@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 from .typ import (
     BaseIndexEntry,
     IndexEntry,
+    StageType,
 )
 from .util import TemporaryFileSwap, post_clear_cache, default_index, git_working_dir
 
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@
     from git.util import Actor
 
 
-StageType = int
 Treeish = Union[Tree, Commit, str, bytes]
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from .util import pack, unpack
 from git.objects import Blob
-from git.index.base import StageType
 
 
 # typing ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -16,9 +15,11 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from git.repo import Repo
 
+StageType = int
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-__all__ = ("BlobFilter", "BaseIndexEntry", "IndexEntry")
+__all__ = ("BlobFilter", "BaseIndexEntry", "IndexEntry", "StageType")
 
 # { Invariants
 CE_NAMEMASK = 0x0FFF