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

2 messages from 2026-01-19 to 2026-01-19. Participants: Pushkar Singh, Derrick Stolee.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64830

## Pushkar Singh, 2026-01-19 16:57

Subject: [PATCH] t1091: cone mode list deduplicates and normalizes paths
Message-ID: <20260119165724.7339-3-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20260119165724.7339-3-pushkarkumarsingh1970%40gmail.com

```
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(+)

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


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## Derrick Stolee, 2026-01-19 18:11

Subject: Re: [PATCH] t1091: cone mode list deduplicates and normalizes paths
Message-ID: <edbde063-2c39-4812-9970-247b67f678c7@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/edbde063-2c39-4812-9970-247b67f678c7%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20260119165724.7339-3-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>

```
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


```