[PATCH] t1091: cone mode list deduplicates and normalizes paths

Pushkar Singh· Jan 19, 2026, 16:57 UTC · lore

Ensure that git sparse-checkout list in cone mode collapses semantically identical paths (e.g. "folder1", "folder1/", and "./folder1") into a single canonical entry.

This protects user-visible behavior across different ways of specifying sparse-checkout patterns.

Signed-off-by: Pushkar Singh <pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>
---
 t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

Show changes to t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh +15 −0

diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
index b2da4feaef..d4ed215aa5 100755
--- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
+++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
@@ -321,6 +321,21 @@ test_expect_success 'cone mode: list' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cone mode: list deduplicates and normalizes paths' '
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout disable &&
+	rm -f repo/.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout init --cone &&
+
+	printf "folder1\nfolder1/\n./folder1\n" |
+		git -C repo sparse-checkout set --stdin &&
+
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout list >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	folder1
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'cone mode: set with nested folders' '
 	git -C repo sparse-checkout set deep deep/deeper1/deepest 2>err &&
 	test_line_count = 0 err &&

-- 
2.43.0

Derrick Stolee· Jan 19, 2026, 18:11 UTC · re: Pushkar Singh · lore

Re: [PATCH] t1091: cone mode list deduplicates and normalizes paths

On 1/19/2026 11:57 AM, Pushkar Singh wrote:

> Ensure that git sparse-checkout list in cone mode collapses
> semantically identical paths (e.g. "folder1", "folder1/",
> and "./folder1") into a single canonical entry.

Are you aware that this is already being worked on? [1]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20260119123339.48435-1-amishhhaaaa@gmail.com/

Please contribute review to that thread with the context you've gathered creating this patch.

Thanks, -Stolee

patcht1091: cone mode list deduplicates and normalizes paths