didn't exist when the method was called. This can therefore
143 	 *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
144 	 *             multiple concurrent threads all try to delete the same file.
145 	 */
146 	public static void delete(File f) throws IOException {
147 		delete(f, NONE);
148 	}
149 
150 	/**
151 	 * Delete file or folder
152 	 *
153 	 * @param f
154 	 *            {@code File} to be deleted
155 	 * @param options
156 	 *            deletion options, {@code RECURSIVE} for recursive deletion of
157 	 *            a subtree, {@code RETRY} to retry when deletion failed.
158 	 *            Retrying may help if the underlying file system doesn't allow
159 	 *            deletion of files being read by another thread.
160 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
161 	 *             if deletion of {@code f} fails. This may occur if {@code f}
162 	 *             didn't exist when the method was called. This can therefore
163 	 *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
164 	 *             multiple concurrent threads all try to delete the same file.
165 	 *             This exception is not thrown when IGNORE_ERRORS is set.
166 	 */
167 	public static void delete(File f, int options) throws IOException {
168 		FS fs = FS.DETECTED;
169 		if ((options & SKIP_MISSING) != 0 && !fs.exists(f))
170 			return;
171 
172 		if ((options & RECURSIVE) != 0 && fs.isDirectory(f)) {
173 			final File[] items = f.listFiles();
174 			if (items != null) {
175 				List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
176 				List<File> dirs = new ArrayList<>();
177 				for (File c : items)
178 					if (c.isFile())
179 						files.add(c);
180 					else
181 						dirs.add(c);
182 				// Try to delete files first, otherwise options
183 				// EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY|RECURSIVE will delete empty
184 				// directories before aborting, depending on order.
185 				for (File file : files)
186 					delete(file, options);
187 				for (File d : dirs)
188 					delete(d, options);
189 			}
190 		}
191 
192 		boolean delete = false;
193 		if ((options & EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY) != 0) {
194 			if (f.isDirectory()) {
195 				delete = true;
196 			} else {
197 				if ((options & IGNORE_ERRORS) == 0)
198 					throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
199 							JGitText.get().deleteFileFailed,
200 							f.getAbsolutePath()));
201 			}
202 		} else {
203 			delete = true;
204 		}
205 
206 		if (delete && !f.delete()) {
207 			if ((options & RETRY) != 0 && fs.exists(f)) {
208 				for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
209 					try {
210 						Thread.sleep(100);
211 					} catch (InterruptedException e) {
212 						// ignore
213 					}
214 					if (f.delete())
215 						return;
216 				}
217 			}
218 			if ((options & IGNORE_ERRORS) == 0)
219 				throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
220 						JGitText.get().deleteFileFailed, f.getAbsolutePath()));
221 		}
222 	}
223 
224 	/**
225 	 * Rename a file or folder. If the rename fails and if we are running on a
226 	 * filesystem where it makes sense to repeat a failing rename then repeat
227 	 * the rename operation up to 9 times with 100ms sleep time between two
228 	 * calls. Furthermore if the destination exists and is directory hierarchy
229 	 * with only directories in it, the whole directory hierarchy will be
230 	 * deleted. If the target represents a non-empty directory structure, empty
231 	 * subdirectories within that structure may or may not be deleted even if
232 	 * the method fails. Furthermore if the destination exists and is a file
233 	 * then the file will be deleted and then the rename is retried.
234 	 * <p>
235 	 * This operation is <em>not</em> atomic.
236 	 *
237 	 * @see FS#retryFailedLockFileCommit()
238 	 * @param src
239 	 *            the old {@code File}
240 	 * @param dst
241 	 *            the new {@code File}
242 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
243 	 *             if the rename has failed
244 	 * @since 3.0
245 	 */
246 	public static void rename(File src, File dst)
247 			throws IOException {
248 		rename(src, dst, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
249 	}
250 
251 	/**
252 	 * Rename a file or folder using the passed
253 	 * {@link java.nio.file.CopyOption}s. If the rename fails and if we are
254 	 * running on a filesystem where it makes sense to repeat a failing rename
255 	 * then repeat the rename operation up to 9 times with 100ms sleep time
256 	 * between two calls. Furthermore if the destination exists and is a
257 	 * directory hierarchy with only directories in it, the whole directory
258 	 * hierarchy will be deleted. If the target represents a non-empty directory
259 	 * structure, empty subdirectories within that structure may or may not be
260 	 * deleted even if the method fails. Furthermore if the destination exists
261 	 * and is a file then the file will be replaced if
262 	 * {@link java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption#REPLACE_EXISTING} has been set.
