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/*
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 * Copyright (C) 2010, Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn@sap.com>
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package org.eclipse.jgit.util;

import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException;
import java.nio.file.CopyOption;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributeView;
import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes;
import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission;
import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.text.Normalizer;
import java.text.Normalizer.Form;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS.Attributes;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * File Utilities
 */
public class FileUtils {
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileUtils.class);

    private static final Random RNG = new Random();

    /**
     * Option to delete given {@code File}
     */
    public static final int NONE = 0;

    /**
     * Option to recursively delete given {@code File}
     */
    public static final int RECURSIVE = 1;

    /**
     * Option to retry deletion if not successful
     */
    public static final int RETRY = 2;

    /**
     * Option to skip deletion if file doesn't exist
     */
    public static final int SKIP_MISSING = 4;

    /**
     * Option not to throw exceptions when a deletion finally doesn't succeed.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static final int IGNORE_ERRORS = 8;

    /**
     * Option to only delete empty directories. This option can be combined with
     * {@link #RECURSIVE}
     *
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static final int EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY = 16;

    /**
     * Safe conversion from {@link java.io.File} to {@link java.nio.file.Path}.
     *
     * @param f
     *            {@code File} to be converted to {@code Path}
     * @return the path represented by the file
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             in case the path represented by the file is not valid (
     *             {@link java.nio.file.InvalidPathException})
     * @since 4.10
     */
    public static Path toPath(File f) throws IOException {
        try {
            return f.toPath();
        } catch (InvalidPathException ex) {
            throw new IOException(ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Delete file or empty folder
     *
     * @param f
     *            {@code File} to be deleted
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if deletion of {@code f} fails. This may occur if {@code f}
     *             didn't exist when the method was called. This can therefore
     *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
     *             multiple concurrent threads all try to delete the same file.
     */
    public static void delete(File f) throws IOException {
        delete(f, NONE);
    }

    /**
     * Delete file or folder
     *
     * @param f
     *            {@code File} to be deleted
     * @param options
     *            deletion options, {@code RECURSIVE} for recursive deletion of
     *            a subtree, {@code RETRY} to retry when deletion failed.
     *            Retrying may help if the underlying file system doesn't allow
     *            deletion of files being read by another thread.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if deletion of {@code f} fails. This may occur if {@code f}
     *             didn't exist when the method was called. This can therefore
     *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
     *             multiple concurrent threads all try to delete the same file.
     *             This exception is not thrown when IGNORE_ERRORS is set.
     */
    public static void delete(File f, int options) throws IOException {
        FS fs = FS.DETECTED;
        if ((options & SKIP_MISSING) != 0 && !fs.exists(f))
            return;

        if ((options & RECURSIVE) != 0 && fs.isDirectory(f)) {
            final File[] items = f.listFiles();
            if (items != null) {
                List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
                List<File> dirs = new ArrayList<>();
                for (File c : items)
                    if (c.isFile())
                        files.add(c);
                    else
                        dirs.add(c);
                // Try to delete files first, otherwise options
                // EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY|RECURSIVE will delete empty
                // directories before aborting, depending on order.
                for (File file : files)
                    delete(file, options);
                for (File d : dirs)
                    delete(d, options);
            }
        }

        boolean delete = false;
        if ((options & EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY) != 0) {
            if (f.isDirectory()) {
                delete = true;
            } else if ((options & IGNORE_ERRORS) == 0) {
                throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().deleteFileFailed, f.getAbsolutePath()));
            }
        } else {
            delete = true;
        }

