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Re: [WIP v1 3/4] mv: add advise_to_reapply hint for moving file into cone

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 31, 2022, 10:30 UTC
Message-ID
<220331.86ilruqup6.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20220331091755.385961-4-shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 31 2022, Shaoxuan Yuan wrote:
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> Originally, the SKIP_WORKTREE bit is not removed when moving an out-of-cone
> file into sparse cone, thus the moved file does not show up in the working tree.
> Hint the user to use "git sparse-checkout reapply" to reapply the sparsity rules
> to the working tree, by which the SKIP_WORKTREE bit is removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shaoxuan Yuan <shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com>
> ---
> I offered this solution becasue I'm not sure how to turn a cache_entry's 
> ce_flags back to a non-sparse state. I tried directly set it to 0 like this:
>
> 	ce->ce_flags = 0;
>
> But the behavior after this seems undefined. The file still won't show up
> in the working tree.
>
> And I found that "git sparse-checkout reapply" seems to be a nice fit for the
> job. But I guess if there is a way (there must be but I don't know) to do it
> direcly in the code, that could also be nice.
>
>  builtin/mv.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
> index 9da9205e01..5f511fb8da 100644
> --- a/builtin/mv.c
> +++ b/builtin/mv.c
> @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  {
>  	int i, flags, gitmodules_modified = 0;
>  	int verbose = 0, show_only = 0, force = 0, ignore_errors = 0, ignore_sparse = 0;
> +	int advise_to_reapply = 0;
>  	struct option builtin_mv_options[] = {
>  		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("be verbose")),
>  		OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only, N_("dry run")),
> @@ -383,6 +384,11 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  		pos = cache_name_pos(src, strlen(src));
>  		assert(pos >= 0);
>  		rename_cache_entry_at(pos, dst);
> +		if (!advise_to_reapply &&
> +			!path_in_sparse_checkout(src, &the_index) &&
> +			path_in_sparse_checkout(dst, &the_index)) {
> +				advise_to_reapply = 1;
> +			}
More odd indentation, and the braces aren't needed.
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>  	}
>  
>  	if (gitmodules_modified)
> @@ -392,6 +398,9 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  			       COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED))
>  		die(_("Unable to write new index file"));
>  
> +	if (advise_to_reapply)
> +		printf(_("Please use \"git sparse-checkout reapply\" to reapply the sparsity.\n"));
> +

Please see 93026558512 (tracking branches: add advice to ambiguous refspec error, 2022-03-28) (the OID may change after I send this, as it's in "seen") for how to add new advise, i.e. we use advise(), add an enum field, config var etc.

