Move file-hash to content-address

src/libstore/content-address.hh

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+#pragma once
+
+#include <variant>
+#include "hash.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+enum struct FileIngestionMethod : uint8_t {
+    Flat = false,
+    Recursive = true
+};
+
+struct TextHash {
+    Hash hash;
+    TextHash(const TextHash &) = default;
+    TextHash(TextHash &&) = default;
+    TextHash & operator = (const TextHash &) = default;
+};
+
+/// Pair of a hash, and how the file system was ingested
+struct FileSystemHash {
+    FileIngestionMethod method;
+    Hash hash;
+    FileSystemHash(FileIngestionMethod method, Hash hash)
+        : method(std::move(method))
+        , hash(std::move(hash))
+    { }
+    FileSystemHash(const FileSystemHash &) = default;
+    FileSystemHash(FileSystemHash &&) = default;
+    FileSystemHash & operator = (const FileSystemHash &) = default;
+    std::string printMethodAlgo() const;
+};
+
+/*
+  We've accumulated several types of content-addressed paths over the years;
+  fixed-output derivations support multiple hash algorithms and serialisation
+  methods (flat file vs NAR). Thus, ‘ca’ has one of the following forms:
+
+  * ‘text:sha256:<sha256 hash of file contents>’: For paths
+    computed by makeTextPath() / addTextToStore().
+
+  * ‘fixed:<r?>:<ht>:<h>’: For paths computed by
+    makeFixedOutputPath() / addToStore().
+*/
+typedef std::variant<
+    TextHash, // for paths computed by makeTextPath() / addTextToStore
+    FileSystemHash // for path computed by makeFixedOutputPath
+> ContentAddress;
+
+/* Compute the prefix to the hash algorithm which indicates how the files were
+   ingested. */
+std::string makeFileIngestionPrefix(const FileIngestionMethod m);
+
+/* Compute the content-addressability assertion (ValidPathInfo::ca)
+   for paths created by makeFixedOutputPath() / addToStore(). */
+std::string makeFixedOutputCA(FileIngestionMethod method, const Hash & hash);
+
+std::string renderContentAddress(ContentAddress ca);
+
+std::string renderContentAddress(std::optional<ContentAddress> ca);
+
+ContentAddress parseContentAddress(std::string_view rawCa);
+
+std::optional<ContentAddress> parseContentAddressOpt(std::string_view rawCaOpt);
+
+}