        if (delete) {
            Throwable t = null;
            Path p = f.toPath();
            try {
                Files.delete(p);
                return;
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                if ((options & (SKIP_MISSING | IGNORE_ERRORS)) == 0) {
                    throw new IOException(
                            MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().deleteFileFailed, f.getAbsolutePath()), e);
                }
                return;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                t = e;
            }
            if ((options & RETRY) != 0) {
                for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(100);
                    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                        // ignore
                    }
                    try {
                        Files.deleteIfExists(p);
                        return;
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        t = e;
                    }
                }
            }
            if ((options & IGNORE_ERRORS) == 0) {
                throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().deleteFileFailed, f.getAbsolutePath()),
                        t);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Rename a file or folder. If the rename fails and if we are running on a
     * filesystem where it makes sense to repeat a failing rename then repeat
     * the rename operation up to 9 times with 100ms sleep time between two
     * calls. Furthermore if the destination exists and is directory hierarchy
     * with only directories in it, the whole directory hierarchy will be
     * deleted. If the target represents a non-empty directory structure, empty
     * subdirectories within that structure may or may not be deleted even if
     * the method fails. Furthermore if the destination exists and is a file
     * then the file will be deleted and then the rename is retried.
     * <p>
     * This operation is <em>not</em> atomic.
     *
     * @see FS#retryFailedLockFileCommit()
     * @param src
     *            the old {@code File}
     * @param dst
     *            the new {@code File}
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if the rename has failed
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static void rename(File src, File dst) throws IOException {
        rename(src, dst, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    }

    /**
     * Rename a file or folder using the passed
     * {@link java.nio.file.CopyOption}s. If the rename fails and if we are
     * running on a filesystem where it makes sense to repeat a failing rename
     * then repeat the rename operation up to 9 times with 100ms sleep time
     * between two calls. Furthermore if the destination exists and is a
     * directory hierarchy with only directories in it, the whole directory
     * hierarchy will be deleted. If the target represents a non-empty directory
     * structure, empty subdirectories within that structure may or may not be
     * deleted even if the method fails. Furthermore if the destination exists
     * and is a file then the file will be replaced if
     * {@link java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption#REPLACE_EXISTING} has been set.
     * If {@link java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption#ATOMIC_MOVE} has been set the
     * rename will be done atomically or fail with an
     * {@link java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException}
     *
     * @param src
     *            the old file
     * @param dst
     *            the new file
     * @param options
     *            options to pass to
     *            {@link java.nio.file.Files#move(java.nio.file.Path, java.nio.file.Path, CopyOption...)}
     * @throws java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException
     *             if file cannot be moved as an atomic file system operation
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static void rename(final File src, final File dst, CopyOption... options)
            throws AtomicMoveNotSupportedException, IOException {
        int attempts = FS.DETECTED.retryFailedLockFileCommit() ? 10 : 1;
        while (--attempts >= 0) {
            try {
                Files.move(toPath(src), toPath(dst), options);
                return;
            } catch (AtomicMoveNotSupportedException e) {
                throw e;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                try {
                    if (!dst.delete()) {
                        delete(dst, EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY | RECURSIVE);
                    }
                    // On *nix there is no try, you do or do not
                    Files.move(toPath(src), toPath(dst), options);
                    return;
                } catch (IOException e2) {
                    // ignore and continue retry
                }
            }
            try {
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().renameFileFailed, src.getAbsolutePath(),
                        dst.getAbsolutePath()));
            }
        }
        throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().renameFileFailed, src.getAbsolutePath(),
                dst.getAbsolutePath()));
    }

    /**
     * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname.
     *
     * @param d
     *            directory to be created
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
     *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
     *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
     *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
     *             directory.
     */
    public static void mkdir(File d) throws IOException {
        mkdir(d, false);
    }

    /**
     * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname.
     *
     * @param d
     *            directory to be created
     * @param skipExisting
     *            if {@code true} skip creation of the given directory if it
     *            already exists in the file system
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
     *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
     *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
     *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
     *             directory.
     */
    public static void mkdir(File d, boolean skipExisting) throws IOException {
        if (!d.mkdir()) {
            if (skipExisting && d.isDirectory())
                return;
            throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().mkDirFailed, d.getAbsolutePath()));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname, including any
     * necessary but nonexistent parent directories. Note that if this operation
     * fails it may have succeeded in creating some of the necessary parent
     * directories.
     *
     * @param d
     *            directory to be created
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
     *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
     *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
     *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
     *             directory.
     */
    public static void mkdirs(File d) throws IOException {
        mkdirs(d, false);
    }

