"Tao Klerks via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c > index d91295f2bcd..4eee45dec91 100644 > --- a/dir.c > +++ b/dir.c > @@ -2781,7 +2781,8 @@ void remove_untracked_cache(struct index_state *istate) > > static struct untracked_cache_dir *validate_untracked_cache(struct dir_struct *dir, > int base_len, > - const struct pathspec *pathspec) > + const struct pathspec *pathspec, > + struct index_state *istate) > { > struct untracked_cache_dir *root; > static int untracked_cache_disabled = -1; > @@ -2845,8 +2846,11 @@ static struct untracked_cache_dir *validate_untracked_cache(struct dir_struct *d > return NULL; > } > > - if (!dir->untracked->root) > + if (!dir->untracked->root) { > + /* Untracked cache existed but is not initialized; fix that */ > FLEX_ALLOC_STR(dir->untracked->root, name, ""); > + istate->cache_changed |= UNTRACKED_CHANGED; > + } > > /* Validate $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and core.excludesfile */ > root = dir->untracked->root; > @@ -2916,7 +2920,7 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, struct index_state *istate, > return dir->nr; > } > > - untracked = validate_untracked_cache(dir, len, pathspec); > + untracked = validate_untracked_cache(dir, len, pathspec, istate); > if (!untracked) > /* > * make sure untracked cache code path is disabled, Makes sense. Will queue. Thanks.