On 12/4/2021 3:00 PM, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote: > static int sparse_checkout_set(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > { > + int mode, record_mode; > + const char *default_patterns[] = {"/*", "!/*/"}; My gut reaction is that this array should be NULL terminated. > + > static struct option builtin_sparse_checkout_set_options[] = { > + OPT_BOOL(0, "cone", &set_opts.cone_mode, > + N_("initialize the sparse-checkout in cone mode")), > + OPT_BOOL(0, "sparse-index", &set_opts.sparse_index, > + N_("toggle the use of a sparse index")), > OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin", &set_opts.use_stdin, > N_("read patterns from standard in")), > OPT_END(), > @@ -700,11 +709,52 @@ static int sparse_checkout_set(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > > repo_read_index(the_repository); > > + set_opts.cone_mode = -1; > + set_opts.sparse_index = -1; > + > argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, > builtin_sparse_checkout_set_options, > builtin_sparse_checkout_set_usage, > PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN); > > + /* Determine if we need to record the mode; ensure sparse checkout on */ > + record_mode = (set_opts.cone_mode != -1) || !core_apply_sparse_checkout; > + core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1; > + > + /* If not specified, use previous definition of cone mode */ > + if (set_opts.cone_mode == -1 && core_apply_sparse_checkout) > + set_opts.cone_mode = core_sparse_checkout_cone; > + > + /* Set cone/non-cone mode appropriately */ > + if (set_opts.cone_mode == 1) { > + mode = MODE_CONE_PATTERNS; > + core_sparse_checkout_cone = 1; > + } else { > + mode = MODE_ALL_PATTERNS; > + } > + if (record_mode && set_config(mode)) > + return 1; I think it is appropriate to still have the init steps before the modification of the worktree. I did have a brief pause to think about whether the set_config() should be delayed until modify_pattern_list() succeeds. > + /* Set sparse-index/non-sparse-index mode if specified */ > + if (set_opts.sparse_index >= 0) { > + if (set_sparse_index_config(the_repository, set_opts.sparse_index) < 0) > + die(_("failed to modify sparse-index config")); > + > + /* force an index rewrite */ > + repo_read_index(the_repository); > + the_repository->index->updated_workdir = 1; > + } > + > + /* > + * Cone mode automatically specifies the toplevel directory. For > + * non-cone mode, if nothing is specified, manually select just the > + * top-level directory (much as 'init' would do). > + */ > + if (!core_sparse_checkout_cone && argc == 0) { > + argv = default_patterns; > + argc = 2; Perhaps use 'default_patterns_nr' as a constant near the definition of 'default_patterns' so these numbers are not so far apart? > + } > + > return modify_pattern_list(argc, argv, set_opts.use_stdin, REPLACE); > } Thanks, -Stolee