    /**
     * Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname, including any
     * necessary but nonexistent parent directories. Note that if this operation
     * fails it may have succeeded in creating some of the necessary parent
     * directories.
     *
     * @param d
     *            directory to be created
     * @param skipExisting
     *            if {@code true} skip creation of the given directory if it
     *            already exists in the file system
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if creation of {@code d} fails. This may occur if {@code d}
     *             did exist when the method was called. This can therefore
     *             cause java.io.IOExceptions during race conditions when
     *             multiple concurrent threads all try to create the same
     *             directory.
     */
    public static void mkdirs(File d, boolean skipExisting) throws IOException {
        if (!d.mkdirs()) {
            if (skipExisting && d.isDirectory())
                return;
            throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().mkDirsFailed, d.getAbsolutePath()));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Atomically creates a new, empty file named by this abstract pathname if
     * and only if a file with this name does not yet exist. The check for the
     * existence of the file and the creation of the file if it does not exist
     * are a single operation that is atomic with respect to all other
     * filesystem activities that might affect the file.
     * <p>
     * Note: this method should not be used for file-locking, as the resulting
     * protocol cannot be made to work reliably. The
     * {@link java.nio.channels.FileLock} facility should be used instead.
     *
     * @param f
     *            the file to be created
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if the named file already exists or if an I/O error occurred
     */
    public static void createNewFile(File f) throws IOException {
        if (!f.createNewFile())
            throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().createNewFileFailed, f));
    }

    /**
     * Create a symbolic link
     *
     * @param path
     *            the path of the symbolic link to create
     * @param target
     *            the target of the symbolic link
     * @return the path to the symbolic link
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @since 4.2
     */
    public static Path createSymLink(File path, String target) throws IOException {
        Path nioPath = toPath(path);
        if (Files.exists(nioPath, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) {
            BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(nioPath, BasicFileAttributes.class,
                    LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
            if (attrs.isRegularFile() || attrs.isSymbolicLink()) {
                delete(path);
            } else {
                delete(path, EMPTY_DIRECTORIES_ONLY | RECURSIVE);
            }
        }
        if (SystemReader.getInstance().isWindows()) {
            target = target.replace('/', '\\');
        }
        Path nioTarget = toPath(new File(target));
        return Files.createSymbolicLink(nioPath, nioTarget);
    }

    /**
     * Read target path of the symlink.
     *
     * @param path
     *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
     * @return target path of the symlink, or null if it is not a symbolic link
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static String readSymLink(File path) throws IOException {
        Path nioPath = toPath(path);
        Path target = Files.readSymbolicLink(nioPath);
        String targetString = target.toString();
        if (SystemReader.getInstance().isWindows()) {
            targetString = targetString.replace('\\', '/');
        } else if (SystemReader.getInstance().isMacOS()) {
            targetString = Normalizer.normalize(targetString, Form.NFC);
        }
        return targetString;
    }

    /**
     * Create a temporary directory.
     *
     * @param prefix
     *            prefix string
     * @param suffix
     *            suffix string
     * @param dir
     *            The parent dir, can be null to use system default temp dir.
     * @return the temp dir created.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @since 3.4
     */
    public static File createTempDir(String prefix, String suffix, File dir) throws IOException {
        final int RETRIES = 1; // When something bad happens, retry once.
        for (int i = 0; i < RETRIES; i++) {
            File tmp = File.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, dir);
            if (!tmp.delete())
                continue;
            if (!tmp.mkdir())
                continue;
            return tmp;
        }
        throw new IOException(JGitText.get().cannotCreateTempDir);
    }

    /**
     * Expresses <code>other</code> as a relative file path from
     * <code>base</code>. File-separator and case sensitivity are based on the
     * current file system.
     *
     * See also
     * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils#relativizePath(String, String, String, boolean)}.
     *
     * @param base
     *            Base path
     * @param other
     *            Destination path
     * @return Relative path from <code>base</code> to <code>other</code>
     * @since 4.8
     */
    public static String relativizeNativePath(String base, String other) {
        return FS.DETECTED.relativize(base, other);
    }

