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-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/directory_graph.rs56
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/object_store.rs8
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/order_validator.rs32
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/tests/mod.rs11
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/traverse.rs58
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/utils.rs17
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/fixtures.rs78
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/fs/fuse/tests.rs74
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/fs/inodes.rs12
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/import/mod.rs47
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory.rs114
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory_node.rs35
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/nodes/file_node.rs36
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/nodes/mod.rs46
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_node.rs21
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_target.rs82
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/proto/mod.rs64
-rw-r--r--tvix/castore/src/tests/import.rs24
18 files changed, 447 insertions, 368 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/directory_graph.rs b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/directory_graph.rs
index ffb25de9a854..2f932fe05d8a 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/directory_graph.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/directory_graph.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use petgraph::{
 use tracing::instrument;
 
 use super::order_validator::{LeavesToRootValidator, OrderValidator, RootToLeavesValidator};
-use crate::{B3Digest, Directory, DirectoryNode};
+use crate::{B3Digest, Directory, Node};
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     ValidationError(String),
 }
 
+type Edge = (B3Digest, u64);
+
 /// This can be used to validate and/or re-order a Directory closure (DAG of
 /// connected Directories), and their insertion order.
 ///
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ pub struct DirectoryGraph<O> {
     //
     // The option in the edge weight tracks the pending validation state of the respective edge, for example if
     // the child has not been added yet.
-    graph: DiGraph<Option<Directory>, Option<DirectoryNode>>,
+    graph: DiGraph<Option<Directory>, Option<Edge>>,
 
     // A lookup table from directory digest to node index.
     digest_to_node_ix: HashMap<B3Digest, NodeIndex>,
@@ -64,18 +66,18 @@ pub struct DirectoryGraph<O> {
 }
 
 pub struct ValidatedDirectoryGraph {
-    graph: DiGraph<Option<Directory>, Option<DirectoryNode>>,
+    graph: DiGraph<Option<Directory>, Option<Edge>>,
 
     root: Option<NodeIndex>,
 }
 
-fn check_edge(dir: &DirectoryNode, dir_name: &[u8], child: &Directory) -> Result<(), Error> {
+fn check_edge(dir: &Edge, dir_name: &[u8], child: &Directory) -> Result<(), Error> {
     // Ensure the size specified in the child node matches our records.
-    if dir.size() != child.size() {
+    if dir.1 != child.size() {
         return Err(Error::ValidationError(format!(
             "'{}' has wrong size, specified {}, recorded {}",
             dir_name.as_bstr(),
-            dir.size(),
+            dir.1,
             child.size(),
         )));
     }
@@ -141,21 +143,23 @@ impl<O: OrderValidator> DirectoryGraph<O> {
         }
 
         // set up edges to all child directories
-        for (subdir_name, subdir_node) in directory.directories() {
-            let child_ix = *self
-                .digest_to_node_ix
-                .entry(subdir_node.digest().clone())
-                .or_insert_with(|| self.graph.add_node(None));
-
-            let pending_edge_check = match &self.graph[child_ix] {
-                Some(child) => {
-                    // child is already available, validate the edge now
-                    check_edge(subdir_node, subdir_name, child)?;
-                    None
-                }
-                None => Some(subdir_node.clone()), // pending validation
-            };
-            self.graph.add_edge(ix, child_ix, pending_edge_check);
+        for (name, node) in directory.nodes() {
+            if let Node::Directory { digest, size } = node {
+                let child_ix = *self
+                    .digest_to_node_ix
+                    .entry(digest.clone())
+                    .or_insert_with(|| self.graph.add_node(None));
+
+                let pending_edge_check = match &self.graph[child_ix] {
+                    Some(child) => {
+                        // child is already available, validate the edge now
+                        check_edge(&(digest.to_owned(), *size), name, child)?;
+                        None
+                    }
+                    None => Some((digest.to_owned(), *size)), // pending validation
+                };
+                self.graph.add_edge(ix, child_ix, pending_edge_check);
+            }
         }
 
         // validate the edges from parents to this node
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ impl ValidatedDirectoryGraph {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::fixtures::{DIRECTORY_A, DIRECTORY_B, DIRECTORY_C};
-    use crate::{Directory, DirectoryNode, Node};
+    use crate::{Directory, Node};
     use lazy_static::lazy_static;
     use rstest::rstest;
 
@@ -281,10 +285,10 @@ mod tests {
             let mut dir = Directory::new();
             dir.add(
                 "foo".into(),
-                Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                    DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
-                    DIRECTORY_A.size() + 42, // wrong!
-                ))).unwrap();
+                Node::Directory{
+                    digest: DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
+                    size: DIRECTORY_A.size() + 42, // wrong!
+                }).unwrap();
             dir
         };
     }
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/object_store.rs b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/object_store.rs
index 6e71c2356def..5b5281abcd2f 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/object_store.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/object_store.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use super::{
     RootToLeavesValidator,
 };
 use crate::composition::{CompositionContext, ServiceBuilder};
-use crate::{proto, B3Digest, Error};
+use crate::{proto, B3Digest, Error, Node};
 
 /// Stores directory closures in an object store.
 /// Notably, this makes use of the option to disallow accessing child directories except when
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ impl DirectoryService for ObjectStoreDirectoryService {
 
