Re: [PATCH 2/3] cache-tree: detect mismatching number of index entries
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
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>> I guess as long as "it" is not folded, it does not matter how other
>> paths from different directories in active_cache[] are sparsified or
>> expanded, as long as "pos" keeps track of the current position
>> correctly.
>
> It seems like we end up calling `ensure_full_index()` for a sparse
> index, which does cause us to signal to the caller that they should
> restart verification. So for all I understand, this function shouldn't
> act on a sparsely-populated index.
OK. That sounds sensible and safe.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>