Re: [PATCH 5/5] add: ignore outside the sparse-checkout in refresh()

>
> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> Since b243012 (refresh_index(): add flag to ignore SKIP_WORKTREE
> entries, 2021-04-08), 'git add --refresh <path>' will output a warning
> message when the path is outside the sparse-checkout definition. The
> implementation of this warning happened in parallel with the
> sparse-index work to add ensure_full_index() calls throughout the
> codebase.
>
> Update this loop to have the proper logic that checks to see if the
> pathspec is outside the sparse-checkout definition. This avoids the need
> to expand the sparse directory entry and determine if the path is
> tracked, untracked, or ignored. We simply avoid updating the stat()
> information because there isn't even an entry that matches the path!
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  builtin/add.c                            | 10 +++++++++-
>  t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh |  6 +-----
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
> index c76e6ddd359..d512ece655b 100644
> --- a/builtin/add.c
> +++ b/builtin/add.c
> @@ -192,13 +192,21 @@ static int refresh(int verbose, const struct pathspec *pathspec)
>         struct string_list only_match_skip_worktree = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
>         int flags = REFRESH_IGNORE_SKIP_WORKTREE |
>                     (verbose ? REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN : REFRESH_QUIET);
> +       struct pattern_list pl = { 0 };
> +       int sparse_checkout_enabled = !get_sparse_checkout_patterns(&pl);
>
>         seen = xcalloc(pathspec->nr, 1);
>         refresh_index(&the_index, flags, pathspec, seen,
>                       _("Unstaged changes after refreshing the index:"));
>         for (i = 0; i < pathspec->nr; i++) {
>                 if (!seen[i]) {
> -                       if (matches_skip_worktree(pathspec, i, &skip_worktree_seen)) {
> +                       const char *path = pathspec->items[i].original;
> +                       int dtype = DT_REG;
> +
> +                       if (matches_skip_worktree(pathspec, i, &skip_worktree_seen) ||
> +                           (sparse_checkout_enabled &&
> +                            !path_matches_pattern_list(path, strlen(path), NULL,
> +                                                       &dtype, &pl, &the_index))) {

>                                 string_list_append(&only_match_skip_worktree,
>                                                    pathspec->items[i].original);
>                         } else {
> diff --git a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
> index 73c48a71d89..c61424e2074 100755
> --- a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
> +++ b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
> @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status/add: outside sparse cone' '
>         test_all_match git commit -m folder1/newer
>  '
>
> -test_expect_failure 'add: pathspec within sparse directory' '
> +test_expect_success 'add: pathspec within sparse directory' '
>         init_repos &&
>
>         run_on_sparse mkdir folder1 &&
> @@ -357,10 +357,6 @@ test_expect_failure 'add: pathspec within sparse directory' '
>         # This "git add folder1/a" fails with a warning
>         # in the sparse repos, differing from the full
>         # repo. This is intentional.
> -       #
> -       # However, in the sparse-index, folder1/a does not
> -       # match any cache entry and fails with a different
> -       # error message. This needs work.
>         test_sparse_match test_must_fail git add folder1/a &&
>         test_sparse_match test_must_fail git add --refresh folder1/a &&
>         test_all_match git status --porcelain=v2
> --
> gitgitgadget