     #[instrument(skip(self, directory), fields(directory.digest = %directory.digest()))]
     async fn put(&self, directory: Directory) -> Result<B3Digest, Error> {
-        if directory.directories().next().is_some() {
+        // Ensure the directory doesn't contain other directory children
+        if directory
+            .nodes()
+            .any(|(_, e)| matches!(e, Node::Directory { .. }))
+        {
             return Err(Error::InvalidRequest(
                     "only put_multiple_start is supported by the ObjectStoreDirectoryService for directories with children".into(),
             ));
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/order_validator.rs b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/order_validator.rs
index 6daf4a624d29..973af92e1294 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/order_validator.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/order_validator.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use tracing::warn;
 
 use super::Directory;
-use crate::B3Digest;
+use crate::{B3Digest, Node};
 
 pub trait OrderValidator {
     /// Update the order validator's state with the directory
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ impl RootToLeavesValidator {
             self.expected_digests.insert(directory.digest());
         }
 
-        for (_, subdir_node) in directory.directories() {
-            // Allow the children to appear next
-            self.expected_digests.insert(subdir_node.digest().clone());
+        // Allow the children to appear next
+        for (_, node) in directory.nodes() {
+            if let Node::Directory { digest, .. } = node {
+                self.expected_digests.insert(digest.clone());
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -79,14 +81,20 @@ impl OrderValidator for LeavesToRootValidator {
     fn add_directory(&mut self, directory: &Directory) -> bool {
         let digest = directory.digest();
 
-        for (_, subdir_node) in directory.directories() {
-            if !self.allowed_references.contains(subdir_node.digest()) {
-                warn!(
-                    directory.digest = %digest,
-                    subdirectory.digest = %subdir_node.digest(),
-                    "unexpected directory reference"
-                );
-                return false;
+        for (_, node) in directory.nodes() {
+            if let Node::Directory {
+                digest: subdir_node_digest,
+                ..
+            } = node
+            {
+                if !self.allowed_references.contains(subdir_node_digest) {
+                    warn!(
+                        directory.digest = %digest,
+                        subdirectory.digest = %subdir_node_digest,
+                        "unexpected directory reference"
+                    );
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/tests/mod.rs b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/tests/mod.rs
index c0a0f22c989f..2bb9f05bf8e9 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/tests/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rstest_reuse::{self, *};
 use super::DirectoryService;
 use crate::directoryservice;
 use crate::fixtures::{DIRECTORY_A, DIRECTORY_B, DIRECTORY_C, DIRECTORY_D};
-use crate::{Directory, DirectoryNode, Node};
+use crate::{Directory, Node};
 
 mod utils;
 use self::utils::make_grpc_directory_service_client;
@@ -220,12 +220,13 @@ async fn upload_reject_wrong_size(directory_service: impl DirectoryService) {
         let mut dir = Directory::new();
         dir.add(
             "foo".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
-                DIRECTORY_A.size() + 42, // wrong!
-            )),
+            Node::Directory {
+                digest: DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_A.size() + 42, // wrong!
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
+
         dir
     };
 
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/traverse.rs b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/traverse.rs
index de2ea33c7f9d..86a90175ef10 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/traverse.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/traverse.rs
@@ -15,26 +15,24 @@ where
     let mut parent_node = root_node;
     for component in path.as_ref().components() {
         match parent_node {
-            Node::File(_) | Node::Symlink(_) => {
+            Node::File { .. } | Node::Symlink { .. } => {
                 // There's still some path left, but the parent node is no directory.
                 // This means the path doesn't exist, as we can't reach it.
                 return Ok(None);
             }
-            Node::Directory(directory_node) => {
+            Node::Directory { digest, .. } => {
                 // fetch the linked node from the directory_service.
-                let directory = directory_service
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .get(directory_node.digest())
-                    .await?
-                    .ok_or_else(|| {
-                        // If we didn't get the directory node that's linked, that's a store inconsistency, bail out!
-                        warn!("directory {} does not exist", directory_node.digest());
-
-                        Error::StorageError(format!(
-                            "directory {} does not exist",
-                            directory_node.digest()
-                        ))
-                    })?;
+                let directory =
+                    directory_service
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .get(&digest)
+                        .await?
+                        .ok_or_else(|| {
+                            // If we didn't get the directory node that's linked, that's a store inconsistency, bail out!
+                            warn!("directory {} does not exist", digest);
+
+                            Error::StorageError(format!("directory {} does not exist", digest))
+                        })?;
 
                 // look for the component in the [Directory].
                 if let Some((_child_name, child_node)) = directory
@@ -59,8 +57,8 @@ where
 mod tests {
     use crate::{
         directoryservice,
-        fixtures::{DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED, DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP},
-        DirectoryNode, Node, PathBuf,
+        fixtures::{DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED, DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP, EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST},
+        Node, PathBuf,
     };
 
     use super::descend_to;
@@ -82,23 +80,23 @@ mod tests {
         handle.close().await.expect("must upload");
 
         // construct the node for DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED
-        let node_directory_complicated = Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-            DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest(),
-            DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size(),
-        ));
+        let node_directory_complicated = Node::Directory {
+            digest: DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest(),
+            size: DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size(),
+        };
 
         // construct the node for DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED
-        let node_directory_with_keep = Node::Directory(
-            DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED
-                .directories()
-                .next()
-                .unwrap()
-                .1
-                .clone(),
-        );
+        let node_directory_with_keep = Node::Directory {
+            digest: DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
+            size: DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size(),
+        };
 
