On 12/10, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 9:05 PM Thomas Gummerer <t.gumme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > @@ -302,15 +310,29 @@ static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts
> > *opts,
> > ce->ce_flags &= ~CE_MATCHED;
> > if (!opts->ignore_skipworktree && ce_skip_worktree(ce))
> > continue;
> > - if (opts->source_tree && !(ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE))
> > - /*
> > - * "git checkout tree-ish -- path", but this entry
> > - * is in the original index; it will not be checked
> > - * out to the working tree and it does not matter
> > - * if pathspec matched this entry. We will not do
> > - * anything to this entry at all.
> > - */
> > - continue;
> > + if (opts->source_tree && !(ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE)) {
> > + if (!opts->overlay_mode &&
> > + ce_path_match(&the_index, ce, &opts->pathspec,
> > ps_matched)) {
> > + /*
> > + * "git checkout --no-overlay <tree-ish> --
> > path",
> > + * and the path is not in tree-ish, but is
> > in
> > + * the current index, which means that it
> > should
> > + * be removed.
> > + */
> > + ce->ce_flags |= CE_MATCHED | CE_REMOVE |
> > CE_WT_REMOVE;
> > + continue;
> > + } else {
>
> In non-overlay mode but when pathspec does not match, we come here too.
>
> > + /*
> > + * "git checkout tree-ish -- path", but this
> > + * entry is in the original index; it will
> > not
>
> I think the missing key point in this comment block is "..is in the
> original index _and it's not in tree-ish_". In non-overlay mode, if
> pathspec does not match then it's safe to ignore too. But this logic
> starts too get to complex and hurt my brain.
Yes, that would make it a bit easier to read. I took a while to try
and refactor this to make it easier to read, but couldn't come up with
anything much better unfortunately. I'll have another stab at
simplifying the logic a bit for v2.
> > + * be checked out to the working tree and it
> > + * does not matter if pathspec matched this
> > + * entry. We will not do anything to this
> > entry
> > + * at all.
> > + */
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > + }
> > /*
> > * Either this entry came from the tree-ish we are
> > * checking the paths out of, or we are checking out
>
> > @@ -1266,6 +1299,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const
> > char *prefix)
> > "checkout", "control recursive updating of
> > submodules",
> > PARSE_OPT_OPTARG,
> > option_parse_recurse_submodules_worktree_updater },
> > OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.show_progress, N_("force
> > progress reporting")),
> > + OPT_BOOL(0, "overlay", &opts.overlay_mode, N_("use overlay
> > mode")),
>
> maybe add " (default)" to the help string.
Makes sense, will add.
> > OPT_END(),
> > };
> >
> --
> Duy
