[PATCH v2 1/3] t7012: add a testcase demonstrating stash apply bugs in sparse checkouts

From: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 1, 2020, 22:25 UTC
Message-ID: <2155bbfe205588387208690abf8071d462c69d64.1606861519.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.919.v2.git.git.1606861519.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>

Applying stashes in sparse-checkouts, particularly when the patterns used to define the sparseness have changed between when the stash was created and when it is applied, has a number of bugs. The primary problem is that stashes are sometimes only partially applied. In most such cases, it does so silently without any warning or error being displayed and with 0 exit status.

There are, however, a few cases when non-translated error messages are shown and the stash application aborts early. The first is when there are files present despite the SKIP_WORKTREE bit being set, in which case the error message shown is:

    error: Entry 'PATHNAME' not uptodate. Cannot merge.

The other situation is when a stash contains new files to add to the working tree; in this case, the code aborts early but still has the stash partially applied, and shows the following error message:

    error: NEWFILE: does not exist and --remove not passed
    fatal: Unable to process path NEWFILE

Add a test that can trigger all three of these problems. Have it carefully check that the working copy and SKIP_WORKTREE bits are as expected after the stash application. The test is currently marked as expected to fail, but subsequent commits will implement the fixes and toggle the expectation.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+)

diff --git a/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh b/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh
index 7476781979..a184ee97fb 100755
--- a/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh
+++ b/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh
@@ -149,6 +149,94 @@ test_expect_success '--ignore-skip-worktree-entries leaves worktree alone' '
 		--diff-filter=D -- keep-me.t
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'stash restore in sparse checkout' '
+	test_create_repo stash-restore &&
+	(
+		cd stash-restore &&
+
+		mkdir subdir &&
+		echo A >subdir/A &&
+		echo untouched >untouched &&
+		echo removeme >removeme &&
+		echo modified >modified &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m Initial &&
+
+		echo AA >>subdir/A &&
+		echo addme >addme &&
+		echo tweaked >>modified &&
+		rm removeme &&
+		git add addme &&
+
+		git stash push &&
+
+		git sparse-checkout set subdir &&
+
+		# Ensure after sparse-checkout we only have expected files
+		cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		S modified
+		S removeme
+		H subdir/A
+		S untouched
+		EOF
+		git ls-files -t >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+		test_path_is_missing addme &&
+		test_path_is_missing modified &&
+		test_path_is_missing removeme &&
+		test_path_is_file    subdir/A &&
+		test_path_is_missing untouched &&
+
+		# Put a file in the working directory in the way
+		echo in the way >modified &&
+		git stash apply &&
+
+		# Ensure stash vivifies modifies paths...
+		cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		H addme
+		H modified
+		H removeme
+		H subdir/A
+		S untouched
+		EOF
+		git ls-files -t >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+		# ...and that the paths show up in status as changed...
+		cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		A  addme
+		 M modified
+		 D removeme
+		 M subdir/A
+		?? actual
+		?? expect
+		?? modified.stash.XXXXXX
+		EOF
+		git status --porcelain | \
+			sed -e s/stash......./stash.XXXXXX/ >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+		# ...and that working directory reflects the files correctly
+		test_path_is_file    addme &&
+		test_path_is_file    modified &&
+		test_path_is_missing removeme &&
+		test_path_is_file    subdir/A &&
+		test_path_is_missing untouched &&
+
+		# ...including that we have the expected "modified" file...
+		cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		modified
+		tweaked
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expect modified &&
+
+		# ...and that the other "modified" file is still present...
+		echo in the way >expect &&
+		test_cmp expect modified.stash.*
+	)
+'
+
 #TODO test_expect_failure 'git-apply adds file' false
 #TODO test_expect_failure 'git-apply updates file' false
 #TODO test_expect_failure 'git-apply removes file' false

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