         // construct the node for the .keep file
-        let node_file_keep = Node::File(DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.files().next().unwrap().1.clone());
+        let node_file_keep = Node::File {
+            digest: EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
+            size: 0,
+            executable: false,
+        };
 
         // traversal to an empty subpath should return the root node.
         {
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/utils.rs b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/utils.rs
index 4b060707d4cc..d073c2c3c8ec 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/utils.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/directoryservice/utils.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use super::Directory;
 use super::DirectoryService;
 use crate::B3Digest;
 use crate::Error;
+use crate::Node;
 use async_stream::try_stream;
 use futures::stream::BoxStream;
 use std::collections::{HashSet, VecDeque};
@@ -57,15 +58,15 @@ pub fn traverse_directory<'a, DS: DirectoryService + 'static>(
             // enqueue all child directory digests to the work queue, as
             // long as they're not part of the worklist or already sent.
             // This panics if the digest looks invalid, it's supposed to be checked first.
-            for (_, child_directory_node) in current_directory.directories() {
-                let child_digest = child_directory_node.digest();
-
-                if worklist_directory_digests.contains(child_digest)
-                    || sent_directory_digests.contains(child_digest)
-                {
-                    continue;
+            for (_, child_directory_node) in current_directory.nodes() {
+                if let Node::Directory{digest: child_digest, ..} = child_directory_node {
+                    if worklist_directory_digests.contains(child_digest)
+                        || sent_directory_digests.contains(child_digest)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    worklist_directory_digests.push_back(child_digest.clone());
                 }
-                worklist_directory_digests.push_back(child_digest.clone());
             }
 
             yield current_directory;
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/fixtures.rs b/tvix/castore/src/fixtures.rs
index b57540d177e2..ddeacaf1d5b9 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/fixtures.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/fixtures.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{
-    B3Digest, {Directory, DirectoryNode, FileNode, Node, SymlinkNode},
-};
+use crate::{B3Digest, Directory, Node};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 pub const HELLOWORLD_BLOB_CONTENTS: &[u8] = b"Hello World!";
@@ -37,11 +35,11 @@ lazy_static! {
         let mut dir = Directory::new();
         dir.add(
             ".keep".into(),
-            Node::File(FileNode::new(
-                EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
-                0,
-                false
-            ))).unwrap();
+            Node::File{
+                digest: EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 0,
+                executable: false
+            }).unwrap();
 
         dir
     };
@@ -49,22 +47,22 @@ lazy_static! {
         let mut dir = Directory::new();
         dir.add(
             "keep".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
-                DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size()
-            ))).unwrap();
+            Node::Directory{
+                digest: DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size()
+            }).unwrap();
         dir.add(
             ".keep".into(),
-            Node::File(FileNode::new(
-            EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
-            0,
-            false
-        ))).unwrap();
+            Node::File{
+                digest: EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 0,
+                executable: false
+            }).unwrap();
         dir.add(
             "aa".into(),
-            Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new(
-                b"/nix/store/somewhereelse".to_vec().into()
-            ).unwrap())).unwrap();
+            Node::Symlink{
+                target: "/nix/store/somewhereelse".try_into().unwrap()
+            }).unwrap();
 
         dir
     };
@@ -73,10 +71,10 @@ lazy_static! {
         let mut dir = Directory::new();
         dir.add(
             "a".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
-                DIRECTORY_A.size(),
-            ))).unwrap();
+            Node::Directory{
+                digest: DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_A.size(),
+            }).unwrap();
 
         dir
     };
@@ -84,16 +82,16 @@ lazy_static! {
         let mut dir = Directory::new();
         dir.add(
             "a".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
-                DIRECTORY_A.size(),
-            ))).unwrap();
+            Node::Directory{
+                digest: DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_A.size(),
+            }).unwrap();
         dir.add(
             "a'".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                    DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
-                    DIRECTORY_A.size(),
-        ))).unwrap();
+            Node::Directory{
+                digest: DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_A.size(),
+        }).unwrap();
 
         dir
     };
@@ -101,16 +99,16 @@ lazy_static! {
         let mut dir = Directory::new();
         dir.add(
             "a".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
-                DIRECTORY_A.size(),
-            ))).unwrap();
+            Node::Directory{
+                digest: DIRECTORY_A.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_A.size(),
+            }).unwrap();
         dir.add(
             "b".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-                DIRECTORY_B.digest(),
-                DIRECTORY_B.size(),
-            ))).unwrap();
+            Node::Directory{
+                digest: DIRECTORY_B.digest(),
+                size: DIRECTORY_B.size(),
+            }).unwrap();
 
         dir
     };
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/fs/fuse/tests.rs b/tvix/castore/src/fs/fuse/tests.rs
index 30bbfc46235d..e5e2e66c3b62 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/fs/fuse/tests.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/fs/fuse/tests.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::fs::{TvixStoreFs, XATTR_NAME_BLOB_DIGEST, XATTR_NAME_DIRECTORY_DIGEST
 use crate::{
     blobservice::{BlobService, MemoryBlobService},
     directoryservice::{DirectoryService, MemoryDirectoryService},
-    fixtures, {DirectoryNode, FileNode, Node, SymlinkNode},
+    fixtures, Node,
 };
 
 const BLOB_A_NAME: &str = "00000000000000000000000000000000-test";
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ async fn populate_blob_a(
 
