Re: [PATCH 2/8] sparse-checkout: create leading directories

> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> The 'git init' command creates the ".git/info" directory and fills it
> with some default files. However, 'git worktree add' does not create
> the info directory for that worktree. This causes a problem when running
> "git sparse-checkout init" inside a worktree. While care was taken to
> allow the sparse-checkout config to be specific to a worktree, this
> initialization was untested.
>
> Safely create the leading directories for the sparse-checkout file. This
> is the safest thing to do even without worktrees, as a user could delete
> their ".git/info" directory and expect Git to recover safely.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  builtin/sparse-checkout.c          |  4 ++++
>  t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
> index b3bed891cb..3cee8ab46e 100644
> --- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
> +++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
> @@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ static int write_patterns_and_update(struct pattern_list *pl)
>  	int result;
>  
>  	sparse_filename = get_sparse_checkout_filename();
> +
> +	if (safe_create_leading_directories(sparse_filename))
> +		die(_("failed to create directory for sparse-checkout file"));
> +

> diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
> index 20caefe155..37365dc668 100755
> --- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
> +++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
> @@ -295,4 +295,14 @@ test_expect_success 'interaction with submodules' '
>  	check_files super/modules/child "a deep folder1 folder2"
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'different sparse-checkouts with worktrees' '
> +	git -C repo worktree add --detach ../worktree &&
> +	check_files worktree "a deep folder1 folder2" &&
> +	git -C worktree sparse-checkout init --cone &&
> +	git -C repo sparse-checkout set folder1 &&
> +	git -C worktree sparse-checkout set deep/deeper1 &&
> +	check_files repo "a folder1" &&
> +	check_files worktree "a deep"
> +'
> +
>  test_done