On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 6:54 PM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH 09/12] rm: add --sparse option Maybe mention in the commit message that, for now, rm's --sparse only affects entries with the skip_worktree bit set? (Which will be changed in the following patch.) > --- a/builtin/rm.c > +++ b/builtin/rm.c > @@ -298,7 +300,8 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > ensure_full_index(&the_index); > for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) { > const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i]; > - if (ce_skip_worktree(ce)) > + > + if (!include_sparse && ce_skip_worktree(ce)) > continue; OK, we no longer ignore the skip_worktree entry if --sparse is given ... > if (!ce_path_match(&the_index, ce, &pathspec, seen)) > continue; > @@ -322,7 +325,8 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > seen_any = 1; > else if (ignore_unmatch) > continue; > - else if (matches_skip_worktree(&pathspec, i, &skip_worktree_seen)) > + else if (!include_sparse && > + matches_skip_worktree(&pathspec, i, &skip_worktree_seen)) > string_list_append(&only_match_skip_worktree, original); ... and we also don't need to look for matches here as we won't display the error/advice match. > else > die(_("pathspec '%s' did not match any files"), original); > diff --git a/t/t3602-rm-sparse-checkout.sh b/t/t3602-rm-sparse-checkout.sh > index e9e9a15c74c..a34b978bfd8 100755 > --- a/t/t3602-rm-sparse-checkout.sh > +++ b/t/t3602-rm-sparse-checkout.sh > @@ -36,13 +36,25 @@ done > > test_expect_success 'recursive rm does not remove sparse entries' ' > git reset --hard && > - git sparse-checkout set sub/dir && > + git sparse-checkout set sub/dir/ && Is this change necessary? > git rm -r sub && > git status --porcelain -uno >actual && > echo "D sub/dir/e" >expected && > test_cmp expected actual > ' > > +test_expect_success 'recursive rm --sparse removes sparse entries' ' > + git reset --hard && > + git sparse-checkout set "sub/dir" && > + git rm --sparse -r sub && > + git status --porcelain -uno >actual && > + cat >expected <<-\EOF && > + D sub/d > + D sub/dir/e > + EOF > + test_cmp expected actual > +' Nice!