     root_nodes.insert(
         BLOB_A_NAME.into(),
-        Node::File(FileNode::new(
-            fixtures::BLOB_A_DIGEST.clone(),
-            fixtures::BLOB_A.len() as u64,
-            false,
-        )),
+        Node::File {
+            digest: fixtures::BLOB_A_DIGEST.clone(),
+            size: fixtures::BLOB_A.len() as u64,
+            executable: false,
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ async fn populate_blob_b(
 
     root_nodes.insert(
         BLOB_B_NAME.into(),
-        Node::File(FileNode::new(
-            fixtures::BLOB_B_DIGEST.clone(),
-            fixtures::BLOB_B.len() as u64,
-            false,
-        )),
+        Node::File {
+            digest: fixtures::BLOB_B_DIGEST.clone(),
+            size: fixtures::BLOB_B.len() as u64,
+            executable: false,
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -112,18 +112,20 @@ async fn populate_blob_helloworld(
 
     root_nodes.insert(
         HELLOWORLD_BLOB_NAME.into(),
-        Node::File(FileNode::new(
-            fixtures::HELLOWORLD_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
-            fixtures::HELLOWORLD_BLOB_CONTENTS.len() as u64,
-            true,
-        )),
+        Node::File {
+            digest: fixtures::HELLOWORLD_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
+            size: fixtures::HELLOWORLD_BLOB_CONTENTS.len() as u64,
+            executable: true,
+        },
     );
 }
 
 async fn populate_symlink(root_nodes: &mut BTreeMap<Bytes, Node>) {
     root_nodes.insert(
         SYMLINK_NAME.into(),
-        Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new(BLOB_A_NAME.into()).unwrap()),
+        Node::Symlink {
+            target: BLOB_A_NAME.try_into().unwrap(),
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +134,9 @@ async fn populate_symlink(root_nodes: &mut BTreeMap<Bytes, Node>) {
 async fn populate_symlink2(root_nodes: &mut BTreeMap<Bytes, Node>) {
     root_nodes.insert(
         SYMLINK_NAME2.into(),
-        Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("/nix/store/somewhereelse".into()).unwrap()),
+        Node::Symlink {
+            target: "/nix/store/somewhereelse".try_into().unwrap(),
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -156,10 +160,10 @@ async fn populate_directory_with_keep(
 
     root_nodes.insert(
         DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP_NAME.into(),
-        Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-            fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
-            fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size(),
-        )),
+        Node::Directory {
+            digest: fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
+            size: fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size(),
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -168,10 +172,10 @@ async fn populate_directory_with_keep(
 async fn populate_directorynode_without_directory(root_nodes: &mut BTreeMap<Bytes, Node>) {
     root_nodes.insert(
         DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP_NAME.into(),
-        Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-            fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
-            fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size(),
-        )),
+        Node::Directory {
+            digest: fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(),
+            size: fixtures::DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size(),
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -179,11 +183,11 @@ async fn populate_directorynode_without_directory(root_nodes: &mut BTreeMap<Byte
 async fn populate_filenode_without_blob(root_nodes: &mut BTreeMap<Bytes, Node>) {
     root_nodes.insert(
         BLOB_A_NAME.into(),
-        Node::File(FileNode::new(
-            fixtures::BLOB_A_DIGEST.clone(),
-            fixtures::BLOB_A.len() as u64,
-            false,
-        )),
+        Node::File {
+            digest: fixtures::BLOB_A_DIGEST.clone(),
+            size: fixtures::BLOB_A.len() as u64,
+            executable: false,
+        },
     );
 }
 
@@ -213,10 +217,10 @@ async fn populate_directory_complicated(
 
     root_nodes.insert(
         DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED_NAME.into(),
-        Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-            fixtures::DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest(),
-            fixtures::DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size(),
-        )),
+        Node::Directory {
+            digest: fixtures::DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest(),
+            size: fixtures::DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size(),
+        },
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/fs/inodes.rs b/tvix/castore/src/fs/inodes.rs
index e49d28f8e52e..782ffff716d2 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/fs/inodes.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/fs/inodes.rs
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ impl InodeData {
     /// Constructs a new InodeData by consuming a [Node].
     pub fn from_node(node: &Node) -> Self {
         match node {
-            Node::Directory(n) => {
-                Self::Directory(DirectoryInodeData::Sparse(n.digest().clone(), n.size()))
+            Node::Directory { digest, size } => {
+                Self::Directory(DirectoryInodeData::Sparse(digest.clone(), *size))
             }
-            Node::File(n) => Self::Regular(n.digest().clone(), n.size(), n.executable()),
-            Node::Symlink(n) => Self::Symlink(n.target().clone()),
+            Node::File {
+                digest,
+                size,
+                executable,
+            } => Self::Regular(digest.clone(), *size, *executable),
+            Node::Symlink { target } => Self::Symlink(target.clone().into()),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/import/mod.rs b/tvix/castore/src/import/mod.rs
index 408166beffb4..9fce22585f60 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/import/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/import/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use crate::directoryservice::{DirectoryPutter, DirectoryService};
 use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use crate::{B3Digest, Directory, DirectoryNode, FileNode, Node, SymlinkNode};
+use crate::{B3Digest, Directory, Node};
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use tracing::Level;
 
@@ -84,22 +84,31 @@ where
                         IngestionError::UploadDirectoryError(entry.path().to_owned(), e)
                     })?;
 
