When using the sparse-checkout feature git should not write to the working directory for files with the skip-worktree bit on. With the skip-worktree bit on the file may or may not be in the working directory and if it is not we don't want or need to create it by calling checkout_entry.
There are two callers of checkout_target. Both of which check that the file does not exist before calling checkout_target. load_current which make a call to lstat right before calling checkout_target and check_preimage which will only run checkout_taret it stat_ret is less than zero. It sets stat_ret to zero and only if !stat->cached will it lstat the file and set stat_ret to something other than zero. This patch checks if skip-worktree bit is on in checkout_target and just returns so that the entry doesn't not end up in the working directory. This is so that apply will not create a file in the working directory, then update the index but not keep the working directory up to date with the changes that happened in the index. Signed-off-by: Kevin Willford <[email protected]> --- apply.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c index 0e2caeab9c..0da5d0b7c9 100644 --- a/apply.c +++ b/apply.c @@ -3327,6 +3327,24 @@ static int checkout_target(struct index_state *istate, { struct checkout costate = CHECKOUT_INIT; + /* + * Do not checkout the entry if the skipworktree bit is set + * + * Both callers of this method (check_preimage and load_current) + * check for the existance of the file before calling this + * method so we know that the file doesn't exist at this point + * and we don't need to perform that check again here. + * We just need to check the skip-worktree and return. + * + * This is to prevent git from creating a file in the + * working directory that has the skip-worktree bit on, + * then updating the index from the patch and not keeping + * the working directory version up to date with what it + * changed the index version to be. + */ + if (ce_skip_worktree(ce)) + return 0; + costate.refresh_cache = 1; costate.istate = istate; if (checkout_entry(ce, &costate, NULL) || lstat(ce->name, st)) -- 2.12.2.windows.2.1.g7df5db8d31
