Joshua Jensen venit, vidit, dixit 20.09.2011 00:03:
> Sometime after Git 1.7.3.2, sparse checkouts stopped working for me. My
> sparse-checkout file looks something like:
>
> *
> !DirA/
> !DirB/
> DirC/
>
> I have restored some lines of code that were removed in November 2010.
> This resolves the sparse checkout issue for me, but my guess is the
> solution is not implemented properly.
>
> Can anyone confirm the issue and describe why those lines were removed?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Josh
>
> ---
> dir.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> index 6e4494e..3f057b6 100644
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -507,7 +507,10 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
> int to_exclude = x->to_exclude;
>
> if (x->flags & EXC_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR) {
> - if (*dtype == DT_UNKNOWN)
> + if (!prefixcmp(pathname, exclude) &&
> + pathname[x->patternlen] == '/')
> + return to_exclude;
> + else if (*dtype == DT_UNKNOWN)
> *dtype = get_dtype(NULL, pathname, pathlen);
> if (*dtype != DT_DIR)
> continue;
That code was in git only between
c84de70 (excluded_1(): support exclude files in index, 2009-08-20)
and
9e08273 (Revert "excluded_1(): support exclude files in index", 2010-11-27)
i.e. after v1.6.4 and before v1.7.3.2
Ccing Duy who will know more.
Michael
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