-                Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(directory_digest, directory_size))
-            }
-            IngestionEntry::Symlink { ref target, .. } => {
-                Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new(target.to_owned().into()).map_err(|e| {
-                    IngestionError::UploadDirectoryError(
-                        entry.path().to_owned(),
-                        crate::Error::StorageError(e.to_string()),
-                    )
-                })?)
+                Node::Directory {
+                    digest: directory_digest,
+                    size: directory_size,
+                }
             }
+            IngestionEntry::Symlink { ref target, .. } => Node::Symlink {
+                target: bytes::Bytes::copy_from_slice(target).try_into().map_err(
+                    |e: crate::ValidateNodeError| {
+                        IngestionError::UploadDirectoryError(
+                            entry.path().to_owned(),
+                            crate::Error::StorageError(e.to_string()),
+                        )
+                    },
+                )?,
+            },
             IngestionEntry::Regular {
                 size,
                 executable,
                 digest,
                 ..
-            } => Node::File(FileNode::new(digest.clone(), *size, *executable)),
+            } => Node::File {
+                digest: digest.clone(),
+                size: *size,
+                executable: *executable,
+            },
         };
 
         let parent = entry
@@ -153,8 +162,8 @@ where
 
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         {
-            if let Node::Directory(directory_node) = &root_node {
-                debug_assert_eq!(&root_directory_digest, directory_node.digest())
+            if let Node::Directory { digest, .. } = &root_node {
+                debug_assert_eq!(&root_directory_digest, digest);
             } else {
                 unreachable!("Tvix bug: directory putter initialized but no root directory node");
             }
@@ -201,7 +210,7 @@ mod test {
 
     use crate::fixtures::{DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED, DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP, EMPTY_BLOB_DIGEST};
     use crate::{directoryservice::MemoryDirectoryService, fixtures::DUMMY_DIGEST};
-    use crate::{Directory, DirectoryNode, FileNode, Node, SymlinkNode};
+    use crate::{Directory, Node};
 
     use super::ingest_entries;
     use super::IngestionEntry;
@@ -213,18 +222,18 @@ mod test {
         executable: true,
         digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
     }],
-        Node::File(FileNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 42, true))
+        Node::File{digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), size: 42, executable: true}
     )]
     #[case::single_symlink(vec![IngestionEntry::Symlink {
         path: "foo".parse().unwrap(),
         target: b"blub".into(),
     }],
-        Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("blub".into()).unwrap())
+        Node::Symlink{target: "blub".try_into().unwrap()}
     )]
     #[case::single_dir(vec![IngestionEntry::Dir {
         path: "foo".parse().unwrap(),
     }],
-        Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(Directory::default().digest(), Directory::default().size()))
+        Node::Directory{digest: Directory::default().digest(), size: Directory::default().size()}
     )]
     #[case::dir_with_keep(vec![
         IngestionEntry::Regular {
@@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ mod test {
             path: "foo".parse().unwrap(),
         },
     ],
-        Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(), DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size()))
+        Node::Directory{ digest: DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.digest(), size: DIRECTORY_WITH_KEEP.size()}
     )]
     /// This is intentionally a bit unsorted, though it still satisfies all
     /// requirements we have on the order of elements in the stream.
@@ -265,7 +274,7 @@ mod test {
             path: "blub".parse().unwrap(),
         },
     ],
-    Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest(), DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size()))
+    Node::Directory{ digest: DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest(), size: DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size() }
     )]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_ingestion(#[case] entries: Vec<IngestionEntry>, #[case] exp_root_node: Node) {
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory.rs b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory.rs
index d58b7822a434..a2c520358929 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
-use crate::{errors::DirectoryError, proto, B3Digest, DirectoryNode, FileNode, Node, SymlinkNode};
+use crate::{errors::DirectoryError, proto, B3Digest, Node};
 
 /// A Directory contains nodes, which can be Directory, File or Symlink nodes.
 /// It attached names to these nodes, which is the basename in that directory.
@@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ impl Directory {
     pub fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         // It's impossible to create a Directory where the size overflows, because we
         // check before every add() that the size won't overflow.
-        (self.nodes.len() as u64) + self.directories().map(|(_name, dn)| dn.size()).sum::<u64>()
+        (self.nodes.len() as u64)
+            + self
+                .nodes()
+                .map(|(_name, n)| match n {
+                    Node::Directory { size, .. } => 1 + size,
+                    Node::File { .. } | Node::Symlink { .. } => 1,
+                })
+                .sum::<u64>()
     }
 
     /// Calculates the digest of a Directory, which is the blake3 hash of a
@@ -43,40 +50,6 @@ impl Directory {
         self.nodes.iter()
     }
 
