Sorry, I spoke too soon... On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:03 PM Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c > > index ef6a2b1c951c..703b0bdc9dfd 100644 > > --- a/unpack-trees.c > > +++ b/unpack-trees.c > > @@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@ static int unpack_callback(int n, unsigned long mask, unsigned long dirmask, str > > struct cache_entry *src[MAX_UNPACK_TREES + 1] = { NULL, }; > > struct unpack_trees_options *o = info->data; > > const struct name_entry *p = names; > > + unsigned unpack_tree = 1; Here, you set unpack_tree to 1. > > > > /* Find first entry with a real name (we could use "mask" too) */ > > while (!p->mode) > > @@ -1307,7 +1308,8 @@ static int unpack_callback(int n, unsigned long mask, unsigned long dirmask, str > > } > > } > > > > - if (unpack_nondirectories(n, mask, dirmask, src, names, info) < 0) > > + if (unpack_tree && You check it's value here... > > + unpack_nondirectories(n, mask, dirmask, src, names, info) < 0) > > return -1; > > > > if (o->merge && src[0]) { > > @@ -1337,7 +1339,8 @@ static int unpack_callback(int n, unsigned long mask, unsigned long dirmask, str > > } > > } > > > > - if (traverse_trees_recursive(n, dirmask, mask & ~dirmask, > > + if (unpack_tree && ...and here.... > > + traverse_trees_recursive(n, dirmask, mask & ~dirmask, > > names, info) < 0) > > return -1; > > return mask; but you never set unpack_tree to 0, so this is wasted effort and you always recurse. The previous iteration had a case where it'd set unpack_tree to 0 in a certain case, but you deleted that code in this version. Why?