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[v3,01/17] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand

Message ID 30a0db68cd141bab5a9fb63e26e767579a42249c.1570478905.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode | expand

Commit Message

Linus Arver via GitGitGadget Oct. 7, 2019, 8:08 p.m. UTC
From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>

The sparse-checkout feature is mostly hidden to users, as its
only documentation is supplementary information in the docs for
'git read-tree'. In addition, users need to know how to edit the
.git/info/sparse-checkout file with the right patterns, then run
the appropriate 'git read-tree -mu HEAD' command. Keeping the
working directory in sync with the sparse-checkout file requires
care.

Begin an effort to make the sparse-checkout feature a porcelain
feature by creating a new 'git sparse-checkout' builtin. This
builtin will be the preferred mechanism for manipulating the
sparse-checkout file and syncing the working directory.

The documentation provided is adapted from the "git read-tree"
documentation with a few edits for clarity in the new context.
Extra sections are added to hint toward a future change to
a more restricted pattern set.

Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
---
 .gitignore                            |  1 +
 Documentation/git-read-tree.txt       |  2 +-
 Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Makefile                              |  1 +
 builtin.h                             |  1 +
 builtin/sparse-checkout.c             | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 git.c                                 |  1 +
 t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh    | 50 ++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 226 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
 create mode 100644 builtin/sparse-checkout.c
 create mode 100755 t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh

Comments

Elijah Newren Oct. 11, 2019, 10:01 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 1:08 PM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
<gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> +SPARSE CHECKOUT
> +----------------
> +
> +"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely.
> +It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell
> +Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If
> +the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working
> +directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which
> +makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many
> +files, but only a few are important to the current user.
> +
> +The `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file is used to define the
> +skip-worktree reference bitmap. When Git updates the working
> +directory, it updates the skip-worktree bits in the index based
> +ont this file. The files matching the patterns in the file will

s/ont/on/

> +appear in the working directory, and the rest will not.
> +
> +## FULL PATTERN SET
> +
> +By default, the sparse-checkout file uses the same syntax as `.gitignore`
> +files.
> +
> +While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what
> +files are included, you can also specify what files are _not_ included,
> +using negative patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`:
> +
> +----------------
> +/*
> +!unwanted
> +----------------
> +
> +Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the working directory when you
> +no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse
> +checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working
> +directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the working
> +directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as
> +follows:
> +
> +----------------
> +/*
> +----------------
> +
> +Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git
> +checkout' and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to
> +set `core.sparseCheckout` to `true` in order to have sparse checkout
> +support.

