Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Sparse index: fetch, pull, ls-files

From: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:38:00 +0000

This is based on ld/sparse-index-blame (merged with 'master' due to an
unrelated build issue).

Here are two relatively-simple patches that further the sparse index
integrations.

Did you know that 'fetch' and 'pull' read the index? I didn't, or this would
have been an integration much earlier in the cycle. They read the index to
look for the .gitmodules file in case there are submodules that need to be
fetched. Since looking for a file by name is already protected, we only need
to disable 'command_requires_full_index' and we are done.

The 'ls-files' builtin is useful when debugging the index, and some scripts
use it, too. We are not changing the default behavior which expands a sparse
index in order to show all of the cached blobs. Instead, we add a '--sparse'
option that allows us to see the sparse directory entries upon request.
Combined with --debug, we can see a lot of index details, such as:

$ git ls-files --debug --sparse
LICENSE
  ctime: 1634910503:287405820
  mtime: 1634910503:287405820
  dev: 16777220 ino: 119325319
  uid: 501  gid: 20
  size: 1098    flags: 200000
README.md
  ctime: 1634910503:288090279
  mtime: 1634910503:288090279
  dev: 16777220 ino: 119325320
  uid: 501  gid: 20
  size: 934 flags: 200000
bin/index.js
  ctime: 1634910767:828434033
  mtime: 1634910767:828434033
  dev: 16777220 ino: 119325520
  uid: 501  gid: 20
  size: 7292    flags: 200000
examples/
  ctime: 0:0
  mtime: 0:0
  dev: 0    ino: 0
  uid: 0    gid: 0
  size: 0   flags: 40004000
package.json
  ctime: 1634910503:288676330
  mtime: 1634910503:288676330
  dev: 16777220 ino: 119325321
  uid: 501  gid: 20
  size: 680 flags: 200000

(In this example, the 'examples/' directory is sparse.)

Thanks!

Derrick Stolee (2):
  fetch/pull: use the sparse index
  ls-files: add --sparse option

 Documentation/git-ls-files.txt           |  4 ++
 builtin/fetch.c                          |  2 +
 builtin/ls-files.c                       | 12 ++++-
 builtin/pull.c                           |  2 +
 t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

base-commit: ce9c834d5de7026a5271e289ab4518e569464171
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1080%2Fderrickstolee%2Fsparse-index%2Ffetch-pull-ls-files-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1080/derrickstolee/sparse-index/fetch-pull-ls-files-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1080
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