#pragma once
#include "types.hh"
#include "serialise.hh"
namespace nix {
/* dumpPath creates a Nix archive of the specified path. The format
is as follows:
IF path points to a REGULAR FILE:
dump(path) = attrs(
[ ("type", "regular")
, ("contents", contents(path))
])
IF path points to a DIRECTORY:
dump(path) = attrs(
[ ("type", "directory")
, ("entries", concat(map(f, sort(entries(path)))))
])
where f(fn) = attrs(
[ ("name", fn)
, ("file", dump(path + "/" + fn))
])
where:
attrs(as) = concat(map(attr, as)) + encN(0)
attrs((a, b)) = encS(a) + encS(b)
encS(s) = encN(len(s)) + s + (padding until next 64-bit boundary)
encN(n) = 64-bit little-endian encoding of n.
contents(path) = the contents of a regular file.
sort(strings) = lexicographic sort by 8-bit value (strcmp).
entries(path) = the entries of a directory, without `.' and
`..'.
`+' denotes string concatenation