Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 6:05 PM Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx> wro= > te: > > > > When creating the sparse-checkout file, Git does not create the leading > > directory, "$GIT_DIR/info", if it does not exist. This causes problems > > if the repository does not have that directory. Therefore, ensure that > > the leading directory is created. > > > > This is the only "open" in builtin/sparse-checkout.c that does not have > > a leading directory check. (The other one in write_patterns_and_update() > > does.) > > > > Note that the test needs to explicitly specify a template when running > > "git init" because the default template used in the tests has the > > "info/" directory included. > > If wanted, you could avoid that by using `git worktree add ...`; > git-worktree will create a $GIT_DIR that does not contain an info > subdirectory. > > (No need to resubmit or anything, mostly I'm just mentioning another > way folks might have triggered this issue.) Ah, thanks for the information. > Patch looks good to me: > > Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks for taking a look!