263 	 * If {@link java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption#ATOMIC_MOVE} has been set the
264 	 * rename will be done atomically or fail with an
265 	 * {@link java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException}
266 	 *
267 	 * @param src
268 	 *            the old file
269 	 * @param dst
270 	 *            the new file
271 	 * @param options
272 	 *            options to pass to
273 	 *            {@link java.nio.file.Files#move(java.nio.file.Path, java.nio.file.Path, CopyOption...)}
274 	 * @throws java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException
275 	 *             if file cannot be moved as an atomic file system operation
276 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
277 	 * @since 4.1
278 	 */
279 	public static void rename(final File src, final File dst,
280 			CopyOption... options)
281 					throws AtomicMoveNotSupportedException, IOException {
282 		int attempts = FS.DETECTED.retryFailedLockFileCommit() ? 10 : 1;
283 		while (--attempts >= 0) {
284 			try {
285 				Files.move(toPath(src), toPath(dst), options);
286 				return;
287 			} catch (AtomicMoveNotSupportedException e) {
288 				throw e;
289 			} catch (IOException e) {
290 				try {
291 					if (!dst.delete()) {
292 						delete(dst, EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY | RECURSIVE);
293 					}
294 					// On *nix there is no try, you do or do not
295 					Files.move(toPath(src), toPath(dst), options);
296 					return;
297 				} catch (IOException e2) {
298 					// ignore and continue retry
299 				}
300 			}
301 			try {
302 				Thread.sleep(100);
303 			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
304 				throw new IOException(
305 						MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().renameFileFailed,
306 								src.getAbsolutePath(), dst.getAbsolutePath()));
307 			}
308 		}
309 		throw new IOException(
310 				MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().renameFileFailed,
311 						src.getAbsolutePath(), dst.getAbsolutePath()));
312 	}
313 
314 	/**
315 	 * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname.
316 	 *
317 	 * @param d
318 	 *            directory to be created
319 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
320 	 *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
321 	 *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
322 	 *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
323 	 *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
324 	 *             directory.
325 	 */
326 	public static void mkdir(File d)
327 			throws IOException {
328 		mkdir(d, false);
329 	}
330 
331 	/**
332 	 * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname.
333 	 *
334 	 * @param d
335 	 *            directory to be created
336 	 * @param skipExisting
337 	 *            if {@code true} skip creation of the given directory if it
338 	 *            already exists in the file system
339 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
340 	 *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
341 	 *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
342 	 *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
343 	 *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
344 	 *             directory.
345 	 */
346 	public static void mkdir(File d, boolean skipExisting)
347 			throws IOException {
348 		if (!d.mkdir()) {
349 			if (skipExisting && d.isDirectory())
350 				return;
351 			throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
352 					JGitText.get().mkDirFailed, d.getAbsolutePath()));
353 		}
354 	}
355 
356 	/**
357 	 * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname, including any
358 	 * necessary but nonexistent parent directories. Note that if this operation
359 	 * fails it may have succeeded in creating some of the necessary parent
360 	 * directories.
361 	 *
362 	 * @param d
363 	 *            directory to be created
364 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
365 	 *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
366 	 *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
367 	 *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
368 	 *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
369 	 *             directory.
370 	 */
371 	public static void mkdirs(File d) throws IOException {
372 		mkdirs(d, false);
373 	}
374 
375 	/**
376 	 * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname, including any
377 	 * necessary but nonexistent parent directories. Note that if this operation
378 	 * fails it may have succeeded in creating some of the necessary parent
379 	 * directories.
380 	 *
381 	 * @param d
382 	 *            directory to be created
383 	 * @param skipExisting
384 	 *            if {@code true} skip creation of the given directory if it
385 	 *            already exists in the file system
386 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
387 	 *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
388 	 *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
389 	 *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
390 	 *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
391 	 *             directory.