-    /// Allows iterating over the FileNode entries of this directory.
-    /// For each, it returns a tuple of its name and node.
-    /// The elements are sorted by their names.
-    pub fn files(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&bytes::Bytes, &FileNode)> + Send + Sync + '_ {
-        self.nodes.iter().filter_map(|(name, node)| match node {
-            Node::File(n) => Some((name, n)),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Allows iterating over the DirectoryNode entries (subdirectories) of this directory.
-    /// For each, it returns a tuple of its name and node.
-    /// The elements are sorted by their names.
-    pub fn directories(
-        &self,
-    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&bytes::Bytes, &DirectoryNode)> + Send + Sync + '_ {
-        self.nodes.iter().filter_map(|(name, node)| match node {
-            Node::Directory(n) => Some((name, n)),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Allows iterating over the SymlinkNode entries of this directory
-    /// For each, it returns a tuple of its name and node.
-    /// The elements are sorted by their names.
-    pub fn symlinks(
-        &self,
-    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&bytes::Bytes, &SymlinkNode)> + Send + Sync + '_ {
-        self.nodes.iter().filter_map(|(name, node)| match node {
-            Node::Symlink(n) => Some((name, n)),
-            _ => None,
-        })
-    }
-
     /// Checks a Node name for validity as a directory entry
     /// We disallow slashes, null bytes, '.', '..' and the empty string.
     pub(crate) fn is_valid_name(name: &[u8]) -> bool {
@@ -106,7 +79,7 @@ impl Directory {
             self.size(),
             1,
             match node {
-                Node::Directory(ref dir) => dir.size(),
+                Node::Directory { size, .. } => size,
                 _ => 0,
             },
         ])
@@ -130,7 +103,7 @@ fn checked_sum(iter: impl IntoIterator<Item = u64>) -> Option<u64> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::{Directory, DirectoryNode, FileNode, Node, SymlinkNode};
+    use super::{Directory, Node};
     use crate::fixtures::DUMMY_DIGEST;
     use crate::DirectoryError;
 
@@ -140,49 +113,76 @@ mod test {
 
         d.add(
             "b".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1)),
+            Node::Directory {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         d.add(
             "a".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1)),
+            Node::Directory {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         d.add(
             "z".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1)),
+            Node::Directory {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
 
         d.add(
             "f".into(),
-            Node::File(FileNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1, true)),
+            Node::File {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+                executable: true,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         d.add(
             "c".into(),
-            Node::File(FileNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1, true)),
+            Node::File {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+                executable: true,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         d.add(
             "g".into(),
-            Node::File(FileNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1, true)),
+            Node::File {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+                executable: true,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
 
         d.add(
             "t".into(),
-            Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("a".into()).unwrap()),
+            Node::Symlink {
+                target: "a".try_into().unwrap(),
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         d.add(
             "o".into(),
-            Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("a".into()).unwrap()),
+            Node::Symlink {
+                target: "a".try_into().unwrap(),
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         d.add(
             "e".into(),
-            Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("a".into()).unwrap()),
+            Node::Symlink {
+                target: "a".try_into().unwrap(),
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
 
@@ -198,7 +198,10 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(
             d.add(
                 "foo".into(),
-                Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), u64::MAX))
+                Node::Directory {
+                    digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                    size: u64::MAX
+                }
             ),
             Err(DirectoryError::SizeOverflow)
         );
@@ -210,7 +213,10 @@ mod test {
 
         d.add(
             "a".into(),
-            Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1)),
+            Node::Directory {
+                digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                size: 1,
+            },
         )
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
@@ -218,7 +224,11 @@ mod test {
                 "{}",
                 d.add(
                     "a".into(),
-                    Node::File(FileNode::new(DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(), 1, true))
+                    Node::File {
+                        digest: DUMMY_DIGEST.clone(),
+                        size: 1,
+                        executable: true
+                    }
                 )
                 .expect_err("adding duplicate dir entry must fail")
             ),
@@ -233,7 +243,9 @@ mod test {
         assert!(
             dir.add(
                 "".into(), // wrong! can not be added to directory
-                Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("doesntmatter".into(),).unwrap())
+                Node::Symlink {
+                    target: "doesntmatter".try_into().unwrap(),
+                },
             )
             .is_err(),
             "invalid symlink entry be rejected"
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory_node.rs b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory_node.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e6e6312a7a0c..000000000000
--- a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/directory_node.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use crate::B3Digest;
-
-/// A DirectoryNode is a pointer to a [Directory], by its [Directory::digest].
-/// It also records a`size`.
-/// Such a node is either an element in the [Directory] it itself is contained in,
-/// or a standalone root node./
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct DirectoryNode {
-    /// The blake3 hash of a Directory message, serialized in protobuf canonical form.
-    digest: B3Digest,
-    /// Number of child elements in the Directory referred to by `digest`.
-    /// Calculated by summing up the numbers of nodes, and for each directory.
-    /// its size field. Can be used for inode allocation.
-    /// This field is precisely as verifiable as any other Merkle tree edge.
-    /// Resolve `digest`, and you can compute it incrementally. Resolve the entire
-    /// tree, and you can fully compute it from scratch.
-    /// A credulous implementation won't reject an excessive size, but this is
-    /// harmless: you'll have some ordinals without nodes. Undersizing is obvious
-    /// and easy to reject: you won't have an ordinal for some nodes.
-    size: u64,
-}
-
-impl DirectoryNode {
-    pub fn new(digest: B3Digest, size: u64) -> Self {
-        Self { digest, size }
-    }
-
-    pub fn digest(&self) -> &B3Digest {
-        &self.digest
-    }
-
-    pub fn size(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.size
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/file_node.rs b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/file_node.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 73abe21e59b4..000000000000
--- a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/file_node.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-use crate::B3Digest;
-
-/// A FileNode represents a regular or executable file in a Directory or at the root.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct FileNode {
-    /// The blake3 digest of the file contents
-    digest: B3Digest,
-
-    /// The file content size
-    size: u64,
-
-    /// Whether the file is executable
-    executable: bool,
-}
-
-impl FileNode {
-    pub fn new(digest: B3Digest, size: u64, executable: bool) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            digest,
-            size,
-            executable,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn digest(&self) -> &B3Digest {
-        &self.digest
-    }
-
-    pub fn size(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.size
-    }
-
-    pub fn executable(&self) -> bool {
-        self.executable
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/mod.rs b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/mod.rs
index 47f39ae8f94a..0c7b89de917b 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/mod.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,48 @@
 //! This holds types describing nodes in the tvix-castore model.
 mod directory;
-mod directory_node;
-mod file_node;
-mod symlink_node;
+mod symlink_target;
 
