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authorLibravatar Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>2020-03-27 00:48:52 +0000
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-03-27 11:33:30 -0700
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unpack-trees: add a new update_sparsity() function
Previously, the only way to update the SKIP_WORKTREE bits for various paths was invoking `git read-tree -mu HEAD` or calling the same code that this codepath invoked. This however had a number of problems if the index or working directory were not clean. First, let's consider the case: Flipping SKIP_WORKTREE -> !SKIP_WORKTREE (materializing files) If the working tree was clean this was fine, but if there were files or directories or symlinks or whatever already present at the given path then the operation would abort with an error. Let's label this case for later discussion: A) There is an untracked path in the way Now let's consider the opposite case: Flipping !SKIP_WORKTREE -> SKIP_WORKTREE (removing files) If the index and working tree was clean this was fine, but if there were any unclean paths we would run into problems. There are three different cases to consider: B) The path is unmerged C) The path has unstaged changes D) The path has staged changes (differs from HEAD) If any path fell into case B or C, then the whole operation would be aborted with an error. With sparse-checkout, the whole operation would be aborted for case D as well, but for its predecessor of using `git read-tree -mu HEAD` directly, any paths that fell into case D would be removed from the working copy and the index entry for that path would be reset to match HEAD -- which looks and feels like data loss to users (only a few are even aware to ask whether it can be recovered, and even then it requires walking through loose objects trying to match up the right ones). Refusing to remove files that have unsaved user changes is good, but refusing to work on any other paths is very problematic for users. If the user is in the middle of a rebase or has made modifications to files that bring in more dependencies, then for their build to work they need to update the sparse paths. This logic has been preventing them from doing so. Sometimes in response, the user will stage the files and re-try, to no avail with sparse-checkout or to the horror of losing their changes if they are using its predecessor of `git read-tree -mu HEAD`. Add a new update_sparsity() function which will not error out in any of these cases but behaves as follows for the special cases: A) Leave the file in the working copy alone, clear the SKIP_WORKTREE bit, and print a warning (thus leaving the path in a state where status will report the file as modified, which seems logical). B) Do NOT mark this path as SKIP_WORKTREE, and leave it as unmerged. C) Do NOT mark this path as SKIP_WORKTREE and print a warning about the dirty path. D) Mark the path as SKIP_WORKTREE, but do not revert the version stored in the index to match HEAD; leave the contents alone. I tried a different behavior for A (leave the SKIP_WORKTREE bit set), but found it very surprising and counter-intuitive (e.g. the user sees it is present along with all the other files in that directory, tries to stage it, but git add ignores it since the SKIP_WORKTREE bit is set). A & C seem like optimal behavior to me. B may be as well, though I wonder if printing a warning would be an improvement. Some might be slightly surprised by D at first, but given that it does the right thing with `git commit` and even `git commit -a` (`git add` ignores entries that are marked SKIP_WORKTREE and thus doesn't delete them, and `commit -a` is similar), it seems logical to me. Reviewed-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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