Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Thomas Rast <tr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> @@ -2845,8 +2845,9 @@ static struct diff_tempfile *prepare_temp_file(const char *name, >> remove_tempfile_installed = 1; >> } >> >> - if (!one->sha1_valid || >> - reuse_worktree_file(name, one->sha1, 1)) { >> + if (!S_ISGITLINK(one->mode) && >> + (!one->sha1_valid || >> + reuse_worktree_file(name, one->sha1, 1))) { > > I agree with the goal/end result, but I have to wonder if the > reuse_worktree_file() be the helper function that ought to > encapsulate such a logic? > > Instead of feeding it an object name and a path, if we passed a > diff_filespec to the helper, it would have access to the mode as > well. It would result in a more intrusive change, so I'd prefer to > see your patch applied first and then build such a refactor on top, > perhaps like the attached. I see that you already queued 721e727, which has the change you described plus moving the S_ISGITLINK test into reuse_worktree_file. The change looks good to me. However, two nits about the comments: diff.c now says /* * Given a name and sha1 pair, if the index tells us the file in * the work tree has that object contents, return true, so that * prepare_temp_file() does not have to inflate and extract. */ static int reuse_worktree_file(const struct diff_filespec *spec, int want_file) { const struct cache_entry *ce; struct stat st; int pos, len; const char *name = spec->path; const unsigned char *sha1 = spec->sha1; /* reading the directory will not give us "Submodule commit XYZ" */ if (S_ISGITLINK(spec->mode)) return 0; But the function comment is no longer accurate, and the comment about the S_ISGITLINK exit is rather obscure if one doesn't know what the callers want. So how about this on top? diff.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git i/diff.c w/diff.c index a342ea6..dabf913 100644 --- i/diff.c +++ w/diff.c @@ -2578,9 +2578,14 @@ void fill_filespec(struct diff_filespec *spec, const unsigned char *sha1, } /* - * Given a name and sha1 pair, if the index tells us the file in - * the work tree has that object contents, return true, so that - * prepare_temp_file() does not have to inflate and extract. + * Given a diff_filespec, determine if the corresponding worktree file + * can be used for diffing instead of reading the object from the + * repository. + * + * We normally try packfiles, worktree, loose objects in this order. + * + * If want_file=1 or git was compiled with NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY, + * the order is: worktree, packfiles, loose objects. */ static int reuse_worktree_file(const struct diff_filespec *spec, int want_file) { @@ -2590,7 +2595,11 @@ static int reuse_worktree_file(const struct diff_filespec *spec, int want_file) const char *name = spec->path; const unsigned char *sha1 = spec->sha1; - /* reading the directory will not give us "Submodule commit XYZ" */ + /* + * The diff representation of a submodule is "Submodule commit + * XYZ", but in the worktree we have a directory. So they + * never match. + */ if (S_ISGITLINK(spec->mode)) return 0; -- Thomas Rast tr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html