    /**
     * Expresses <code>other</code> as a relative file path from
     * <code>base</code>. File-separator and case sensitivity are based on Git's
     * internal representation of files (which matches Unix).
     *
     * See also
     * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils#relativizePath(String, String, String, boolean)}.
     *
     * @param base
     *            Base path
     * @param other
     *            Destination path
     * @return Relative path from <code>base</code> to <code>other</code>
     * @since 4.8
     */
    public static String relativizeGitPath(String base, String other) {
        return relativizePath(base, other, "/", false); //$NON-NLS-1$
    }

    /**
     * Expresses <code>other</code> as a relative file path from <code>base</code>
     * <p>
     * For example, if called with the two following paths :
     *
     * <pre>
     * <code>base = "c:\\Users\\jdoe\\eclipse\\git\\project"</code>
     * <code>other = "c:\\Users\\jdoe\\eclipse\\git\\another_project\\pom.xml"</code>
     * </pre>
     *
     * This will return "..\\another_project\\pom.xml".
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>Note</b> that this will return the empty String if <code>base</code>
     * and <code>other</code> are equal.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param base
     *            The path against which <code>other</code> should be
     *            relativized. This will be assumed to denote the path to a
     *            folder and not a file.
     * @param other
     *            The path that will be made relative to <code>base</code>.
     * @param dirSeparator
     *            A string that separates components of the path. In practice, this is "/" or "\\".
     * @param caseSensitive
     *            Whether to consider differently-cased directory names as distinct
     * @return A relative path that, when resolved against <code>base</code>,
     *         will yield the original <code>other</code>.
     * @since 4.8
     */
    public static String relativizePath(String base, String other, String dirSeparator, boolean caseSensitive) {
        if (base.equals(other))
            return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$

        final String[] baseSegments = base.split(Pattern.quote(dirSeparator));
        final String[] otherSegments = other.split(Pattern.quote(dirSeparator));

        int commonPrefix = 0;
        while (commonPrefix < baseSegments.length && commonPrefix < otherSegments.length) {
            if (caseSensitive && baseSegments[commonPrefix].equals(otherSegments[commonPrefix]))
                commonPrefix++;
            else if (!caseSensitive && baseSegments[commonPrefix].equalsIgnoreCase(otherSegments[commonPrefix]))
                commonPrefix++;
            else
                break;
        }

        final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = commonPrefix; i < baseSegments.length; i++)
            builder.append("..").append(dirSeparator); //$NON-NLS-1$
        for (int i = commonPrefix; i < otherSegments.length; i++) {
            builder.append(otherSegments[i]);
            if (i < otherSegments.length - 1)
                builder.append(dirSeparator);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Determine if an IOException is a Stale NFS File Handle
     *
     * @param ioe
     *            an {@link java.io.IOException} object.
     * @return a boolean true if the IOException is a Stale NFS FIle Handle
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static boolean isStaleFileHandle(IOException ioe) {
        String msg = ioe.getMessage();
        return msg != null && msg.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).matches("stale .*file .*handle"); //$NON-NLS-1$
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a throwable or a cause in its causal chain is a Stale NFS
     * File Handle
     *
     * @param throwable
     *            a {@link java.lang.Throwable} object.
     * @return a boolean true if the throwable or a cause in its causal chain is
     *         a Stale NFS File Handle
     * @since 4.7
     */
    public static boolean isStaleFileHandleInCausalChain(Throwable throwable) {
        while (throwable != null) {
            if (throwable instanceof IOException && isStaleFileHandle((IOException) throwable)) {
                return true;
            }
            throwable = throwable.getCause();
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @return {@code true} if the passed file is a symbolic link
     */
    static boolean isSymlink(File file) {
        return Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath());
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @return lastModified attribute for given file, not following symbolic
     *         links
     * @throws IOException
     * @deprecated use {@link #lastModifiedInstant(Path)} instead which returns
     *             FileTime
     */
    @Deprecated
    static long lastModified(File file) throws IOException {
        return Files.getLastModifiedTime(toPath(file), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS).toMillis();
    }