392 	 */
393 	public static void mkdirs(File d, boolean skipExisting)
394 			throws IOException {
395 		if (!d.mkdirs()) {
396 			if (skipExisting && d.isDirectory())
397 				return;
398 			throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
399 					JGitText.get().mkDirsFailed, d.getAbsolutePath()));
400 		}
401 	}
402 
403 	/**
404 	 * Atomically creates a new, empty file named by this abstract pathname if
405 	 * and only if a file with this name does not yet exist. The check for the
406 	 * existence of the file and the creation of the file if it does not exist
407 	 * are a single operation that is atomic with respect to all other
408 	 * filesystem activities that might affect the file.
409 	 * <p>
410 	 * Note: this method should not be used for file-locking, as the resulting
411 	 * protocol cannot be made to work reliably. The
412 	 * {@link java.nio.channels.FileLock} facility should be used instead.
413 	 *
414 	 * @param f
415 	 *            the file to be created
416 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
417 	 *             if the named file already exists or if an I/O error occurred
418 	 */
419 	public static void createNewFile(File f) throws IOException {
420 		if (!f.createNewFile())
421 			throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
422 					JGitText.get().createNewFileFailed, f));
423 	}
424 
425 	/**
426 	 * Create a symbolic link
427 	 *
428 	 * @param path
429 	 *            the path of the symbolic link to create
430 	 * @param target
431 	 *            the target of the symbolic link
432 	 * @return the path to the symbolic link
433 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
434 	 * @since 4.2
435 	 */
436 	public static Path createSymLink(File path, String target)
437 			throws IOException {
438 		Path nioPath = toPath(path);
439 		if (Files.exists(nioPath, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) {
440 			BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(nioPath,
441 					BasicFileAttributes.class, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
442 			if (attrs.isRegularFile() || attrs.isSymbolicLink()) {
443 				delete(path);
444 			} else {
445 				delete(path, EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY | RECURSIVE);
446 			}
447 		}
448 		if (SystemReader.getInstance().isWindows()) {
449 			target = target.replace('/', '\\');
450 		}
451 		Path nioTarget = toPath(new File(target));
452 		return Files.createSymbolicLink(nioPath, nioTarget);
453 	}
454 
455 	/**
456 	 * Read target path of the symlink.
457 	 *
458 	 * @param path
459 	 *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
460 	 * @return target path of the symlink, or null if it is not a symbolic link
461 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
462 	 * @since 3.0
463 	 */
464 	public static String readSymLink(File path) throws IOException {
465 		Path nioPath = toPath(path);
466 		Path target = Files.readSymbolicLink(nioPath);
467 		String targetString = target.toString();
468 		if (SystemReader.getInstance().isWindows()) {
469 			targetString = targetString.replace('\\', '/');
470 		} else if (SystemReader.getInstance().isMacOS()) {
471 			targetString = Normalizer.normalize(targetString, Form.NFC);
472 		}
473 		return targetString;
474 	}
475 
476 	/**
477 	 * Create a temporary directory.
478 	 *
479 	 * @param prefix
480 	 *            prefix string
481 	 * @param suffix
482 	 *            suffix string
483 	 * @param dir
484 	 *            The parent dir, can be null to use system default temp dir.
485 	 * @return the temp dir created.
486 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
487 	 * @since 3.4
488 	 */
489 	public static File createTempDir(String prefix, String suffix, File dir)
490 			throws IOException {
491 		final int RETRIES = 1; // When something bad happens, retry once.
492 		for (int i = 0; i < RETRIES; i++) {
493 			File tmp = File.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, dir);
494 			if (!tmp.delete())
495 				continue;
496 			if (!tmp.mkdir())
497 				continue;
498 			return tmp;
499 		}
500 		throw new IOException(JGitText.get().cannotCreateTempDir);
501 	}
502 
503 	/**
504 	 * Expresses <code>other</code> as a relative file path from
505 	 * <code>base</code>. File-separator and case sensitivity are based on the
506 	 * current file system.
507 	 *
508 	 * See also
509 	 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils#relativizePath(String, String, String, boolean)}.
510 	 *
511 	 * @param base
512 	 *            Base path
513 	 * @param other
514 	 *            Destination path
515 	 * @return Relative path from <code>base</code> to <code>other</code>
516 	 * @since 4.8
517 	 */
518 	public static String relativizeNativePath(String base, String other) {
519 		return FS.DETECTED.relativize(base, other);
520 	}
521 
522 	/**
523 	 * Expresses <code>other</code> as a relative file path from
524 	 * <code>base</code>. File-separator and case sensitivity are based on Git's
525 	 * internal representation of files (which matches Unix).
