@@ -3469,9 +3469,9 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
read_replace_refs = 0;
- sparse = git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE", 0);
+ sparse = git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE", -1);
prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
- if (!sparse && the_repository->settings.pack_use_sparse != -1)
+ if (sparse < 0)
sparse = the_repository->settings.pack_use_sparse;
reset_pack_idx_option(&pack_idx_opts);
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION=<n> exercises the index read/write code path
for the index version specified. Can be set to any valid version
(currently 2, 3, or 4).
-GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE=<boolean> if enabled will default the pack-objects
-builtin to use the sparse object walk. This can still be overridden by
-the --no-sparse command-line argument.
+GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE=<boolean> if disabled will default the pack-objects
+builtin to use the non-sparse object walk. This can still be overridden by
+the --sparse command-line argument.
GIT_TEST_PRELOAD_INDEX=<boolean> exercises the preload-index code path
by overriding the minimum number of cache entries required per thread.
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ test_expect_success 'non-sparse pack-objects' '
# --sparse is enabled by default by pack.useSparse
test_expect_success 'sparse pack-objects' '
+ GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE=-1 &&
git rev-parse \
topic1 \
topic1^{tree} \