    /**
     * @param path
     * @return lastModified attribute for given file, not following symbolic
     *         links
     */
    static Instant lastModifiedInstant(Path path) {
        try {
            return Files.getLastModifiedTime(path, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS).toInstant();
        } catch (NoSuchFileException e) {
            LOG.debug("Cannot read lastModifiedInstant since path {} does not exist", //$NON-NLS-1$
                    path);
            return Instant.EPOCH;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.error(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().readLastModifiedFailed, path), e);
            return Instant.ofEpochMilli(path.toFile().lastModified());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return all the attributes of a file, without following symbolic links.
     *
     * @param file
     * @return {@link BasicFileAttributes} of the file
     * @throws IOException in case of any I/O errors accessing the file
     *
     * @since 4.5.6
     */
    static BasicFileAttributes fileAttributes(File file) throws IOException {
        return Files.readAttributes(file.toPath(), BasicFileAttributes.class, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @param time
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @Deprecated
    static void setLastModified(File file, long time) throws IOException {
        Files.setLastModifiedTime(toPath(file), FileTime.fromMillis(time));
    }

    /**
     * @param path
     * @param time
     * @throws IOException
     */
    static void setLastModified(Path path, Instant time) throws IOException {
        Files.setLastModifiedTime(path, FileTime.from(time));
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @return {@code true} if the given file exists, not following symbolic
     *         links
     */
    static boolean exists(File file) {
        return Files.exists(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @return {@code true} if the given file is hidden
     * @throws IOException
     */
    static boolean isHidden(File file) throws IOException {
        return Files.isHidden(toPath(file));
    }

    /**
     * Set a file hidden (on Windows)
     *
     * @param file
     *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
     * @param hidden
     *            a boolean.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static void setHidden(File file, boolean hidden) throws IOException {
        Files.setAttribute(toPath(file), "dos:hidden", Boolean.valueOf(hidden), //$NON-NLS-1$
                LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    }

    /**
     * Get file length
     *
     * @param file
     *            a {@link java.io.File}.
     * @return length of the given file
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static long getLength(File file) throws IOException {
        Path nioPath = toPath(file);
        if (Files.isSymbolicLink(nioPath))
            return Files.readSymbolicLink(nioPath).toString().getBytes(UTF_8).length;
        return Files.size(nioPath);
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @return {@code true} if the given file is a directory, not following
     *         symbolic links
     */
    static boolean isDirectory(File file) {
        return Files.isDirectory(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    }

    /**
     * @param file
     * @return {@code true} if the given file is a file, not following symbolic
     *         links
     */
    static boolean isFile(File file) {
        return Files.isRegularFile(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    }

    /**
     * Whether the given file can be executed.
     *
     * @param file
     *            a {@link java.io.File} object.
     * @return {@code true} if the given file can be executed.
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static boolean canExecute(File file) {
        if (!isFile(file)) {
            return false;
        }
        return Files.isExecutable(file.toPath());
    }