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Message 15 of 95 in “[WIP v1 0/4] mv: fix out-of-cone file/directory move logic”
  1. Shaoxuan YuanMar 31, 2022
  2. 1/4 mv: check if out-of-cone file exists in index with SKIP_WORKTREE bitShaoxuan Yuan, Mar 31, 2022
  3. Victoria DyeMar 31, 2022
  4. Derrick StoleeApr 1, 2022
  5. 2/4 mv: add check_dir_in_index() and solve general dir check issueShaoxuan Yuan, Mar 31, 2022
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 31, 2022
  7. Shaoxuan YuanApr 1, 2022
  8. Victoria DyeMar 31, 2022
  9. Shaoxuan YuanApr 1, 2022
  10. Derrick StoleeApr 1, 2022
  11. Shaoxuan YuanApr 4, 2022
  12. Shaoxuan YuanApr 4, 2022
  13. Derrick StoleeApr 4, 2022
  14. 3/4 mv: add advise_to_reapply hint for moving file into coneShaoxuan Yuan, Mar 31, 2022
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 31, 2022
  16. Shaoxuan YuanApr 1, 2022
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 1, 2022
  18. Eric SunshineApr 3, 2022
  19. Victoria DyeMar 31, 2022
  20. Derrick StoleeApr 1, 2022
  21. 4/4 t7002: add tests for moving out-of-cone file/directoryShaoxuan Yuan, Mar 31, 2022
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 31, 2022
  23. Victoria DyeMar 31, 2022
  24. Shaoxuan YuanMar 31, 2022
  25. Victoria DyeMar 31, 2022
  26. Shaoxuan YuanApr 1, 2022
  27. Shaoxuan YuanApr 8, 2022
  28. 0/5 mv: fix out-of-cone file/directory move logicShaoxuan Yuan, May 27, 2022
  29. 1/5 t7002: add tests for moving out-of-cone file/directoryShaoxuan Yuan, May 27, 2022
  30. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 27, 2022
  31. Derrick StoleeMay 27, 2022
  32. Victoria DyeMay 27, 2022
  33. 2/5 mv: check if out-of-cone file exists in index with SKIP_WORKTREE bitShaoxuan Yuan, May 27, 2022
  34. Derrick StoleeMay 27, 2022
  35. Victoria DyeMay 27, 2022
  36. Shaoxuan YuanMay 31, 2022
  37. 3/5 mv: check if <destination> exists in index to handle overwritingShaoxuan Yuan, May 27, 2022
  38. Victoria DyeMay 27, 2022
  39. 4/5 mv: add check_dir_in_index() and solve general dir check issueShaoxuan Yuan, May 27, 2022
  40. Derrick StoleeMay 27, 2022
  41. Shaoxuan YuanMay 31, 2022
  42. Derrick StoleeMay 31, 2022
  43. 5/5 mv: use update_sparsity() after touching sparse contentsShaoxuan Yuan, May 27, 2022
  44. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 27, 2022
  45. Victoria DyeMay 27, 2022
  46. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2022
  47. Victoria DyeMay 27, 2022
  48. Shaoxuan YuanJun 16, 2022
  49. Victoria DyeJun 16, 2022
  50. Shaoxuan YuanJun 17, 2022
  51. 0/7 mv: fix out-of-cone file/directory move logicShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  52. 1/7 t7002: add tests for moving out-of-cone file/directoryShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  53. Victoria DyeJun 21, 2022
  54. 2/7 mv: decouple if/else-if checks using gotoShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  55. 3/7 mv: check if out-of-cone file exists in index with SKIP_WORKTREE bitShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  56. 4/7 mv: check if <destination> exists in index to handle overwritingShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  57. 5/7 mv: use flags mode for update_modeShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  58. Victoria DyeJun 21, 2022
  59. Shaoxuan YuanJun 22, 2022
  60. 6/7 mv: add check_dir_in_index() and solve general dir check issueShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  61. Victoria DyeJun 21, 2022
  62. 7/7 mv: update sparsity after moving from out-of-cone to in-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 19, 2022
  63. Victoria DyeJun 21, 2022
  64. Victoria DyeJun 21, 2022
  65. Derrick StoleeJun 23, 2022
  66. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2022
  67. Shaoxuan YuanJun 24, 2022
  68. 0/7 mv: fix out-of-cone file/directory move logicShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  69. 1/7 t7002: add tests for moving out-of-cone file/directoryShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  70. 2/7 mv: update sparsity after moving from out-of-cone to in-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  71. Derrick StoleeJun 23, 2022
  72. Shaoxuan YuanJun 24, 2022
  73. Derrick StoleeJun 27, 2022
  74. 3/7 mv: decouple if/else-if checks using gotoShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  75. 4/7 mv: check if out-of-cone file exists in index with SKIP_WORKTREE bitShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  76. 5/7 mv: check if <destination> exists in index to handle overwritingShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  77. 6/7 mv: use flags mode for update_modeShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  78. Derrick StoleeJun 23, 2022
  79. 7/7 mv: add check_dir_in_index() and solve general dir check issueShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 23, 2022
  80. Derrick StoleeJun 23, 2022
  81. Shaoxuan YuanJun 24, 2022
  82. Derrick StoleeJun 27, 2022
  83. Derrick StoleeJun 23, 2022
  84. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2022
  85. 0/8 mv: fix out-of-cone file/directory move logicShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  86. 1/8 t7002: add tests for moving out-of-cone file/directoryShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  87. 2/8 t1092: mv directory from out-of-cone to in-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  88. 3/8 mv: update sparsity after moving from out-of-cone to in-coneShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  89. 4/8 mv: decouple if/else-if checks using gotoShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  90. 5/8 mv: check if out-of-cone file exists in index with SKIP_WORKTREE bitShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  91. 6/8 mv: check if <destination> exists in index to handle overwritingShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  92. 7/8 mv: use flags mode for update_modeShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  93. 8/8 mv: add check_dir_in_index() and solve general dir check issueShaoxuan Yuan, Jun 30, 2022
  94. Derrick StoleeJul 1, 2022
  95. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2022

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