Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] More index cleanups

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> This is based on ds/cache-tree-basics.
>
> Here are a few more cleanups that are vaguely related to the index. I
> discovered these while preparing my sparse-index RFC that I intend to send
> early next week.
>
> The biggest patch is the final one, which creates a test script for
> comparing sparse-checkouts to full checkouts. There are some commands that
> do not behave similarly. This script will be the backbone of my testing
> strategy for the sparse-index by adding a new mode to compare
> sparse-checkouts with the two index types (full and sparse).
>
>
> UPDATES IN V2
> =============
>
>  * Fixed duplicated test in t1092.
>
>  * Changed the implementation of 'test_region' after I discovered the
>    negation doesn't work correctly. (I updated the test to use what was in
>    t0500-progress-display.sh at the last minute before v1, but that
>    implementation was wrong.) The use of it in t0500-progress-display.sh was
>    incorrect, as well.
>
>  * Updated commit messages to be more informative and have fewer typos.
>
>  * I dropped the patch that placed the sparse-checkout patterns in struct
>    index_state. I'll re-introduce that in time for the actual use of the
>    member.