[GSoC PATCH v2] backfill: auto-detect sparse-checkout from config
- From
Trieu Huynh <vikingtc4@gmail.com>
- Date
- Apr 4, 2026, 11:15 UTC
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- <20260404111557.17220-1-viking4@gmail.com>
From: Trieu Huynh <vikingtc4@gmail.com>
Commit 85127bcdea ("backfill: assume --sparse when sparse-checkout is enabled") intended for 'git backfill' to consult the repository configuration when the user does not pass '--sparse' or '--no-sparse' on the command line. It added the sentinel check:
if (ctx->sparse < 0)
ctx->sparse = cfg->apply_sparse_checkout;However, the ctx->sparse field is initialized to 0 instead of -1, so this guard never triggers. Consequently, the repository config (core.sparseCheckout) is never checked, and the command always performs a full backfill even when sparse-checkout is enabled.
Fix this by initializing ctx->sparse to -1, ensuring the existing fallback logic correctly reads the repository configuration when no explicit flags are provided.
Add a test to verify that 'git backfill' automatically respects sparse-checkout settings when no flags are passed.
Signed-off-by: Trieu Huynh <vikingtc4@gmail.com> --- v2: - Update commit message to explicitly point to addressing 85127bcdea. - The code change itself is unchanged.
builtin/backfill.c | 2 +- t/t5620-backfill.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/backfill.c b/builtin/backfill.c index e80fc1b694..54acdfe290 100644 --- a/builtin/backfill.c +++ b/builtin/backfill.c @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int cmd_backfill(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct reposit .repo = repo, .current_batch = OID_ARRAY_INIT, .min_batch_size = 50000, - .sparse = 0, + .sparse = -1, }; struct option options[] = { OPT_UNSIGNED(0, "min-batch-size", &ctx.min_batch_size, diff --git a/t/t5620-backfill.sh b/t/t5620-backfill.sh index 58c81556e7..bed4987124 100755 --- a/t/t5620-backfill.sh +++ b/t/t5620-backfill.sh @@ -119,6 +119,21 @@ test_expect_success 'backfill --sparse' ' test_line_count = 0 missing ' +test_expect_success 'backfill auto-detects sparse-checkout from config' ' + git clone --sparse --filter=blob:none \ + --single-branch --branch=main \ + "file://$(pwd)/srv.bare" backfill-auto-sparse && + + git -C backfill-auto-sparse rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >missing && + test_line_count = 44 missing && + + GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/auto-sparse-trace" git \ + -C backfill-auto-sparse backfill && + + test_trace2_data promisor fetch_count 4 <auto-sparse-trace && + test_trace2_data path-walk paths 5 <auto-sparse-trace +' + test_expect_success 'backfill --sparse without cone mode (positive)' ' git clone --no-checkout --filter=blob:none \ --single-branch --branch=main \
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