Shuqi Liang wrote: > Originally, diff-files a pathspec that is out-of-cone in a sparse-index > environment, Git dies with "pathspec '<x>' did not match any files", > mainly because it does not expand the index so nothing is matched. > Expand the index when the <pathspec> needs an expanded index, i.e. the > <pathspec> contains wildcard that may need a full-index or the > <pathspec> is simply outside of sparse-checkout definition. ... > + if (pathspec_needs_expanded_index(the_repository->index, &rev.diffopt.pathspec)) > + ensure_full_index(the_repository->index); Looks good! I'm glad you were able to use the tests to confirm that this pathspec-based expansion was needed. > + > result = run_diff_files(&rev, options); > result = diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, result); > cleanup: > diff --git a/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh b/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh > index 3242cfe91a..82751f2ca3 100755 > --- a/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh > +++ b/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh > @@ -125,5 +125,7 @@ test_perf_on_all git checkout-index -f --all > test_perf_on_all git update-index --add --remove $SPARSE_CONE/a > test_perf_on_all "git rm -f $SPARSE_CONE/a && git checkout HEAD -- $SPARSE_CONE/a" > test_perf_on_all git grep --cached --sparse bogus -- "f2/f1/f1/*" > +test_perf_on_all git diff-files > +test_perf_on_all git diff-files $SPARSE_CONE/a > > test_done > diff --git a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh > index c1329e2f16..6cbbc51a16 100755 > --- a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh > +++ b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh > @@ -2097,4 +2097,35 @@ test_expect_failure 'diff-files with pathspec outside sparse definition' ' > test_all_match git diff-files folder1/a > ' > > +test_expect_success 'diff-files pathspec expands index when necessary' ' > + init_repos && > + > + write_script edit-contents <<-\EOF && > + echo text >>"$1" > + EOF > + > + run_on_all ../edit-contents deep/a && > + > + # pathspec that should expand index > + ! ensure_not_expanded diff-files "*/a" && > + test_must_be_empty sparse-index-err && > + > + ! ensure_not_expanded diff-files "**a" && > + test_must_be_empty sparse-index-err > +' Thanks for adding these, it's a good idea to show when the sparse index *is* expanded in addition to when it is not. However, checking that the 'sparse-index-err' is empty won't handle silent failures, so it's probably better to create an 'ensure_expanded' to mirror 'ensure_not_expanded'. The two functions could share pretty much all of their code except for the last line ('test_region ...'). > + > +test_expect_success 'sparse index is not expanded: diff-files' ' > + init_repos && > + > + write_script edit-contents <<-\EOF && > + echo text >>"$1" > + EOF > + > + run_on_all ../edit-contents deep/a && > + > + ensure_not_expanded diff-files && > + ensure_not_expanded diff-files deep/a && > + ensure_not_expanded diff-files deep/* > +' > + > test_done