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[PATCH v3 0/2] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option

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ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2023, 16:16 UTC
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<pull.1458.v3.git.1675527416.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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Add a %(skipworktree) atom git ls-files --format to indicate whether the file in the index match the sparse specification.

v1: add %(skipworktree) atom to git ls-files format option. v2:
 1. no longer mentioned git ls-files -t.
 2. change %(skipworktree) output from "true"/"false" to "1"/"".
 3. fix the sparse-checkout docs link. v3:
 4. fixed numbering of paragraphs in documentation by using ".".
 5. revised little test style.
ZheNing Hu (2):
  docs: fix sparse-checkout docs link
  ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option
 Documentation/Makefile                      |  1 +
 Documentation/git-ls-files.txt              |  4 ++
 Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt | 55 +++++++++++++--------
 builtin/ls-files.c                          |  3 ++
 t/t3013-ls-files-format.sh                  | 16 ++++++
 5 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
base-commit: a7caae2729742fc80147bca1c02ae848cb55921a
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1458%2Fadlternative%2Fzh%2Fls-file-format-skipworktree-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1458/adlternative/zh/ls-file-format-skipworktree-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1458
Range-diff vs v2:
 1:  cde4827da13 ! 1:  3bdd3ceb16c docs: fix sparse-checkout docs link
     @@ Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt: operate full-tree.
       
      -0. Behavior A is not well supported in Git.  (Behavior B didn't used to
      -   be either, but was the easier of the two to implement.)
     -+Behavior A is not well supported in Git.  (Behavior B didn't used to
     ++. Behavior A is not well supported in Git.  (Behavior B didn't used to
      +be either, but was the easier of the two to implement.)
       
     - 1. am and apply:
     +-1. am and apply:
     ++. am and apply:
       
     +    apply, without `--index` or `--cached`, relies on files being present
     +    in the working copy, and also writes to them unconditionally.  As
      @@ Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt: been working on it.
     +    files and then complain that those vivified files would be
     +    overwritten by merge.
     + 
     +-2. reset --hard:
     ++. reset --hard:
     + 
     +    reset --hard provides confusing error message (works correctly, but
     +    misleads the user into believing it didn't):
     +@@ Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt: been working on it.
     +     `git reset --hard` DID remove addme from the index and the working tree, contrary
     +     to the error message, but in line with how reset --hard should behave.
     + 
     +-3. read-tree
     ++. read-tree
     + 
     +    `read-tree` doesn't apply the 'SKIP_WORKTREE' bit to *any* of the
     +    entries it reads into the index, resulting in all your files suddenly
     +    appearing to be "deleted".
     + 
     +-4. Checkout, restore:
     ++. Checkout, restore:
     + 
     +    These command do not handle path & revision arguments appropriately:
     + 
     +@@ Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt: been working on it.
     +     S tracked
     +     H tracked-but-maybe-skipped
     + 
     +-5. checkout and restore --staged, continued:
     ++. checkout and restore --staged, continued:
     + 
     +    These commands do not correctly scope operations to the sparse
     +    specification, and make it worse by not setting important SKIP_WORKTREE
     +@@ Documentation/technical/sparse-checkout.txt: been working on it.
     +    the sparse specification, but then it will be important to set the
     +    SKIP_WORKTREE bits appropriately.
     + 
     +-6. Performance issues; see:
     ++. Performance issues; see:
           https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BEkJQoKZsQGCYioyga_uoDQ6iBeW+FKr8JhyuuTMK1RDw@mail.gmail.com/
       
       
 2:  9ebd6b77a69 ! 2:  15e77743f7f ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option
     @@ Documentation/git-ls-files.txt: eolattr::
       path::
       	The pathname of the file which is recorded in the index.
      +skipworktree::
     -+	If the file in the index marked with SKIP_WORKTREE bit.
     -+	It means the file do not match the sparse specification.
     ++	Whether the file in the index has the SKIP_WORKTREE bit set.
      +	See link:technical/sparse-checkout.txt[sparse-checkout]
      +	for more information.
       
     @@ t/t3013-ls-files-format.sh: test_expect_success 'git ls-files --format with --de
      +	git add dir1 dir2 &&
      +	git commit -m skipworktree &&
      +	git sparse-checkout set dir1 &&
     -+	git ls-files --format="%(path)%(skipworktree)" >actual &&
     ++	git ls-files --format="%(skipworktree) %(path)" "dir*" >actual &&
      +	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
     -+	dir1/file1.txt
     -+	dir2/file2.txt1
     -+	o1.txt
     -+	o2.txt
     -+	o3.txt
     -+	o4.txt
     -+	o5.txt
     -+	o6.txt
     -+	o7.txt
     ++	 dir1/file1.txt
     ++	1 dir2/file2.txt
      +	EOF
      +	test_cmp expect actual
      +'
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  1. ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format optionZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jan 11, 2023
  2. Elijah NewrenJan 12, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2023
  4. Elijah NewrenJan 13, 2023
  5. ZheNing HuJan 13, 2023
  6. ZheNing HuJan 13, 2023
  7. Elijah NewrenJan 14, 2023
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 12, 2023
  9. ZheNing HuJan 13, 2023
  10. 0/2 ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format optionZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jan 19, 2023
  11. 1/2 docs: fix sparse-checkout docs linkZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jan 19, 2023
  12. Elijah NewrenJan 20, 2023
  13. Martin ÅgrenJan 20, 2023
  14. ZheNing HuJan 23, 2023
  15. ZheNing HuJan 23, 2023
  16. 2/2 ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format optionZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jan 19, 2023
  17. Elijah NewrenJan 20, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2023
  19. ZheNing HuJan 23, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2023
  21. ZheNing HuJan 23, 2023
  22. 0/2 ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format optionZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2023
  23. 1/2 docs: fix sparse-checkout docs linkZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2023
  24. 2/2 ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format optionZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Feb 4, 2023

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