Re: [PATCH 17/20] sparse-checkout: disable sparse-index

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:14:26PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> +test_expect_success 'sparse-index enabled and disabled' '
>> +	git -C repo sparse-checkout init --cone --sparse-index &&
>> +	test_cmp_config -C repo true extensions.sparseIndex &&
>> +	test-tool -C repo read-cache --table >cache &&
>> +	grep " tree " cache &&
>> +
>> +	git -C repo sparse-checkout disable &&
>> +	test-tool -C repo read-cache --table >cache &&
>> +	! grep " tree " cache &&
>> +	git -C repo config --list >config &&
>> +	! grep extensions.sparseindex config
>> +'
> 
> This test passes with GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=1 at the moment, because,
> unfortunately, GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX has been broken for the past two
> years.  However, if I run it with my WIP fixes for that issue [1],
> then it will fail:
> 
>   +git -C repo sparse-checkout init --cone --sparse-index
>   +test_cmp_config -C repo true extensions.sparseIndex
>   +test-tool -C repo read-cache --table
>   +grep  tree  cache
>   error: last command exited with $?=1
>   not ok 16 - sparse-index enabled and disabled
> 
> https://travis-ci.com/github/szeder/git-cooking-topics-for-travis-ci/jobs/486702444#L2594
> 
> [1] Try to run it with:
> 
>       https://github.com/szeder/git split-index-fixes
> 
>     The code is, I believe, close to final, the commit messages,
>     however, are far from being finished.