526 	 *
527 	 * See also
528 	 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils#relativizePath(String, String, String, boolean)}.
529 	 *
530 	 * @param base
531 	 *            Base path
532 	 * @param other
533 	 *            Destination path
534 	 * @return Relative path from <code>base</code> to <code>other</code>
535 	 * @since 4.8
536 	 */
537 	public static String relativizeGitPath(String base, String other) {
538 		return relativizePath(base, other, "/", false); //$NON-NLS-1$
539 	}
540 
541 
542 	/**
543 	 * Expresses <code>other</code> as a relative file path from <code>base</code>
544 	 * <p>
545 	 * For example, if called with the two following paths :
546 	 *
547 	 * <pre>
548 	 * <code>base = "c:\\Users\\jdoe\\eclipse\\git\\project"</code>
549 	 * <code>other = "c:\\Users\\jdoe\\eclipse\\git\\another_project\\pom.xml"</code>
550 	 * </pre>
551 	 *
552 	 * This will return "..\\another_project\\pom.xml".
553 	 *
554 	 * <p>
555 	 * <b>Note</b> that this will return the empty String if <code>base</code>
556 	 * and <code>other</code> are equal.
557 	 * </p>
558 	 *
559 	 * @param base
560 	 *            The path against which <code>other</code> should be
561 	 *            relativized. This will be assumed to denote the path to a
562 	 *            folder and not a file.
563 	 * @param other
564 	 *            The path that will be made relative to <code>base</code>.
565 	 * @param dirSeparator
566 	 *            A string that separates components of the path. In practice, this is "/" or "\\".
567 	 * @param caseSensitive
568 	 *            Whether to consider differently-cased directory names as distinct
569 	 * @return A relative path that, when resolved against <code>base</code>,
570 	 *         will yield the original <code>other</code>.
571 	 * @since 4.8
572 	 */
573 	public static String relativizePath(String base, String other, String dirSeparator, boolean caseSensitive) {
574 		if (base.equals(other))
575 			return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
576 
577 		final String[] baseSegments = base.split(Pattern.quote(dirSeparator));
578 		final String[] otherSegments = other.split(Pattern
579 				.quote(dirSeparator));
580 
581 		int commonPrefix = 0;
582 		while (commonPrefix < baseSegments.length
583 				&& commonPrefix < otherSegments.length) {
584 			if (caseSensitive
585 					&& baseSegments[commonPrefix]
586 					.equals(otherSegments[commonPrefix]))
587 				commonPrefix++;
588 			else if (!caseSensitive
589 					&& baseSegments[commonPrefix]
590 							.equalsIgnoreCase(otherSegments[commonPrefix]))
591 				commonPrefix++;
592 			else
593 				break;
594 		}
595 
596 		final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
597 		for (int i = commonPrefix; i < baseSegments.length; i++)
598 			builder.append("..").append(dirSeparator); //$NON-NLS-1$
599 		for (int i = commonPrefix; i < otherSegments.length; i++) {
600 			builder.append(otherSegments[i]);
601 			if (i < otherSegments.length - 1)
602 				builder.append(dirSeparator);
603 		}
604 		return builder.toString();
605 	}
606 
607 	/**
608 	 * Determine if an IOException is a Stale NFS File Handle
609 	 *
610 	 * @param ioe
611 	 *            an {@link java.io.IOException} object.
612 	 * @return a boolean true if the IOException is a Stale NFS FIle Handle
613 	 * @since 4.1
614 	 */
615 	public static boolean isStaleFileHandle(IOException ioe) {
616 		String msg = ioe.getMessage();
617 		return msg != null
618 				&& msg.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
619 						.matches("stale .*file .*handle"); //$NON-NLS-1$
620 	}
621 
622 	/**
623 	 * Determine if a throwable or a cause in its causal chain is a Stale NFS
624 	 * File Handle
625 	 *
626 	 * @param throwable
627 	 *            a {@link java.lang.Throwable} object.