Looks like these disappear by the end of the series, so no need to
comment on them.  Thanks for all the fixes, other than the trivial
typo above, this patch looks good.
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4470d7cfc0..5ccc3d00dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ 
 /git-show-branch
 /git-show-index
 /git-show-ref
+/git-sparse-checkout
 /git-stage
 /git-stash
 /git-status
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index d271842608..da33f84f33 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@  support.
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1];
-linkgit:gitignore[5]
+linkgit:gitignore[5]; linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1];
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81676b1d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ 
+git-sparse-checkout(1)
+=======================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-sparse-checkout - Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout
+configuration, which reduces the checkout to a set of directories
+given by a list of prefixes.
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [options]'
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout configuration, which reduces
+the checkout to a set of directories given by a list of prefixes.
+
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+'list'::
+	Provide a list of the contents in the sparse-checkout file.
+
+
+SPARSE CHECKOUT
+----------------
+
+"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely.
+It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell
+Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If
+the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working
+directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which
+makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many
+files, but only a few are important to the current user.
+
+The `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file is used to define the
+skip-worktree reference bitmap. When Git updates the working
+directory, it updates the skip-worktree bits in the index based
+ont this file. The files matching the patterns in the file will
+appear in the working directory, and the rest will not.
+
+## FULL PATTERN SET
+
+By default, the sparse-checkout file uses the same syntax as `.gitignore`
+files.
+
+While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what
+files are included, you can also specify what files are _not_ included,
+using negative patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`:
+
+----------------
+/*
+!unwanted
+----------------
+
+Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the working directory when you
+no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse
+checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working
+directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the working
+directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as
+follows:
+
+----------------
+/*
+----------------
+
+Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git
+checkout' and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to
+set `core.sparseCheckout` to `true` in order to have sparse checkout
+support.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+
+linkgit:git-read-tree[1]
+linkgit:gitignore[5]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f58bf14c7b..f3322b75dd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@  BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/shortlog.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/show-branch.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/show-index.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/show-ref.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/sparse-checkout.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/stash.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/stripspace.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/submodule--helper.o
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index ec7e0954c4..d517068faa 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@  int cmd_shortlog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_show_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_show_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_stripspace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eed9625a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ 
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "dir.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "pathspec.h"
+#include "repository.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+static char const * const builtin_sparse_checkout_usage[] = {
+	N_("git sparse-checkout [list]"),
+	NULL
+};
+
+static char *get_sparse_checkout_filename(void)
+{
+	return git_pathdup("info/sparse-checkout");
+}
+
+static void write_patterns_to_file(FILE *fp, struct pattern_list *pl)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pl->nr; i++) {
+		struct path_pattern *p = pl->patterns[i];
+
+		if (p->flags & PATTERN_FLAG_NEGATIVE)
+			fprintf(fp, "!");
+
+		fprintf(fp, "%s", p->pattern);
+
+		if (p->flags & PATTERN_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR)
+			fprintf(fp, "/");
+
+		fprintf(fp, "\n");
+	}
+}
+
+static int sparse_checkout_list(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct pattern_list pl;
+	char *sparse_filename;
+	int res;
+
+	memset(&pl, 0, sizeof(pl));
+
+	sparse_filename = get_sparse_checkout_filename();
+	res = add_patterns_from_file_to_list(sparse_filename, "", 0, &pl, NULL);
+	free(sparse_filename);
+
+	if (res < 0) {
+		warning(_("this worktree is not sparse (sparse-checkout file may not exist)"));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	write_patterns_to_file(stdout, &pl);
+	clear_pattern_list(&pl);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	static struct option builtin_sparse_checkout_options[] = {
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+
+	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+		usage_with_options(builtin_sparse_checkout_usage,
+				   builtin_sparse_checkout_options);
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,
+			     builtin_sparse_checkout_options,
+			     builtin_sparse_checkout_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+
+	if (argc > 0) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "list"))
+			return sparse_checkout_list(argc, argv);
+	}
+
+	usage_with_options(builtin_sparse_checkout_usage,
+			   builtin_sparse_checkout_options);
+}
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c2eec470c9..e775fbad42 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@  static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "show-index", cmd_show_index },
 	{ "show-ref", cmd_show_ref, RUN_SETUP },
+	{ "sparse-checkout", cmd_sparse_checkout, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 	{ "stage", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 	/*
 	 * NEEDSWORK: Until the builtin stash is thoroughly robust and no
diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a9b04b1a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ 
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='sparse checkout builtin tests'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		echo "initial" >a &&
+		mkdir folder1 folder2 deep &&
+		mkdir deep/deeper1 deep/deeper2 &&
+		mkdir deep/deeper1/deepest &&
+		cp a folder1 &&
+		cp a folder2 &&
+		cp a deep &&
+		cp a deep/deeper1 &&
+		cp a deep/deeper2 &&
+		cp a deep/deeper1/deepest &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "initial commit"
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git sparse-checkout list (empty)' '
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout list >list 2>err &&
+	test_line_count = 0 list &&
+	test_i18ngrep "this worktree is not sparse (sparse-checkout file may not exist)" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git sparse-checkout list (populated)' '
+	test_when_finished rm -f repo/.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
+	cat >repo/.git/info/sparse-checkout <<-EOF &&
+		/folder1/*
+		/deep/
+		**/a
+		!*bin*
+	EOF
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout list >list &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		/folder1/*
+		/deep/
+		**/a
+		!*bin*
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect list
+'
+
+test_done