    /**
     * @param fs
     * @param file
     * @return non null attributes object
     */
    static Attributes getFileAttributesBasic(FS fs, File file) {
        try {
            Path nioPath = toPath(file);
            BasicFileAttributes readAttributes = nioPath.getFileSystem().provider()
                    .getFileAttributeView(nioPath, BasicFileAttributeView.class, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)
                    .readAttributes();
            Attributes attributes = new Attributes(fs, file, true, readAttributes.isDirectory(),
                    fs.supportsExecute() ? file.canExecute() : false, readAttributes.isSymbolicLink(),
                    readAttributes.isRegularFile(), //
                    readAttributes.creationTime().toMillis(), //
                    readAttributes.lastModifiedTime().toInstant(),
                    readAttributes.isSymbolicLink() ? Constants.encode(readSymLink(file)).length
                            : readAttributes.size());
            return attributes;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return new Attributes(file, fs);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get file system attributes for the given file.
     *
     * @param fs
     *            a {@link org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS} object.
     * @param file
     *            a {@link java.io.File}.
     * @return file system attributes for the given file.
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static Attributes getFileAttributesPosix(FS fs, File file) {
        try {
            Path nioPath = toPath(file);
            PosixFileAttributes readAttributes = nioPath.getFileSystem().provider()
                    .getFileAttributeView(nioPath, PosixFileAttributeView.class, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)
                    .readAttributes();
            Attributes attributes = new Attributes(fs, file, true, //
                    readAttributes.isDirectory(), //
                    readAttributes.permissions().contains(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE),
                    readAttributes.isSymbolicLink(), readAttributes.isRegularFile(), //
                    readAttributes.creationTime().toMillis(), //
                    readAttributes.lastModifiedTime().toInstant(), readAttributes.size());
            return attributes;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return new Attributes(file, fs);
        }
    }

    /**
     * NFC normalize a file (on Mac), otherwise do nothing
     *
     * @param file
     *            a {@link java.io.File}.
     * @return on Mac: NFC normalized {@link java.io.File}, otherwise the passed
     *         file
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static File normalize(File file) {
        if (SystemReader.getInstance().isMacOS()) {
            // TODO: Would it be faster to check with isNormalized first
            // assuming normalized paths are much more common
            String normalized = Normalizer.normalize(file.getPath(), Normalizer.Form.NFC);
            return new File(normalized);
        }
        return file;
    }

    /**
     * On Mac: get NFC normalized form of given name, otherwise the given name.
     *
     * @param name
     *            a {@link java.lang.String} object.
     * @return on Mac: NFC normalized form of given name
     * @since 4.1
     */
    public static String normalize(String name) {
        if (SystemReader.getInstance().isMacOS()) {
            if (name == null)
                return null;
            return Normalizer.normalize(name, Normalizer.Form.NFC);
        }
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Best-effort variation of {@link java.io.File#getCanonicalFile()}
     * returning the input file if the file cannot be canonicalized instead of
     * throwing {@link java.io.IOException}.
     *
     * @param file
     *            to be canonicalized; may be {@code null}
     * @return canonicalized file, or the unchanged input file if
     *         canonicalization failed or if {@code file == null}
     * @throws java.lang.SecurityException
     *             if {@link java.io.File#getCanonicalFile()} throws one
     * @since 4.2
     */
    public static File canonicalize(File file) {
        if (file == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return file.getCanonicalFile();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return file;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Convert a path to String, replacing separators as necessary.
     *
     * @param file
     *            a {@link java.io.File}.
     * @return file's path as a String
     * @since 4.10
     */
    public static String pathToString(File file) {
        final String path = file.getPath();
        if (SystemReader.getInstance().isWindows()) {
            return path.replace('\\', '/');
        }
        return path;
    }

    /**
     * Touch the given file
     *
     * @param f
     *            the file to touch
     * @throws IOException
     * @since 5.1.8
     */
    public static void touch(Path f) throws IOException {
        try (FileChannel fc = FileChannel.open(f, StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND,
                StandardOpenOption.SYNC)) {
            // touch
        }
        Files.setLastModifiedTime(f, FileTime.from(Instant.now()));
    }

    /**
     * Compute a delay in a {@code min..max} interval with random jitter.
     *
     * @param last
     *            amount of delay waited before the last attempt. This is used
     *            to seed the next delay interval. Should be 0 if there was no
     *            prior delay.
     * @param min
     *            shortest amount of allowable delay between attempts.
     * @param max
     *            longest amount of allowable delay between attempts.
     * @return new amount of delay to wait before the next attempt.
     *
     * @since 5.6
     */
    public static long delay(long last, long min, long max) {
        long r = Math.max(0, last * 3 - min);
        if (r > 0) {
            int c = (int) Math.min(r + 1, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
            r = RNG.nextInt(c);
        }
        return Math.max(Math.min(min + r, max), min);
    }
}