On 3/21/2020 2:00 PM, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> If commands like merge or rebase materialize files as part of their work,
> or a previous sparse-checkout command failed to update individual files
> due to dirty changes, users may want a command to simply 'reapply' the
> sparsity rules. Provide one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 10 ++++++++++
> builtin/sparse-checkout.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
> index c0342e53938..1a3ace60820 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
> @@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ C-style quoted strings.
> `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the given patterns are interpreted
> as directory names as in the 'set' subcommand.
>
> +'reapply::
> + Reapply the sparsity pattern rules to paths in the working tree.
> + Commands like merge or rebase can materialize paths to do their
> + work (e.g. in order to show you a conflict), and other
> + sparse-checkout commands might fail to sparsify an individual file
> + (e.g. because it has unstaged changes or conflicts). In such
> + cases, it can make sense to run `git sparse-checkout reapply` later
> + after cleaning up affected paths (e.g. resolving conflicts, undoing
> + or committing changes, etc.).
> +
> 'disable'::
> Disable the `core.sparseCheckout` config setting, and restore the
> working directory to include all files. Leaves the sparse-checkout
> diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
> index aa81199f85d..95d08824172 100644
> --- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
> +++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
> static const char *empty_base = "";
>
> static char const * const builtin_sparse_checkout_usage[] = {
> - N_("git sparse-checkout (init|list|set|add|disable) <options>"),
> + N_("git sparse-checkout (init|list|set|add|reapply|disable) <options>"),
> NULL
> };
>
> @@ -554,6 +554,12 @@ static int sparse_checkout_set(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
> return modify_pattern_list(argc, argv, m);
> }
>
> +static int sparse_checkout_reapply(int argc, const char **argv)
> +{
> + repo_read_index(the_repository);
> + return update_working_directory(NULL);
> +}
> +
> static int sparse_checkout_disable(int argc, const char **argv)
> {
> struct pattern_list pl;
> @@ -603,6 +609,8 @@ int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> return sparse_checkout_set(argc, argv, prefix, REPLACE);
> if (!strcmp(argv[0], "add"))
> return sparse_checkout_set(argc, argv, prefix, ADD);
> + if (!strcmp(argv[0], "reapply"))
> + return sparse_checkout_reapply(argc, argv);
> if (!strcmp(argv[0], "disable"))
> return sparse_checkout_disable(argc, argv);
> }
I feel it necessary to commend you for how simple this patch is.
You did all the hard work in earlier patches to make this one
extremely simple.
Nice!
-Stolee
