Re: [Outreachy PATCH v7 2/3] environment: stop using core.sparseCheckout globally

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 26, 2026, 12:57 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD1c5JgpQwMuTPE-VWS=7-1Lw7mWVaGGXCPwaG5=VYhk2A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7d33f1ef0f8182893d63d49b350984025ab757d4.1771258573.git.belkid98@gmail.com>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM Olamide Caleb Bello <belkid98@gmail.com> wrote:

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> @@ -670,7 +672,8 @@ static void clear_skip_worktree_from_present_files_full(struct index_state *ista
>
>  void clear_skip_worktree_from_present_files(struct index_state *istate)
>  {
> -       if (!core_apply_sparse_checkout ||
> +       struct repo_config_values *cfg = repo_config_values(the_repository);

Nit: it would be better with a blank line here.

> +       if (!cfg->apply_sparse_checkout ||
>             sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns)
>                 return;

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