{
        struct cache_entry *old = istate->cache[nr];
 
-       remove_name_hash(old);
+       remove_name_hash(istate, old);
        set_index_entry(istate, nr, ce);
        istate->cache_changed = 1;
 }
        }
        if (ce->ce_mtime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_mtime)
                changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-       if (trust_ctime && ce->ce_ctime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_ctime)
+       if (trust_ctime && check_stat &&
+           ce->ce_ctime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_ctime)
                changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 
 #ifdef USE_NSEC
-       if (ce->ce_mtime.nsec != ST_MTIME_NSEC(*st))
+       if (check_stat && ce->ce_mtime.nsec != ST_MTIME_NSEC(*st))
                changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-       if (trust_ctime && ce->ce_ctime.nsec != ST_CTIME_NSEC(*st))
+       if (trust_ctime && check_stat &&
+           ce->ce_ctime.nsec != ST_CTIME_NSEC(*st))
                changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 #endif
 
-       if (ce->ce_uid != (unsigned int) st->st_uid ||
-           ce->ce_gid != (unsigned int) st->st_gid)
-               changed |= OWNER_CHANGED;
-       if (ce->ce_ino != (unsigned int) st->st_ino)
-               changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
+       if (check_stat) {
+               if (ce->ce_uid != (unsigned int) st->st_uid ||
+                       ce->ce_gid != (unsigned int) st->st_gid)
+                       changed |= OWNER_CHANGED;
+               if (ce->ce_ino != (unsigned int) st->st_ino)
+                       changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
+       }
 
 #ifdef USE_STDEV
        /*
         * clients will have different views of what "device"
         * the filesystem is on
         */
-       if (ce->ce_dev != (unsigned int) st->st_dev)
-               changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
+       if (check_stat && ce->ce_dev != (unsigned int) st->st_dev)
+                       changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
 #endif
 
        if (ce->ce_size != (unsigned int) st->st_size)
        struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[pos];
 
        record_resolve_undo(istate, ce);
-       remove_name_hash(ce);
+       remove_name_hash(istate, ce);
        istate->cache_changed = 1;
        istate->cache_nr--;
        if (pos >= istate->cache_nr)
 
        for (i = j = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
                if (ce_array[i]->ce_flags & CE_REMOVE)
-                       remove_name_hash(ce_array[i]);
+                       remove_name_hash(istate, ce_array[i]);
                else
                        ce_array[j++] = ce_array[i];
        }
        if (hdr->hdr_signature != htonl(CACHE_SIGNATURE))
                return error("bad signature");
        hdr_version = ntohl(hdr->hdr_version);
-       if (hdr_version < 2 || 4 < hdr_version)
+       if (hdr_version < INDEX_FORMAT_LB || INDEX_FORMAT_UB < hdr_version)
                return error("bad index version %d", hdr_version);
        git_SHA1_Init(&c);
        git_SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, size - 20);
        istate->cache_changed = 0;
        istate->timestamp.sec = 0;
        istate->timestamp.nsec = 0;
-       istate->name_hash_initialized = 0;
-       free_hash(&istate->name_hash);
+       free_name_hash(istate);
        cache_tree_free(&(istate->cache_tree));
        istate->initialized = 0;
-
-       /* no need to throw away allocated active_cache */
+       free(istate->cache);
+       istate->cache = NULL;
+       istate->cache_alloc = 0;
        return 0;
 }
 
        }
        return 1;
 }
+
+void *read_blob_data_from_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, unsigned long *size)
+{
+       int pos, len;
+       unsigned long sz;
+       enum object_type type;
+       void *data;
+
+       len = strlen(path);
+       pos = index_name_pos(istate, path, len);
+       if (pos < 0) {
+               /*
+                * We might be in the middle of a merge, in which
+                * case we would read stage #2 (ours).
+                */
+               int i;
+               for (i = -pos - 1;
+                    (pos < 0 && i < istate->cache_nr &&
+                     !strcmp(istate->cache[i]->name, path));
+                    i++)
+                       if (ce_stage(istate->cache[i]) == 2)
+                               pos = i;
+       }
+       if (pos < 0)
+               return NULL;
+       data = read_sha1_file(istate->cache[pos]->sha1, &type, &sz);
+       if (!data || type != OBJ_BLOB) {
+               free(data);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       if (size)
+               *size = sz;
+       return data;
+}