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+use std::fs::Metadata;
+
+/// This is a simplified file type enum that is easy to match
+///
+/// It doesn't represent all the options, because that enum needs to extensible
+/// but most application do not actually need that power, so we provide
+/// this simplified enum that works for many appalications.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum SimpleType {
+    /// Entry is a symlink
+    Symlink,
+    /// Entry is a directory
+    Dir,
+    /// Entry is a regular file
+    File,
+    /// Entry is neither a symlink, directory nor a regular file
+    Other,
+}
+
+impl SimpleType {
+    /// Find out a simple type from a file Metadata (stat)
+    pub fn extract(stat: &Metadata) -> SimpleType {
+        if stat.file_type().is_symlink() {
+            SimpleType::Symlink
+        } else if stat.is_dir() {
+            SimpleType::Dir
+        } else if stat.is_file() {
+            SimpleType::File
+        } else {
+            SimpleType::Other
+        }
+    }
+}