628 	 * @return a boolean true if the throwable or a cause in its causal chain is
629 	 *         a Stale NFS File Handle
630 	 * @since 4.7
631 	 */
632 	public static boolean isStaleFileHandleInCausalChain(Throwable throwable) {
633 		while (throwable != null) {
634 			if (throwable instanceof IOException
635 					&& isStaleFileHandle((IOException) throwable)) {
636 				return true;
637 			}
638 			throwable = throwable.getCause();
639 		}
640 		return false;
641 	}
642 
643 	/**
644 	 * @param file
645 	 * @return {@code true} if the passed file is a symbolic link
646 	 */
647 	static boolean isSymlink(File file) {
648 		return Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath());
649 	}
650 
651 	/**
652 	 * @param file
653 	 * @return lastModified attribute for given file, not following symbolic
654 	 *         links
655 	 * @throws IOException
656 	 */
657 	static long lastModified(File file) throws IOException {
658 		return Files.getLastModifiedTime(toPath(file), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)
659 				.toMillis();
660 	}
661 
662 	/**
663 	 * @param file
664 	 * @param time
665 	 * @throws IOException
666 	 */
667 	static void setLastModified(File file, long time) throws IOException {
668 		Files.setLastModifiedTime(toPath(file), FileTime.fromMillis(time));
669 	}
670 
671 	/**
672 	 * @param file
673 	 * @return {@code true} if the given file exists, not following symbolic
674 	 *         links
675 	 */
676 	static boolean exists(File file) {
677 		return Files.exists(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
678 	}
679 
680 	/**
681 	 * @param file
682 	 * @return {@code true} if the given file is hidden
683 	 * @throws IOException
684 	 */
685 	static boolean isHidden(File file) throws IOException {
686 		return Files.isHidden(toPath(file));
687 	}
688 
689 	/**
690 	 * Set a file hidden (on Windows)
691 	 *
692 	 * @param file
693 	 *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
694 	 * @param hidden
695 	 *            a boolean.
696 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
697 	 * @since 4.1
698 	 */
699 	public static void setHidden(File file, boolean hidden) throws IOException {
700 		Files.setAttribute(toPath(file), "dos:hidden", Boolean.valueOf(hidden), //$NON-NLS-1$
701 				LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
702 	}
703 
704 	/**
705 	 * Get file length
706 	 *
707 	 * @param file
708 	 *            a {@link java.io.File}.
709 	 * @return length of the given file
710 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
711 	 * @since 4.1
712 	 */
713 	public static long getLength(File file) throws IOException {
714 		Path nioPath = toPath(file);
715 		if (Files.isSymbolicLink(nioPath))
716 			return Files.readSymbolicLink(nioPath).toString()
717 					.getBytes(UTF_8).length;
718 		return Files.size(nioPath);
719 	}
720 
721 	/**
722 	 * @param file
723 	 * @return {@code true} if the given file is a directory, not following
724 	 *         symbolic links
725 	 */
726 	static boolean isDirectory(File file) {
727 		return Files.isDirectory(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
728 	}
729 
730 	/**
731 	 * @param file
732 	 * @return {@code true} if the given file is a file, not following symbolic
733 	 *         links
734 	 */
735 	static boolean isFile(File file) {
736 		return Files.isRegularFile(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
737 	}
738 
739 	/**
740 	 * Whether the given file can be executed.
741 	 *
742 	 * @param file
743 	 *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
744 	 * @return {@code true} if the given file can be executed.
745 	 * @since 4.1
746 	 */
747 	public static boolean canExecute(File file) {
748 		if (!isFile(file)) {
749 			return false;
750 		}
751 		return Files.isExecutable(file.toPath());
752 	}
753 
754 	/**
755 	 * @param fs
756 	 * @param file
757 	 * @return non null attributes object
758 	 */
759 	static Attributes getFileAttributesBasic(FS fs, File file) {
760 		try {
761 			Path nioPath = toPath(file);
762 			BasicFileAttributes readAttributes = nioPath
763 					.getFileSystem()
764 					.provider()
765 					.getFileAttributeView(nioPath,
766 							BasicFileAttributeView.class,
767 							LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS).readAttributes();
768 			Attributes attributes = new Attributes(fs, file,
769 					true,
770 					readAttributes.isDirectory(),
771 					fs.supportsExecute() ? file.canExecute() : false,
772 					readAttributes.isSymbolicLink(),
773 					readAttributes.isRegularFile(), //
774 					readAttributes.creationTime().toMillis(), //
775 					readAttributes.lastModifiedTime().toMillis(),
776 					readAttributes.isSymbolicLink() ? Constants
777 							.encode(readSymLink(file)).length
778 							: readAttributes.size());
779 			return attributes;
780 		} catch (IOException e) {
781 			return new Attributes(file, fs);
782 		}
783 	}
784 
785 	/**
786 	 * Get file system attributes for the given file.
