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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 26, 2026, 15:23 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikbj5y0y.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD1c5JgpQwMuTPE-VWS=7-1Lw7mWVaGGXCPwaG5=VYhk2A@mail.gmail.com>

Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:

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

OK.  Agreed and locally amended.

Let's merge the topic down to 'next'.

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