+use crate::B3Digest;
 pub use directory::Directory;
-pub use directory_node::DirectoryNode;
-pub use file_node::FileNode;
-pub use symlink_node::SymlinkNode;
+use symlink_target::SymlinkTarget;
 
 /// A Node is either a [DirectoryNode], [FileNode] or [SymlinkNode].
 /// Nodes themselves don't have names, what gives them names is either them
 /// being inside a [Directory], or a root node with its own name attached to it.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Node {
-    Directory(DirectoryNode),
-    File(FileNode),
-    Symlink(SymlinkNode),
+    /// A DirectoryNode is a pointer to a [Directory], by its [Directory::digest].
+    /// It also records a`size`.
+    /// Such a node is either an element in the [Directory] it itself is contained in,
+    /// or a standalone root node.
+    Directory {
+        /// The blake3 hash of a Directory message, serialized in protobuf canonical form.
+        digest: B3Digest,
+        /// Number of child elements in the Directory referred to by `digest`.
+        /// Calculated by summing up the numbers of nodes, and for each directory,
+        /// its size field. Can be used for inode allocation.
+        /// This field is precisely as verifiable as any other Merkle tree edge.
+        /// Resolve `digest`, and you can compute it incrementally. Resolve the entire
+        /// tree, and you can fully compute it from scratch.
+        /// A credulous implementation won't reject an excessive size, but this is
+        /// harmless: you'll have some ordinals without nodes. Undersizing is obvious
+        /// and easy to reject: you won't have an ordinal for some nodes.
+        size: u64,
+    },
+    /// A FileNode represents a regular or executable file in a Directory or at the root.
+    File {
+        /// The blake3 digest of the file contents
+        digest: B3Digest,
+
+        /// The file content size
+        size: u64,
+
+        /// Whether the file is executable
+        executable: bool,
+    },
+    /// A SymlinkNode represents a symbolic link in a Directory or at the root.
+    Symlink {
+        /// The target of the symlink.
+        target: SymlinkTarget,
+    },
 }
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_node.rs b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_node.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b9df96a5dd3..000000000000
--- a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_node.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-use crate::ValidateNodeError;
-
-/// A SymlinkNode represents a symbolic link in a Directory or at the root.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct SymlinkNode {
-    /// The target of the symlink.
-    target: bytes::Bytes,
-}
-
-impl SymlinkNode {
-    pub fn new(target: bytes::Bytes) -> Result<Self, ValidateNodeError> {
-        if target.is_empty() || target.contains(&b'\0') {
-            return Err(ValidateNodeError::InvalidSymlinkTarget(target));
-        }
-        Ok(Self { target })
-    }
-
-    pub fn target(&self) -> &bytes::Bytes {
-        &self.target
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_target.rs b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_target.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..838cdaaeda5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/nodes/symlink_target.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// TODO: split out this error
+use crate::ValidateNodeError;
+
+use bstr::ByteSlice;
+use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
+
+/// A wrapper type for symlink targets.
+/// Internally uses a [bytes::Bytes], but disallows empty targets and those
+/// containing null bytes.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct SymlinkTarget {
+    inner: bytes::Bytes,
+}
+
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for SymlinkTarget {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.inner.as_ref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SymlinkTarget> for bytes::Bytes {
+    fn from(value: SymlinkTarget) -> Self {
+        value.inner
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<bytes::Bytes> for SymlinkTarget {
+    type Error = ValidateNodeError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: bytes::Bytes) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if value.is_empty() || value.contains(&b'\0') {
+            return Err(ValidateNodeError::InvalidSymlinkTarget(value));
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self { inner: value })
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&'static [u8]> for SymlinkTarget {
+    type Error = ValidateNodeError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &'static [u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if value.is_empty() || value.contains(&b'\0') {
+            return Err(ValidateNodeError::InvalidSymlinkTarget(
+                bytes::Bytes::from_static(value),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: bytes::Bytes::from_static(value),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&str> for SymlinkTarget {
+    type Error = ValidateNodeError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if value.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ValidateNodeError::InvalidSymlinkTarget(
+                bytes::Bytes::copy_from_slice(value.as_bytes()),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: bytes::Bytes::copy_from_slice(value.as_bytes()),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Debug for SymlinkTarget {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        Debug::fmt(self.inner.as_bstr(), f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for SymlinkTarget {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        Display::fmt(self.inner.as_bstr(), f)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/proto/mod.rs b/tvix/castore/src/proto/mod.rs
index 7cb1cecd27fa..c12eb4ee3c91 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/proto/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/proto/mod.rs
@@ -157,21 +157,25 @@ impl From<&crate::Directory> for Directory {
 