787 	 *
788 	 * @param fs
789 	 *            a {@link org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS} object.
790 	 * @param file
791 	 *            a {@link java.io.File}.
792 	 * @return file system attributes for the given file.
793 	 * @since 4.1
794 	 */
795 	public static Attributes getFileAttributesPosix(FS fs, File file) {
796 		try {
797 			Path nioPath = toPath(file);
798 			PosixFileAttributes readAttributes = nioPath
799 					.getFileSystem()
800 					.provider()
801 					.getFileAttributeView(nioPath,
802 							PosixFileAttributeView.class,
803 							LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS).readAttributes();
804 			Attributes attributes = new Attributes(
805 					fs,
806 					file,
807 					true, //
808 					readAttributes.isDirectory(), //
809 					readAttributes.permissions().contains(
810 							PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE),
811 					readAttributes.isSymbolicLink(),
812 					readAttributes.isRegularFile(), //
813 					readAttributes.creationTime().toMillis(), //
814 					readAttributes.lastModifiedTime().toMillis(),
815 					readAttributes.size());
816 			return attributes;
817 		} catch (IOException e) {
818 			return new Attributes(file, fs);
819 		}
820 	}
821 
822 	/**
823 	 * NFC normalize a file (on Mac), otherwise do nothing
824 	 *
825 	 * @param file
826 	 *            a {@link java.io.File}.
827 	 * @return on Mac: NFC normalized {@link java.io.File}, otherwise the passed
828 	 *         file
829 	 * @since 4.1
830 	 */
831 	public static File normalize(File file) {
832 		if (SystemReader.getInstance().isMacOS()) {
833 			// TODO: Would it be faster to check with isNormalized first
834 			// assuming normalized paths are much more common
835 			String normalized = Normalizer.normalize(file.getPath(),
836 					Normalizer.Form.NFC);
837 			return new File(normalized);
838 		}
839 		return file;
840 	}
841 
842 	/**
843 	 * On Mac: get NFC normalized form of given name, otherwise the given name.
844 	 *
845 	 * @param name
846 	 *            a {@link java.lang.String} object.
847 	 * @return on Mac: NFC normalized form of given name
848 	 * @since 4.1
849 	 */
850 	public static String normalize(String name) {
851 		if (SystemReader.getInstance().isMacOS()) {
852 			if (name == null)
853 				return null;
854 			return Normalizer.normalize(name, Normalizer.Form.NFC);
855 		}
856 		return name;
857 	}
858 
859 	/**
860 	 * Best-effort variation of {@link java.io.File#getCanonicalFile()}
861 	 * returning the input file if the file cannot be canonicalized instead of
862 	 * throwing {@link java.io.IOException}.
863 	 *
864 	 * @param file
865 	 *            to be canonicalized; may be {@code null}
866 	 * @return canonicalized file, or the unchanged input file if
867 	 *         canonicalization failed or if {@code file == null}
868 	 * @throws java.lang.SecurityException
869 	 *             if {@link java.io.File#getCanonicalFile()} throws one
870 	 * @since 4.2
871 	 */
872 	public static File canonicalize(File file) {
873 		if (file == null) {
874 			return null;
875 		}
876 		try {
877 			return file.getCanonicalFile();
878 		} catch (IOException e) {
879 			return file;
880 		}
881 	}
882 
883 	/**
884 	 * Convert a path to String, replacing separators as necessary.
885 	 *
886 	 * @param file
887 	 *            a {@link java.io.File}.
888 	 * @return file's path as a String
889 	 * @since 4.10
890 	 */
891 	public static String pathToString(File file) {
892 		final String path = file.getPath();
893 		if (SystemReader.getInstance().isWindows()) {
894 			return path.replace('\\', '/');
895 		}
896 		return path;
897 	}
898 }