"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Several methods specify that they take a 'struct index_state' pointer > with the 'const' qualifier because they intend to only query the data, > not change it. However, we will be introducing a step very low in the > method stack that might modify a sparse-index to become a full index in > the case that our queries venture inside a sparse-directory entry. > > This change only removes the 'const' qualifiers that are necessary for > the following change which will actually modify the implementation of > index_name_stage_pos(). This step has a bit of interaction with Matheus's "git add/rm" work in sparse checkout (mt/add-rm-in-sparse-checkout), which I believe is still in a bit of flux. I didn't check potential conflicts the remainder of the series may have with other in-flight topics. So, I may throw review comments at the patches in this topic as if they are standalone, but please do not be upset if it didn't appear in the 'seen' topic. Thanks.