Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] cache-tree building fix in the presence of ita entries

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:48:44 -0700

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <[email-masked]> writes:

> v4 removes the leading underscore from _EMPTY_BLOB and _EMPTY_TREE and
> updates 4/4 slightly like this.
>
> diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
> index 2d50640..f28b1f4 100644
> --- a/cache-tree.c
> +++ b/cache-tree.c
> @@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
>  		const unsigned char *sha1;
>  		unsigned mode;
>  		int expected_missing = 0;
> +		int contains_ita = 0;
>  
>  		path = ce->name;
>  		pathlen = ce_namelen(ce);
> @@ -341,7 +342,8 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
>  			i += sub->count;
>  			sha1 = sub->cache_tree->sha1;
>  			mode = S_IFDIR;
> -			if (sub->cache_tree->entry_count < 0) {
> +			contains_ita = sub->cache_tree->entry_count < 0;
> +			if (contains_ita) {
>  				to_invalidate = 1;
>  				expected_missing = 1;
>  			}
> @@ -381,10 +383,9 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
>  		}
>  
>  		/*
> -		 * "sub" can be an empty tree if subentries are i-t-a.
> +		 * "sub" can be an empty tree if all subentries are i-t-a.
>  		 */
> -		if (sub && sub->cache_tree->entry_count < 0 &&
> -		    !hashcmp(sha1, EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN))
> +		if (contains_ita && !hashcmp(sha1, EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN))
>  			continue;
>  
>  		strbuf_grow(&buffer, entlen + 100);

This makes quite a lot of sense; even though I do not think it would
change the behaviour within the context of current code, it
definitely is easier to understand and prevents future mistakes.

Will queue.

Thanks.