#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input_byline {
    ($($r:tt)* ) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut q = std::collections::VecDeque::new();
        let mut next = || {
            if q.is_empty() {
                let mut s = String::new();
                stdin.read_line(&mut s);
                for v in s.split_whitespace() {
                    q.push_back(v.to_string());
                }
            }
            q.pop_front().unwrap()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };

}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };

    ($next:expr, mut $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, bytes) => {
        read_value!($next, String).into_bytes()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

trait Printable {
    fn p(&self);
}

impl<T: std::fmt::Display> Printable for T {
    fn p(&self) {
        println!("{}", self);
    }
}

impl<T: std::fmt::Display> Printable for [T] {
    fn p(&self) {
        for i in 0..self.len() {
            if i != 0 {
                print!(" ");
            }
            print!("{}", self[i]);
        }
        println!("");
    }
}

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BinaryHeap, HashMap};

#[allow(dead_code)]
type Graph = Vec<Vec<usize>>;

fn dfs(
    cur: usize,
    par: usize,
    graph: &Vec<Vec<usize>>,
    col: &mut Vec<usize>,
    map: &mut HashMap<(usize, usize), usize>,
) {
    let mut c = 1;
    for &next in &graph[cur] {
        if next == par {
            continue;
        }
        if c == col[cur] {
            c += 1;
        }
        col[next] = c;
        map.insert((next, cur), c);
        map.insert((cur, next), c);

        c += 1;
        dfs(next, cur, graph, col, map);
    }
}

fn main() {
    input! {
        n: usize,
        edges: [(usize1, usize1); n-1],
    }

    let mut graph = vec![vec![]; n];
    for &(a, b) in &edges {
        graph[a].push(b);
        graph[b].push(a);
    }

    let mut map = HashMap::new();
    let mut col = vec![0; n];
    dfs(0, 0, &graph, &mut col, &mut map);

    println!("{}", col.iter().max().unwrap());
    for &(a, b) in &edges {
        println!("{}", map.get(&(a, b)).unwrap());
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 28968