From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The --sparse option was added to the clone builtin in d89f09c (clone: add --sparse mode, 2019-11-21) and was tested with a local path clone in t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh. However, due to a difference in how local paths are handled versus URLs, this mechanism does not work with URLs. Modify the test to use a "file://" URL, which would output this error before the code change: Cloning into 'clone'... fatal: cannot change to 'file://.../repo': No such file or directory error: failed to initialize sparse-checkout These errors are due to using a "-C <path>" option to call 'git -C <path> sparse-checkout init' but the URL is being given instead of the target directory. Update that target directory to evaluate this correctly. I have also manually tested that https:// URLs are handled correctly as well. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/clone.c | 2 +- t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 4348d962c9..2caefc44fb 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (option_required_reference.nr || option_optional_reference.nr) setup_reference(); - if (option_sparse_checkout && git_sparse_checkout_init(repo)) + if (option_sparse_checkout && git_sparse_checkout_init(dir)) return 1; remote = remote_get(option_origin); diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh index 37365dc668..58d9c69163 100755 --- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh +++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test_expect_success 'init with existing sparse-checkout' ' ' test_expect_success 'clone --sparse' ' - git clone --sparse repo clone && + git clone --sparse "file://$(pwd)/repo" clone && git -C clone sparse-checkout list >actual && cat >expect <<-\EOF && /* -- gitgitgadget