From a0b4360450c0d0ea621e5965da1e68eebc975bdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 19:50:05 -0400
Subject: Add utility function is_git_assumed_unchanged()

---
 src/lib/core/include/utils.h |  9 +++++++++
 src/lib/core/utils.c         | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/core/include/utils.h b/src/lib/core/include/utils.h
index c7865eb..f9937b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/include/utils.h
+++ b/src/lib/core/include/utils.h
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ char *git_describe(const char *path);
  */
 char *git_rev_parse(const char *path, char *args);
 
+/**
+ * Check if a file in a git repository is flagged with 'assumed-unchanged'.
+ *
+ * @param filename path to file
+ * @return -1 on error, 0 if
+ */
+
+int is_git_assumed_unchanged(char *filename);
+
 /**
  * Helper function to initialize simple STASIS internal path strings
  *
diff --git a/src/lib/core/utils.c b/src/lib/core/utils.c
index d0ccb08..ed10ef3 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/core/utils.c
@@ -1319,3 +1319,44 @@ int is_file_compressed(const char *filename) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a file in a git repository is flagged as 'assumed-unchanged'.
+ *
+ * @param filename path to file
+ * @return -1 on error, 0 if
+ */
+int is_git_assumed_unchanged(char *filename) {
+    char *cmd = NULL;
+    if (asprintf(&cmd, "git ls-files -v -- '%s'", filename) < 0) {
+        SYSERROR("unable to allocate memory for file path");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int status = 0;
+    char *output = shell_output(cmd, &status);
+    if (!output) {
+        SYSERROR("unable to allocate memory for git ls-files output");
+        guard_free(cmd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (status) {
+        SYSERROR("git ls-files command failed to run");
+        guard_free(cmd);
+        guard_free(output);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    guard_free(cmd);
+
+    char *token = NULL;
+    char *data = output;
+    while ((token = strsep(&data, LINE_SEP)) != NULL) {
+        char *bname = path_basename(filename);
+        // "h" indicates assume-unchanged has been applied (see: man git-ls-files and option '-v')
+        if (strstr(token, bname) && startswith(token, "h")) {
+            guard_free(output);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    guard_free(output);
+    return 0;
+}
-- 
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