Factor out commonality between nix-prefetch-url and nix-store --add-fixed

src/libstore/content-address.cc

@@ -82,4 +82,16 @@ std::string renderContentAddress(std::optional<ContentAddress> ca) {
     return ca ? renderContentAddress(*ca) : "";
 }
 
+Hash getContentAddressHash(const ContentAddress & ca)
+{
+    return std::visit(overloaded {
+        [](TextHash th) {
+            return th.hash;
+        },
+        [](FixedOutputHash fsh) {
+            return fsh.hash;
+        }
+    }, ca);
+}
+
 }

src/libstore/content-address.hh

@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ ContentAddress parseContentAddress(std::string_view rawCa);
 
 std::optional<ContentAddress> parseContentAddressOpt(std::string_view rawCaOpt);
 
+Hash getContentAddressHash(const ContentAddress & ca);
+
 }

src/libstore/store-api.cc

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "json.hh"
 #include "derivations.hh"
 #include "url.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
 
 #include <future>
 
@@ -221,6 +222,37 @@ StorePath Store::computeStorePathForText(const string & name, const string & s,
 }
 
 
+ValidPathInfo Store::addToStoreSlow(std::string_view name, const Path & srcPath,
+    FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,
+    std::optional<Hash> expectedCAHash)
+{
+    /* FIXME: inefficient: we're reading/hashing 'tmpFile' three
+       times. */
+
+    auto hash = method == FileIngestionMethod::Recursive
+        ? hashPath(hashAlgo, srcPath).first
+        : hashFile(hashAlgo, srcPath);
+
+    if (expectedCAHash && expectedCAHash != hash)
+        throw Error("hash mismatch for '%s'", srcPath);
+
+    auto [narHash, narSize] = hashPath(htSHA256, srcPath);
+    ValidPathInfo info(makeFixedOutputPath(method, hash, name));
+    info.narHash = narHash;
+    info.narSize = narSize;
+    info.ca = FixedOutputHash { .method = method, .hash = hash };
+
+    if (!isValidPath(info.path)) {
+        auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
+            dumpPath(srcPath, sink);
+        });
+        addToStore(info, *source);
+    }
+
+    return info;
+}
+
+
 Store::Store(const Params & params)
     : Config(params)
     , state({(size_t) pathInfoCacheSize})

src/libstore/store-api.hh

@@ -450,6 +450,13 @@ public:
         FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
         PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) = 0;
 
+    /* Copy the contents of a path to the store and register the
+       validity the resulting path, using a constant amount of
+       memory. */
+    ValidPathInfo addToStoreSlow(std::string_view name, const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+        std::optional<Hash> expectedCAHash = {});
+
     // FIXME: remove?
     virtual StorePath addToStoreFromDump(const string & dump, const string & name,
         FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair)