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[PATCH 04/16] update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 14, 2008, 13:07 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 builtin-update-index.c             |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 1d9d81a..707c33f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\*
 	     [--chmod=(+|-)x]
 	     [--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
+	     [--checkout | --no-checkout]
 	     [--ignore-submodules]
 	     [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
 	     [--info-only] [--index-info]
@@ -88,6 +89,17 @@ OPTIONS
 	sometimes helpful when working with a big project on a
 	filesystem that has very slow lstat(2) system call
 	(e.g. cifs).
+--checkout::
+--no-checkout::
+	When these flags are specified, the object name recorded
+	for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options
+	set and unset the "no-checkout" bit for the paths. This
+	bit is used for marking files for narrow checkout. If
+	a path is marked "no-checkout", then it should not be
+	checked out unless requested by user or needed for a git
+	command to function.
+	See linkgit:git-checkout[1] for more information about
+	narrow checkout.
 +
 This option can be also used as a coarse file-level mechanism
 to ignore uncommitted changes in tracked files (akin to what
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index f63a34e..6ed883d 100644
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int info_only;
 static int force_remove;
 static int verbose;
 static int mark_valid_only;
+static int mark_no_checkout_only;
 #define MARK_FLAG 1
 #define UNMARK_FLAG 2
 
@@ -276,6 +277,11 @@ static void update_one(const char *path, const char *prefix, int prefix_length)
 			die("Unable to mark file %s", path);
 		goto free_return;
 	}
+	if (mark_no_checkout_only) {
+		if (mark_ce_flags(p, CE_NO_CHECKOUT, mark_no_checkout_only == MARK_FLAG))
+			die("Unable to mark file %s", path);
+		goto free_return;
+	}
 
 	if (force_remove) {
 		if (remove_file_from_cache(p))
@@ -386,7 +392,7 @@ static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 }
 
 static const char update_index_usage[] =
-"git update-index [-q] [--add] [--replace] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--really-refresh] [--cacheinfo] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged] [--info-only] [--force-remove] [--stdin] [--index-info] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--ignore-missing] [-z] [--verbose] [--] <file>...";
+"git update-index [-q] [--add] [--replace] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--really-refresh] [--cacheinfo] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged] [--checkout|--no-checkout] [--info-only] [--force-remove] [--stdin] [--index-info] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--ignore-missing] [-z] [--verbose] [--] <file>...";
 
 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
 static unsigned char merge_head_sha1[20];
@@ -652,6 +658,14 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				mark_valid_only = UNMARK_FLAG;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(path, "--checkout")) {
+				mark_no_checkout_only = UNMARK_FLAG;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(path, "--no-checkout")) {
+				mark_no_checkout_only = MARK_FLAG;
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(path, "--info-only")) {
 				info_only = 1;
 				continue;
-- 
1.6.0.96.g2fad1.dirty
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  1. 00/16 Narrow/Partial/Sparse checkoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  2. 01/16 Extend index to save more flagsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  3. 02/16 Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  4. 03/16 update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new optionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  5. 04/16 update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update CE_NO_CHECKOUT bitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  6. 05/16 ls-files: add --narrow-checkout option to "will checkout" entriesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  7. 06/16 Add tests for updating no-checkout entries in indexNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  8. 07/16 Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside narrow checkoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  9. 08/16 checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries.Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  10. 09/16 ls-files: apply --deleted on narrow area onlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  11. 10/16 grep: skip files that have not been checked outNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  12. 11/16 unpack_trees(): add support for narrow checkoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  13. 12/16 narrow spec: put '+' before a spec will change semantic of '*'Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  14. 13/16 ls-files: add --narrow-match=spec option for testing narrow matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  15. 14/16 clone: support narrow checkout with --path optionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  16. 15/16 checkout: add new options to support narrow checkoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  17. 16/16 ls-files: add --overlay optionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 14, 2008
  18. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2008
  20. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 16, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2008
  22. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008
  23. BazSep 16, 2008
  24. Johannes SixtSep 16, 2008
  25. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 16, 2008
  26. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008
  27. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2008
  28. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2008
  30. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 16, 2008
  31. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2008
  33. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2008
  35. Jakub NarebskiSep 14, 2008

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