gitpython-developers
diff --git a/‎git/index/fun.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 8 deletions b/‎git/index/fun.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 8 deletions
diff --git a/‎git/index/typ.py‎
Lines changed: 29 additions & 52 deletions b/‎git/index/typ.py‎
Lines changed: 29 additions & 52 deletions
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .base import IndexFile
+    from git.db import GitCmdObjectDB
     from git.objects.tree import TreeCacheTup
     # from git.objects.fun import EntryTupOrNone
 
@@ -149,15 +150,15 @@ def write_cache(entries: Sequence[Union[BaseIndexEntry, 'IndexEntry']], stream:
     # body
     for entry in entries:
         beginoffset = tell()
-        write(entry[4])         # ctime
-        write(entry[5])         # mtime
-        path_str: str = entry[3]
+        write(entry.ctime_bytes)         # ctime
+        write(entry.mtime_bytes)         # mtime
+        path_str = str(entry.path)
         path: bytes = force_bytes(path_str, encoding=defenc)
         plen = len(path) & CE_NAMEMASK      # path length
-        assert plen == len(path), "Path %s too long to fit into index" % entry[3]
-        flags = plen | (entry[2] & CE_NAMEMASK_INV)     # clear possible previous values
-        write(pack(">LLLLLL20sH", entry[6], entry[7], entry[0],
-                   entry[8], entry[9], entry[10], entry[1], flags))
+        assert plen == len(path), "Path %s too long to fit into index" % entry.path
+        flags = plen | (entry.flags & CE_NAMEMASK_INV)     # clear possible previous values
+        write(pack(">LLLLLL20sH", entry.dev, entry.inode, entry.mode,
+                   entry.uid, entry.gid, entry.size, entry.binsha, flags))
         write(path)
         real_size = ((tell() - beginoffset + 8) & ~7)
         write(b"\0" * ((beginoffset + real_size) - tell()))
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ def _tree_entry_to_baseindexentry(tree_entry: 'TreeCacheTup', stage: int) -> Bas
     return BaseIndexEntry((tree_entry[1], tree_entry[0], stage << CE_STAGESHIFT, tree_entry[2]))
 
 
-def aggressive_tree_merge(odb, tree_shas: Sequence[bytes]) -> List[BaseIndexEntry]:
+def aggressive_tree_merge(odb: 'GitCmdObjectDB', tree_shas: Sequence[bytes]) -> List[BaseIndexEntry]:
     """
     :return: list of BaseIndexEntries representing the aggressive merge of the given
         trees. All valid entries are on stage 0, whereas the conflicting ones are left
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # typing ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-from typing import (List, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple, cast)
+from typing import (NamedTuple, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple, Union, cast)
 
 from git.types import PathLike
 
@@ -59,7 +59,23 @@ def __call__(self, stage_blob: Blob) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-class BaseIndexEntry(tuple):
+class BaseIndexEntryHelper(NamedTuple):
+    """Typed namedtuple to provide named attribute access for BaseIndexEntry.
+    Needed to allow overriding __new__ in child class to preserve backwards compat."""
+    mode: int
+    binsha: bytes
+    flags: int
+    path: PathLike
+    ctime_bytes: bytes = pack(">LL", 0, 0)
+    mtime_bytes: bytes = pack(">LL", 0, 0)
+    dev: int = 0
+    inode: int = 0
+    uid: int = 0
+    gid: int = 0
+    size: int = 0
+
+
+class BaseIndexEntry(BaseIndexEntryHelper):
 
     """Small Brother of an index entry which can be created to describe changes
     done to the index in which case plenty of additional information is not required.
@@ -68,26 +84,22 @@ class BaseIndexEntry(tuple):
     expecting a BaseIndexEntry can also handle full IndexEntries even if they
     use numeric indices for performance reasons. """
 
+    def __new__(cls, inp_tuple: Union[Tuple[int, bytes, int, PathLike],
+                                      Tuple[int, bytes, int, PathLike, bytes, bytes, int, int, int, int, int]]
+                ) -> 'BaseIndexEntry':
+        """Override __new__ to allow construction from a tuple for backwards compatibility """
+        return super().__new__(cls, *inp_tuple)
+
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return "%o %s %i\t%s" % (self.mode, self.hexsha, self.stage, self.path)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return "(%o, %s, %i, %s)" % (self.mode, self.hexsha, self.stage, self.path)
 
-    @property
-    def mode(self) -> int:
-        """ File Mode, compatible to stat module constants """
-        return self[0]
-
-    @property
-    def binsha(self) -> bytes:
-        """binary sha of the blob """
-        return self[1]
-
     @property
     def hexsha(self) -> str:
         """hex version of our sha"""
-        return b2a_hex(self[1]).decode('ascii')
+        return b2a_hex(self.binsha).decode('ascii')
 
     @property
     def stage(self) -> int:
@@ -100,17 +112,7 @@ def stage(self) -> int:
 
         :note: For more information, see http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-read-tree.html
         """
-        return (self[2] & CE_STAGEMASK) >> CE_STAGESHIFT
-
-    @property
-    def path(self) -> str:
-        """:return: our path relative to the repository working tree root"""
-        return self[3]
-
-    @property
-    def flags(self) -> List[str]:
-        """:return: flags stored with this entry"""
-        return self[2]
+        return (self.flags & CE_STAGEMASK) >> CE_STAGESHIFT
 
     @classmethod
     def from_blob(cls, blob: Blob, stage: int = 0) -> 'BaseIndexEntry':
@@ -136,40 +138,15 @@ def ctime(self) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         :return:
             Tuple(int_time_seconds_since_epoch, int_nano_seconds) of the
             file's creation time"""
-        return cast(Tuple[int, int], unpack(">LL", self[4]))
+        return cast(Tuple[int, int], unpack(">LL", self.ctime_bytes))
 
     @property
     def mtime(self) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         """See ctime property, but returns modification time """
-        return cast(Tuple[int, int], unpack(">LL", self[5]))
-
-    @property
-    def dev(self) -> int:
-        """ Device ID """
-        return self[6]
-
-    @property
-    def inode(self) -> int:
-        """ Inode ID """
-        return self[7]
-
-    @property
-    def uid(self) -> int:
-        """ User ID """
-        return self[8]
-
-    @property
-    def gid(self) -> int:
-        """ Group ID """
-        return self[9]
-
-    @property
-    def size(self) -> int:
-        """:return: Uncompressed size of the blob """
-        return self[10]
+        return cast(Tuple[int, int], unpack(">LL", self.mtime_bytes))
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_base(cls, base):
+    def from_base(cls, base: 'BaseIndexEntry') -> 'IndexEntry':
         """
         :return:
             Minimal entry as created from the given BaseIndexEntry instance.