From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- attr.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c index d029e681f28..a1009f78029 100644 --- a/attr.c +++ b/attr.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include "utf8.h" #include "quote.h" #include "thread-utils.h" +#include "dir.h" const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true"; const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false"; @@ -744,6 +745,19 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate, if (!istate) return NULL; + /* + * In the case of cone-mode sparse-checkout, getting the + * .gitattributes file from a directory is meaningless: all + * contained paths will be sparse if the .gitattributes is also + * sparse. In the case of a sparse index, it is critical that we + * don't go looking for one as it will expand the index. + */ + init_sparse_checkout_patterns(istate); + if (istate->sparse_checkout_patterns && + istate->sparse_checkout_patterns->use_cone_patterns && + path_in_sparse_checkout(path, istate) == NOT_MATCHED) + return NULL; + buf = read_blob_data_from_index(istate, path, NULL); if (!buf) return NULL; -- gitgitgadget