         for (name, node) in directory.nodes() {
             match node {
-                crate::Node::File(n) => files.push(FileNode {
+                crate::Node::File {
+                    digest,
+                    size,
+                    executable,
+                } => files.push(FileNode {
                     name: name.clone(),
-                    digest: n.digest().to_owned().into(),
-                    size: n.size(),
-                    executable: n.executable(),
+                    digest: digest.to_owned().into(),
+                    size: *size,
+                    executable: *executable,
                 }),
-                crate::Node::Directory(n) => directories.push(DirectoryNode {
+                crate::Node::Directory { digest, size } => directories.push(DirectoryNode {
                     name: name.clone(),
-                    digest: n.digest().to_owned().into(),
-                    size: n.size(),
+                    digest: digest.to_owned().into(),
+                    size: *size,
                 }),
-                crate::Node::Symlink(n) => {
+                crate::Node::Symlink { target } => {
                     symlinks.push(SymlinkNode {
                         name: name.clone(),
-                        target: n.target().to_owned(),
+                        target: target.to_owned().into(),
                     });
                 }
             }
@@ -192,7 +196,10 @@ impl Node {
                 let digest = B3Digest::try_from(n.digest)
                     .map_err(|e| DirectoryError::InvalidNode(n.name.to_owned(), e.into()))?;
 
-                let node = crate::Node::Directory(crate::DirectoryNode::new(digest, n.size));
+                let node = crate::Node::Directory {
+                    digest,
+                    size: n.size,
+                };
 
                 Ok((n.name, node))
             }
@@ -200,16 +207,22 @@ impl Node {
                 let digest = B3Digest::try_from(n.digest)
                     .map_err(|e| DirectoryError::InvalidNode(n.name.to_owned(), e.into()))?;
 
-                let node = crate::Node::File(crate::FileNode::new(digest, n.size, n.executable));
+                let node = crate::Node::File {
+                    digest,
+                    size: n.size,
+                    executable: n.executable,
+                };
 
                 Ok((n.name, node))
             }
 
             node::Node::Symlink(n) => {
-                let node = crate::Node::Symlink(
-                    crate::SymlinkNode::new(n.target)
+                let node = crate::Node::Symlink {
+                    target: n
+                        .target
+                        .try_into()
                         .map_err(|e| DirectoryError::InvalidNode(n.name.to_owned(), e))?,
-                );
+                };
 
                 Ok((n.name, node))
             }
@@ -218,27 +231,30 @@ impl Node {
 
     /// Construsts a [Node] from a name and [crate::Node].
     pub fn from_name_and_node(name: bytes::Bytes, n: crate::Node) -> Self {
-        // TODO: make these pub(crate) so we can avoid cloning?
         match n {
-            crate::Node::Directory(directory_node) => Self {
+            crate::Node::Directory { digest, size } => Self {
                 node: Some(node::Node::Directory(DirectoryNode {
                     name,
-                    digest: directory_node.digest().to_owned().into(),
-                    size: directory_node.size(),
+                    digest: digest.into(),
+                    size,
                 })),
             },
-            crate::Node::File(file_node) => Self {
+            crate::Node::File {
+                digest,
+                size,
+                executable,
+            } => Self {
                 node: Some(node::Node::File(FileNode {
                     name,
-                    digest: file_node.digest().to_owned().into(),
-                    size: file_node.size(),
-                    executable: file_node.executable(),
+                    digest: digest.into(),
+                    size,
+                    executable,
                 })),
             },
-            crate::Node::Symlink(symlink_node) => Self {
+            crate::Node::Symlink { target } => Self {
                 node: Some(node::Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode {
                     name,
-                    target: symlink_node.target().to_owned(),
+                    target: target.into(),
                 })),
             },
         }
diff --git a/tvix/castore/src/tests/import.rs b/tvix/castore/src/tests/import.rs
index bbf28a2981bf..32c2c363689f 100644
--- a/tvix/castore/src/tests/import.rs
+++ b/tvix/castore/src/tests/import.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::blobservice::{self, BlobService};
 use crate::directoryservice;
 use crate::fixtures::*;
 use crate::import::fs::ingest_path;
-use crate::{DirectoryNode, Node, SymlinkNode};
+use crate::Node;
 
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ async fn symlink() {
     .expect("must succeed");
 
     assert_eq!(
-        Node::Symlink(SymlinkNode::new("/nix/store/somewhereelse".into(),).unwrap()),
+        Node::Symlink {
+            target: "/nix/store/somewhereelse".try_into().unwrap()
+        },
         root_node,
     )
 }
@@ -53,11 +55,11 @@ async fn single_file() {
     .expect("must succeed");
 
     assert_eq!(
-        Node::File(crate::FileNode::new(
-            HELLOWORLD_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
-            HELLOWORLD_BLOB_CONTENTS.len() as u64,
-            false,
-        )),
+        Node::File {
+            digest: HELLOWORLD_BLOB_DIGEST.clone(),
+            size: HELLOWORLD_BLOB_CONTENTS.len() as u64,
+            executable: false,
+        },
         root_node,
     );
 
@@ -88,10 +90,10 @@ async fn complicated() {
 
     // ensure root_node matched expectations
     assert_eq!(
-        Node::Directory(DirectoryNode::new(
-            DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest().clone(),
-            DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size(),
-        )),
+        Node::Directory {
+            digest: DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.digest().clone(),
+            size: DIRECTORY_COMPLICATED.size(),
+        },
         root_node,
     );