What is varInt+ and varInt-?

Question

Programming

int readVarint (int/*bool*/optimizePositive) {
   unsigned char b = readByte();
   int value = b & 0x7F;
   if (b & 0x80) {
      b = readByte();
      value |= (b & 0x7F) << 7;
      if (b & 0x80) {
         b = readByte();
         value |= (b & 0x7F) << 14;
         if (b & 0x80) {
            b = readByte();
            value |= (b & 0x7F) << 21;
            if (b & 0x80) value |= (readByte() & 0x7F) << 28;
         }
      }
   }
   if (!optimizePositive) value = (((unsigned int)value >> 1) ^ -(value & 1));
   return value;
}

There is such a code, I can not understand how it works. Explain in more detail who can.