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[PATCH v2 05/14] dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't list empty directories as ignored

From
Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 15, 2013, 19:08 UTC
Message-ID
<516C503A.5000000@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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'git-status --ignored' lists empty untracked directories as ignored, even though they don't have any ignored files.

When checking if a directory is already listed as untracked (i.e. shouldn't be listed as ignored as well), don't assume that the directory has only ignored files if it doesn't have untracked files, as the directory may be empty.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 dir.c                      |  5 +++--
 t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 1112b05..c5705e3 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static enum directory_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
 
 	/*
 	 * We are looking for ignored files and our directory is not ignored,
-	 * check if it contains only ignored files
+	 * check if it contains untracked files (i.e. is listed as untracked)
 	 */
 	if ((dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED) && !exclude) {
 		int ignored;
@@ -1079,7 +1079,8 @@ static enum directory_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
 		ignored = read_directory_recursive(dir, dirname, len, 1, simplify);
 		dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 
-		return ignored ? ignore_directory : show_directory;
+		if (ignored)
+			return ignore_directory;
 	}
 
 	if (!(dir->flags & DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES))
diff --git a/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh b/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh
index 28b7d95..6171a49 100755
--- a/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh
+++ b/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh
@@ -64,13 +64,35 @@ cat >expected <<\EOF
 ?? .gitignore
 ?? actual
 ?? expected
-!! untracked-ignored/
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'status untracked directory with ignored files with --ignore' '
+test_expect_success 'status empty untracked directory with --ignore' '
 	rm -rf ignored &&
 	mkdir untracked-ignored &&
 	mkdir untracked-ignored/test &&
+	git status --porcelain --ignored >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+?? .gitignore
+?? actual
+?? expected
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'status empty untracked directory with --ignore -u' '
+	git status --porcelain --ignored -u >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+cat >expected <<\EOF
+?? .gitignore
+?? actual
+?? expected
+!! untracked-ignored/
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'status untracked directory with ignored files with --ignore' '
 	: >untracked-ignored/ignored &&
 	: >untracked-ignored/test/ignored &&
 	git status --porcelain --ignored >actual &&
-- 
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Message 18 of 36 in “Improve git-status --ignored”
  1. 0/8 Improve git-status --ignoredKarsten Blees, Mar 18, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  3. Duy NguyenMar 19, 2013
  4. Karsten BleesMar 19, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  6. Duy NguyenMar 19, 2013
  7. 00/14 Improve git-status --ignoredKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  8. 01/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't drop ignored directoriesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  10. Karsten BleesApr 17, 2013
  11. 02/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't list files in ignored directoriesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  12. read_revisions_from_stdin: make copies for handle_revision_argThomas Rast, Apr 16, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  14. 03/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't list empty ignored directoriesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  16. Karsten BleesApr 17, 2013
  17. 04/14 dir.c: git-ls-files --directories: don't hide empty directoriesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  18. 05/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't list empty directories as ignoredKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  19. 06/14 dir.c: make 'git-status --ignored' work within leading directoriesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  20. 07/14 dir.c: git-clean -d -X: don't delete tracked directoriesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  21. 08/14 dir.c: factor out parts of last_exclude_matching for later reuseKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  22. 09/14 dir.c: move prep_excludeKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  23. 10/14 dir.c: unify is_excluded and is_path_excluded APIsKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  25. 11/14 dir.c: replace is_path_excluded with now equivalent is_excluded APIKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  26. 12/14 dir.c: git-status: avoid is_excluded checks for tracked filesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  27. 13/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't scan the work tree three timesKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  28. 14/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't scan the work tree twiceKarsten Blees, Apr 15, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  31. Karsten BleesApr 15, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  33. Karsten BleesApr 17, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2013
  35. 11/14 dir.c: replace is_path_excluded with now equivalent is_excluded APIKarsten Blees, Apr 17, 2013
  36. 14/14 dir.c: git-status --ignored: don't scan the work tree twiceKarsten Blees, Apr 17, 2013

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