Re: Git 1.7.6: Sparse checkouts do not work with directory exclusions

> Sometime after Git 1.7.3.2, sparse checkouts stopped working for me.  My 
> sparse-checkout file looks something like:
> 
> *
> !DirA/
> !DirB/
> DirC/
> 
> I have restored some lines of code that were removed in November 2010.  
> This resolves the sparse checkout issue for me, but my guess is the 
> solution is not implemented properly.
> 
> Can anyone confirm the issue and describe why those lines were removed?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Josh
> 
> ---
>   dir.c |    5 ++++-
>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> index 6e4494e..3f057b6 100644
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -507,7 +507,10 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
>               int to_exclude = x->to_exclude;
> 
>               if (x->flags & EXC_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR) {
> -                if (*dtype == DT_UNKNOWN)
> +                if (!prefixcmp(pathname, exclude) &&
> +                    pathname[x->patternlen] == '/')
> +                    return to_exclude;
> +                else if (*dtype == DT_UNKNOWN)
>                       *dtype = get_dtype(NULL, pathname, pathlen);
>                   if (*dtype != DT_DIR)
>                       continue;